The House of Representatives has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to extend the June 30, 2022 deadline for voter registration by 60 days, so as to enable more eligible Nigerians to register, get their Permanent Voter Cards and participate in the 2023 general elections. It mandated its Committee on Electoral Matters to engage with […]
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Oyo State House of Assembly has begun an impeachment process against the state Deputy Governor, Rauf Olaniyan. Olaniyan recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress, forcing the ruling PDP in the state to ask him to resign or be ready to be sacked. The petition for his removal was signed […]
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The Yobe North Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bashir Machina, has said that President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, who currently occupies the seat, did not have a plan to return to the Senate. Machina, who insisted on not giving the ticket to Lawan, stated the senator would not have contested the party’s […]
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The opposition Peoples Democratic Party will on today screen nominees for the vice-presidential position. A chieftain of the party, who confided in one of our correspondents on Wednesday, said contrary to reports, three candidates were shortlisted for the position, not one as reported by some newspapers. According to him, those shortlisted include Delta State Governor, […]
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Ganduje, Masari, el-Rufai on the list Northwest favoured due to block votes amid Muslim/Muslim consideration Kalu justifies APC’s Muslim/Muslim ticket ACF ex-scribe, Sani warns parties, says Muslim-Muslim ticket recipe for crisis Baring any last minute change, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential standard bearer, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will today release the name of his […]
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The New Nigeria Peoples Party and Labour Party, with their popular candidates, may pose a serious threat to the dominant All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 general elections, Leke Baiyewu writes: Before the primaries conducted by various political parties to field candidates for the 2023 general elections, several parties, political groups […]
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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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