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Nigeria In Process Of Total Collapse ― Jega

3Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Nigeria In Process Of Total Collapse ― Jega

The former Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, Wednesday said that Nigeria is in the process of collapsing, alleging that reckless elite in control of the governance process are blindly running the country aground.The former INEC boss, who stated this in Abuja at the 2022 Workers’ Political Conference organized by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, said considering the current situation in the country, 2023 general elections may be the ‘make or break’ epochal moment.Painting a gloomy of the situation in the country, Prof. Jega said that Nigeria is, undoubtedly, at a point in its history when the issue of national emancipation for credible national development, beneficial to the Nigerian people, requires being raised high on the fron...

APC Governors Meet Buhari, Insist On March 26 Convention

2Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

APC Governors Meet Buhari, Insist On March 26 Convention

The Progressives Governors Forum, on Tuesday in Abuja, said there was no plan to shift the national convention of the All Progressives Congress from March 26 despite the election timetable released by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The forum’s chairman, Governor Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State, disclosed this to State House correspondents after leading some APC governors to a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, shortly before the President departed for Nairobi, Kenya. Shortly after INEC released the 2023 elections timetable, there were speculations that a section of the party was pushing for the postponement of the national convention to ensure that the election of party national executives and primaries hold on the same day. R...

Electoral Act: Clause on Political Appointees Will Stop Impunity – Edwin Clark

2Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Electoral Act: Clause on Political Appointees Will Stop Impunity – Edwin Clark

Edwin Clark, an Ijaw national leader, says the clause in the new electoral act, which requires political appointees to resign their positions before participating in party primaries, will stop “impunity”. Section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act 2022 reads: “No political appointee at any level shall be a voting delegate or be voted for at the convention or congress of any political party for the purpose of the nomination of candidates for any election.” President Muhammadu Buhari had, while signing the electoral act amendment bill into law on February 25, asked the national assembly to delete the clause on the basis that it will “disenfranchise” political appointees. Read Also: Buhari Writes Senate, Seeks Amendment Of Section 84 In Newly Signed Electoral Act The senate has also re...

2Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Kwankwaso Sets To Dump PDP For NNPP

Barring any last-minute change, the former Governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, is set to once again dump the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the New Nigeria Peoples Party NNPP. Already Senator Kwankwaso on Tuesday met with the leadership of NNPP in a bid to finalize his coming to the party which he is expected to use for his presidential ambition. The outgoing National Secretary of the party, Ambassador Agbo Gilbert Major, disclosed this in Abuja, on the sidelines of the Special National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting. He said the meeting was aimed at making crucial decisions that will reposition the party ahead of the 2023 general elections. According to him, in a few days' time, the two-time Kano State governor would join the party alongside h...

Jonathan’s Govt Tried To Bend Electoral System Against Buhari – Garba Shehu

1Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Jonathan’s Govt Tried To Bend Electoral System Against Buhari – Garba Shehu

The Presidency has disclosed that President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration worked assiduously to bend the electoral system in its bid to scuttle the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari during the 2015 presidential election. The Presidency has disclosed that President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration worked assiduously to bend the electoral system in its bid to scuttle the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari during the 2015 presidential election. The Presidency’s position was contained in a statement signed on Monday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, titled, ‘Assent into law of the electoral act 2022: Landmark moment for the nation’. The Presidency argued that Jonathan’s government tried everything within its po...

Imo By-Election: 100 INEC Staff Abducted, Forced To Thumbprint – REC

27Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria, Violence

Imo By-Election: 100 INEC Staff Abducted, Forced To Thumbprint – REC

Hundreds of ad-hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Saturday’s Imo by-election for Ngor Okpala State Constituency have been abducted and taken to an unknown destination where they were forced to thumbprint on the ballot papers. The INEC Imo state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Professor Chukwuemeka Ezeonu, disclosed this Sunday while briefing newsmen on the happenings around the bye-election. The REC warned that those ballot papers from the abducted INEC ad-hoc staff, would not be accepted by the NEC. He said: “We have received the report of violence of election and disruption of polls on some polling units and attacks on our personnel.” He said that so far no casualty has been reported. See Also: INEC To Conduct Outstandi...

2023: INEC Announces New Dates For Presidential & Gubernatorial Elections

27Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

2023: INEC Announces New Dates For Presidential & Gubernatorial Elections

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced new dates for the 2023 elections. This was announced by the National Chairman of the commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu at a news conference in Abuja, the Federal capital. According to him, the Presidential and National Assembly elections will now hold on Saturday, February 25, 2023, while governorship and state houses of assembly elections will hold on March 11, 2023. See Also: INEC Releases Calendar For Campaigns Over 2023 Presidential, Guber Elections Yakubu explained that the new date is to allow for conformity with the provisions of the Electoral laws which stipulates that elections notice be published at least 260 days before the elections. The INEC boss also said the Electoral guidelines wil...

Tinubu 2023: My Fitness Not A Problem, I’m Not Applying To Be A Sprinter

26Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Tinubu 2023: My Fitness Not A Problem, I’m Not Applying To Be A Sprinter

The National APC leader said many people were complaining of his fitness because he went abroad for a knee injury but he is only applying for a brain intelligent thinking job and not for a bricklaying job. Tinubu, however, told the monarch that if given the opportunity, he would not let Nigerians down. He added that he has the capacity to run the nation’s affairs. The aspirant, who said he had informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his ambition, said he was ready to offer honest service to the country and its people. Tinubu said: “The time is here now. The clock is ticking, calendar is ticking and this is the time Nigerians need a thorough hope, solid hope for progress, prosperity, and growth. “We need a lot of jobs for our children, solid education for our chil...

No Amount Of Intimidation Can Stop Me – Tinubu

21Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

No Amount Of Intimidation Can Stop Me – Tinubu

A Presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Bola Tinubu, Sunday, vowed that no amount of intimidation could halt his presidential ambition in 2023. He said this during his consultation with the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi and the Olubadan-designate, Oba Lekan Balogun. Tinubu had in January visited President Muhammadu Buhari to register his readiness to contest in the 2023 elections. Speaking at the Olubadan-designate’s palace in Ibadan, the National Leader of the APC insisted that no amount of intimidation could stop him from fulfilling his ambition.He said his visit to Oyo and Ibadan was borne out of his respect for the royal stool, and to seek their blessings, cooperation and prayers to lead the country come 2023. See...

20Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Oyetola Wins Osun APC Guber Primary

Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State has been declared winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election held on Saturday, February 19, 2022, across the 332 wards of the state. The chairman of the primary election committee and the governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbsulRazaq, announced the result in the early hours of Sunday at the APC Secretariat in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. Returning officers for all the 30 local governments and the area council had announce the results as collated from all the wards in their various local government areas. See Also: Oyetola Waged War Against Me Since Becoming Governor – Aregbesola Oyetola polled 222,169 to defeat his closest rival, the former Secretary to the Osun State Government, Moshood Adeot...