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INEC: Seven Million Voters Registrations Uncompleted

20Sep

By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

INEC: Seven Million Voters Registrations Uncompleted

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said after application 7,043,594 Nigerians did not finish the voter registration process before the deadline for the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). According to INEC, only 3,444,378 out of 10,487,378 eligible voters went for physical registration after completing the online pre-registration process. See Also: CUPP Alleges Manipulation of Voters’ Register by INEC and APC The Commission through a statement by its INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, revealed about 4,161,775 persons attempted the online pre-registration process but failed to complete it and instead went for the physical registration. He also said about 2,881,819 persons finished the online...

Tinubu Urges APC to Do More Ahead of 2023 Elections

19Sep

By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Tinubu Urges APC to Do More Ahead of 2023 Elections

The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, insists that the party members in the Northeast ought to do more ahead of the 2023 general elections. See Also: Tinubu Lobbied To Become Abachas’s Minister – Peter Obi Media While speaking during the wedding reception of Governor Yahaya’s son, Mishahu Yahaya, he reminded the devotees of APC that Kashim Shettima, his running mate, is from their region. He also thanked the party supporters and members for all their support. “Now that your son is equally the running mate you have to double your efforts, and you have to do more." “I challenge you to do more than what you have done in the past”, Tinubu said Ahmed Lawan, The President of the Senate said the Northeast is Tinubu’s second zone a...

Ebonyi State Government Denies Disrupting Rally of Obi’s Supporters

18Sep

By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Ebonyi State Government Denies Disrupting Rally of Obi’s Supporters

The Government of Ebonyi State has denied ordering the police to disrupt the rally in Abakaliki organised by supporters of the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, on Saturday. Obi supporters had prepared and gathered for a one-million-man march at the People’s Club area of the Town when Policemen arrived in vans and teargassed them as the rally was about to begin. See Also: Atiku Urges INEC to Conduct Credible Elections in 2023 The state government has denied giving the policemen the directives to disrupt the rally, adding that a venue was proposed to them by its agencies but the organisers refused to pay the fee of N4 million. After refusing to pay the supposed fee, the organisers opted for three other locations for the rally, two venues located at the front o...

2023 Election: INEC Uncovers Numerous Double Registrants from CVR

13Sep

By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

2023 Election: INEC Uncovers Numerous Double Registrants from CVR

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, revealed on Monday that it uncovered double registrants in the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR). The Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) kicked off nationwide in January 2022 and concluded on 31, July 2022. INEC Head of Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, said irregularities were discovered after the voters' register was cleaned up by the Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS). See Also: Campaign In Churches, Mosques, Risk Imprisonment – INEC “Several double, multiple, and ineligible registrants have also been detected and invalidated." “These include entries that failed to meet the Commission’s business rules because a credible register is at the heart of electoral integrity," He ...

31Aug

By Kosi UchennaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Tinubu Visits Jonathan, Seeks Support

Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, visited former President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday in Abuja as part of the consultation for the 2023 elections. The APC presidential aspirant was accompanied by his running mate, Kashim Shettima; Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun; Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, Jigawa State Governor, Abubakar Badaru; Plateau State Governor and Director-General of Tinubu/Shettima Campaign Organisation, Simon Lalong; and Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq of Kwara State. “His visit to Jonathan shouldn’t come to anyone as a surprise. Tinubu holds no grudges with any political whether within the party or in the opposition,” a source in Tinubu’s camp told Punch. See Also: 2023 Election: I Will Only Support APC...

29Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

I Have No Anointed Candidate – Obasanjo

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said that he has no preferred presidential candidate for the 2023 elections but instead has a national agenda. His comment comes in the wake of recent meetings and engagements with presidential aspirants from different political parties across the country. He stated this on Sunday in Niger State after closed-door meetings with former Presidents, General Ibrahim Babangida and General Abdulsalami Abubakar at their residents in Minna. Obasanjo said, “I don’t have a special candidate for the 2023 presidential election but rather, I have a National Agenda,” Recall that the former President had met with Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, his All Progressives Congress counterpart, Bola Tinubu and other notable Nige...

No Deal Between Obi, Atiku – Labour Party Campaign Office

28Aug

By Kosi UchennaNo Comments

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No Deal Between Obi, Atiku – Labour Party Campaign Office

The Labour Party, LP, campaign office has rebuffed speculation that the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has agreed to back his Peoples Democratic Party counterpart, Atiku Abubakar. This was disclosed by the LP campaign office in a statement issued in Abuja. The party described the report as a product of propagandists for cheap political points. The statement, “Rather than strive to contend with the hard sell of their candidates, these mischief makers bandy about misleading accounts of the issue-based messages of our candidates just to score cheap political points and thus distract the discerning public. “While we understand the frustration of dealing in their hard-to-sell, ‘expired milk’ [apologies to BAT] in a competitive market, the FairPlay rule demands that you...

Campaign In Churches, Mosques, Risk Imprisonment – INEC

28Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Campaign In Churches, Mosques, Risk Imprisonment – INEC

Ahead of the commencement of campaigns, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has cautioned politicians against the use of masquerades, religious centres and public facilities for campaigns. The electoral body warned political office seekers to conform to the provisions of the Electoral Act to avoid being sanctioned as stipulated by the Act. Campaigns are scheduled to commence on September 28 for presidential and National Assembly ahead of the general election in February 2023. This was disclosed by the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of its Committee on Information and Voter Education, Mr Festus Okoye, in an interview with Punch. Okoye said, “Section 92 of the Electoral Act makes it mandatory that a political campaign or slogan shall not be tainted ...

Wike, Other Govs Committed To PDP’s Victory

26Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

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Wike, Other Govs Committed To PDP’s Victory

Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked his supporters to desist from making comments that are capable of sabotaging the internal reconciliation effort ongoing in the party. Atiku in a statement issued by his media aide, Paul Ibe, on Thursday noted that Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and his colleagues in other States are making frantic effort to ensure the party’s electoral victory in the 2023 general election. The statement follows recent fears that the dispute between Atiku and Wike may affect the party’s chances at the presidential poll next year. Wike had on Thursday met former President Olusegun Obasanjo alongside the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in London. The meeting which also had in attendan...

25Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

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Tinubu Better Than Obi, Atiku – Masari

Aminu Masari, the Governor of Katsina State, has rated the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, above his counterparts for the 2023 presidential election. Masari, 72, stated this during an interview with TVC. Responding to a question on Tinubu’s chances at the poll, Masari asked “Who is better than him in the political terrain of Nigeria today?” Comparing Tinubu to Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, he said, “I don’t know him. Somebody who was a governor of Anambra? Go and ask a Katsina man and the politicians, how many of them know Peter Obi? We are talking about a presidential candidate of Nigeria, somebody who has cut all barriers – tribal, religious, regional, name it.” See Also: NBA Conference: Shettima Had An Agenda – Omok...