The House of Representatives on Thursday invited the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof Yakubu Mahmood to address concerns about the cost of running direct primaries. He is to appear before the House Committees on INEC and Appropriation on the matter. This resolution followed the adoption of a motion of urgent importance […]
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Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has charged the media to exert pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the amended Electoral Act. The Governor said the public needed enlightenment on why there should be the electronic transmission of election results to save the nation’s democracy. Wike, according to a statement by his Special Assistant, Media, […]
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To probe Ngige, Moghalu over alleged sponsorship of chairman’s suspension Leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has vowed to challenge the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) declaration of Prof. Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) as the winner of the November 6, 2021, Anambra State governorship election. State Chairman of the […]
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PDP National Chairman, Prof Iyorchia Ayu, APC National Committee Chairman, Governor Mala Buni By Segun Ayobolu Following on the reasonably successful conduct of its last National Convention in Abuja at which the new Professor Iyorchia Ayu-led National Executive Committee of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) emerged, the party, last week, held a two-day ‘PDP […]
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Barely two years to the next general elections, checks reveal that some states would witness some turbulence over the succession politics of outgoing incumbents. The fact that some attempts to impose a successor ended up in tears has not deterred state governors. But with the continuing improvement in Nigeria’s election management system, it would be […]
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The National Assembly may have settled for direct mode of primary for future elections, but the idea has pitched governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) against their members in the parliament. This may put President Muhammadu Buhari, who is expected to assent to the bill, in a dilemma, Jide […]
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The All Progressives Congress on Sunday released a timetable for Ekiti and Osun states governorship elections scheduled to hold in 2022. An official notice signed by the National Secretary of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Sen. John Akpanudodehe, revealed that the sale of nomination forms begins 16th (Ekiti) and 18th (Osun) November 2021. The Independent […]
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Abia State chapter of the All Progressive Grand Alliance has said the state has been unlucky with the choice of leaders since 1999. The State Chairman of the party, Rev. Augustine Ehiemere said this while briefing newsmen in Aba, on Thursday. He said, “The people of Abia State have suffered serious economic hardship, strangulations and […]
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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Victor Oye, says the winner of the November 6 Governorship Election in Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo, will replicate his successes at the Central Bank of Nigeria when sworn in by March 2022. He spoke in an exclusive interview on Wednesday shortly after the Independent National Electoral […]
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• INEC to determine results transmission mode, direct primaries now mandatory for political parties • Lawmakers to transmit the electoral bill to Buhari within seven days • APC governors oppose direct primary, may truncate presidential assent • Direct primaries will overstretch INEC, says PGF chairman • PDP: No party has the right to impose its […]
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