The House of Representatives has concluded plans to override President Muhammadu Buhari on Section 84 (8) of the Electoral Act 2022 which seeks to provide for statutory delegates at the meetings, congresses and conventions of political parties. To achieve this, Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, called on members willing to move a motion for […]
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• Ayu: PDP will announce Atiku’s running mate within 48 hours • Selection committee votes 16-3 to pick Wike • Coalition canvasses women, youths as running mates • Kingibe suggests all Muslim three-man list to Tinubu for consideration • APC groups push for Dogara • Uzodinma: Tinubu will decide running mate, not governors • CAN […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari,on Tuesday, met behind closed doors with governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Although the governors declined to speak with the media after the meeting, it is believed to be in connection with last-minute hunting for a running mate for the party’s standard-bearer, Bola Tinubu. The […]
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Several groups have warned the All Progressives Congress (APC), especially its presidential flag bearer, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, against flaunting a Muslim-Muslim ticket in the 2023 general elections. The Nigerian Youths Coalition (NYC) said the move would amount to the APC beating the drums of religious war. At a world press conference in Abuja, NYC President […]
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APC presidential candidate, Ahmed Bola Tinubu A former Secretary-General of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Mr. Anthony Sani, has cautioned the All Progressives Congress (APC) not to run a Muslim-Muslim ticket in the 2023 presidential race, noting that it would further polarise the nation along religious lines. Speaking during a press briefing on Monday in Jos, […]
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Three-point agenda dead on arrival, electricity workers tell Atiku Indications emerged, yesterday, that members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the House of Representatives might endorse River State Governor, Nyesom Wike, as running mate of the presidential flag bearer of the party, Atiku Abubakar. This came to the fore after a member of […]
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The Christian Association of Nigeria has rejected proposed Muslim-Muslim presidential tickets by major political parties in the country, claiming that the outcome of the proposal will be worse. According to CAN, Christian-Christian or Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket in 2023 is a threat to the fragile peace and unity of Nigeria. The apex Christian body gave the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in Abuja, promised to facilitate a “free, fair and transparent electoral process” in next year’s general elections. This, he said, would be a way to honour the memory of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, the late MKO Abiola. Buhari made the pledge on Sunday in […]
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Ahead of Friday’s deadline for political parties to submit the names of their presidential candidates and running mates to the Independent National Electoral Commission, most of the political parties are making hurried moves to beat the deadline. The commission had said it would not extend the deadline for the submission of the names of the […]
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Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has blamed the silence of President Muhammadu Buhari for the decision reached by many delegates to vote for Bola Tinubu as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress. He said this while appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today. El-Rufai explained that Buhari asked the northern delegates […]
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