A voter drops ballot papers into a ballot box during an election in Nigeria. Citing the shortcomings of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), the Nigeria Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination (NINAS) has urged the Federal Government to suspend the 2023 general elections. The group, in a statement yesterday, signed by Otunba Shade Olukoya for the […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, condemned what it called “the indefensible insensitivity of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its Federal Government to the escalated killings in Sokoto, Niger, Katsina, Kaduna, Plateau states and other parts of the country by terrorists.” It alleged that “the manifest numbness of the APC leaders to bloodletting, as […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, presented a budget of N305 billion for the 2023 general elections to the National Assembly on Monday in Abuja. Its chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the presentation to the Senate Committee on Appropriations. The committee had invited INEC to present the budget so as to include it in the […]
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The Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has dismissed fears of a possible postponement of the February 2022 National Convention of the party, saying it would soon set up relevant sub-committees in that regard. National Secretary of the CECPC, Sen. John James Akpanudoedehe disclosed […]
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The Presidency has said the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari on the Electoral Act 2010 (Amendment) Bill is still unknown. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this when he appeared on Sunday Politics, a current affairs programme on Channels Television which our correspondent monitored from Abuja on […]
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has nullified the All Progressives Congress governorship primary in Anambra State, insisting that Andy Uba’s emergence as the winner was illegal. Justice Inyang Ekwo, therefore, stated that Uba’s participation in the November 6 governorship election was void. Justice Ekwo added that the plaintiff, George Moghalu, succeeded in proving that […]
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Human rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), has said the Constitution empowers the National Assembly to override President Muhammadu Buhari if he fails to assent to the Electoral Bill. The lawyer, who expressed doubts that President Buhari might not assent to the Bill, wondered why he would miss the opportunity to put his signature on a […]
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The Arewa Consultative Forum has berated President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly not giving due attention to the killings happening in the northern part of the country. The group noted that Buhari and state governors had not visited the affected communities to sympathise with the victims adding that only the Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, […]
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Hoodlums on Monday attacked the Vice-Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Prof Eyitope Ogunbodede, some management staff and journalists. The incident occurred at about 2:55pm during a visit to a hostel built by the school. It was learnt that the university land where the hostel was built is in dispute. When the school entourage […]
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Judge orders APC to refund Moghalu’s N22.5m fees The Federal High Court in Abuja has nullified Senator Andy Uba’s participation in the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment on Monday, held that Uba was never a candidate in the election having emerged from an illegally conducted primary election […]
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