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Nigeria’s Electoral Body, INEC Rules Out Dialogue With IPOB, ESN

15Oct

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Biafra, Elections, News

Nigeria’s Electoral Body, INEC Rules Out Dialogue With IPOB, ESN

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has ruled out the possibility of engaging the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and the Eastern Security Network, ESN ahead of the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State. The commission noted that it wouldn’t go out of its way to engage IPOB and ESN that had been outlawed by the Muhammadu Buhari regime. The INEC spokesman, Festus Okoye, made this known during an interview with Arise TV on Thursday, noting that the commission had been engaging stakeholders including security agencies, civil society organizations and other relevant bodies. “We recognize political parties, we recognize the people of Anambra State, we recognize civil society groups and organizations, we recognize traditional institutions and the clergy. So...

PDP Chair: Ayu, Shema, Nazif Make Final List of Contenders

14Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

PDP Chair: Ayu, Shema, Nazif Make Final List of Contenders

The number of contenders for the position of National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, has been pruned down to the last three. Former Senate President, Iyiochia Ayu, on Tuesday, emerged as the consensus candidate of the North Central, a former Katsina State Governor, Ibrahim Shema, emerged from the North West after polling majority polls from six, out of the seven states in the zone. His main challenger, former Kaduna State Governor, Ahmed Makarfi, was left with votes from his home state. PDP Deputy National Chairman (North), Senator Suleiman Nazif, who hails from Bauchi State, emerged as the sole candidate from the North East. Read Also: Buhari Wasting Resources On Fighter Jets That’ll Be Used To Destroy Nigeria – Father Mbaka Warns The three candidates will face e...

Electronic Transmission of Result Requires Buhari’s Assent – INEC

13Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Electronic Transmission of Result Requires Buhari’s Assent – INEC

Commenting on the bill passed by the Senate which gave the Independent National Electoral Commission the sole power to determine the procedure for the transmission of election results, INEC insisted that it had “adequate structures and processes” to transmit results of elections in the country electronically. It also said while it had the capacity to transmit the result of the Anambra State governorship election slated for November 6 electronically, the nation’s existing laws only allowed manual collation. The Chief Press Secretary to the commission’s chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi who said this in an interview with The PUNCH, stated that the commission would wait till after the President had assented the amendments by the National Assembly, including electronic transmission of election r...

INEC Awaits Buhari’s Nod on e-transmission of Results

13Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, Legislature, News, Nigeria

INEC Awaits Buhari’s Nod on e-transmission of Results

The Senate bowed to pressure from the public on Tuesday when it passed a bill that gave the Independent National Electoral Commission the sole power to determine the procedure for the transmission of election results. The red chamber also approved direct primaries as the method to be adopted by all political parties to elect candidates for all elective positions. The amendments were made on Tuesday by the Senate to some clauses of the Electoral Act (Repeal and Re-enactment) bill 2021, passed on July 15, 2021. In its reaction, INEC said that although it had the capacity to transmit elections results electronically, it said it could only adopt the method after President Muhammadu Buhari, had signed amendments to Electoral Act. Also on Tuesday, the Peoples Democratic Party and civ...

I’m Not Interested in Running for President -Ex INEC Chair Jega

10Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

I’m Not Interested in Running for President -Ex INEC Chair Jega

Former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, says he has no intention to contest for presidency in the 2023 elections. He said this on Saturday at a lecture organised by the Kwara Visioners Network for Rural Development, with the theme ‘Politics, Governance and Leadership Recruitment in 21st Century Democracy,’ in Ilorin, Kwara State. Jega stated that he had not told anyone he was interested in running for the position of Nigeria’s president noting that the speculations were made by the papers. Read Also: 2023: Give Igbos A Chance, We’ll Unite Nigeria – Governor Umahi He said, “I have not told anybody that I have presidential ambition. These are speculations in the newspapers. It is true that I have registered as a member of a political...

2023: Give Igbos A Chance, We’ll Unite Nigeria – Governor Umahi

9Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

2023: Give Igbos A Chance, We’ll Unite Nigeria – Governor Umahi

The Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, has said the Igbo should be given a chance at leadership in 2023 as the South-East wants to work for the peace and unity of Nigeria. The governor said the Igbo would be a part of a fair and equitable Nigeria, not a breakaway Biafra. Umahi announced this during an inter-denominational prayer summit organised in Abakaliki on Friday by the Office of the Wife of the governor, in conjunction with the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). “We want to belong to Nigeria. We want to belong to fair and equitable Nigeria,” Mr Umahi chimed. People should not be afraid of us. We will work with God to restore the peace of this nation. We will work with the people for the love and unity of this country. Read also: South-East Govs, Elite Can’t Decide...

Anambra Poll: INEC Cancels 62,698 Voters’ Card Requests

9Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Anambra Poll: INEC Cancels 62,698 Voters’ Card Requests

The Independent National Electoral Commission has disclosed that it has cancelled 62,698 voters card requests in Anambra State for double or multiple registrations. Chairman of the Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, made this known in his remarks during an emergency meeting of political parties in Abuja on Friday. The discovery of double or multiple registrants was made during the process of cleaning up the registration data for the Anambra elections. He said, “In Anambra State, a total of 138,802 citizens completed the registration, including applications for transfer and requests for replacement of lost, damaged or defaced PVCs as required by law. However, in the process of cleaning up the registration data, we discovered that many previously registered persons re-registered afres...

Zoning has Come to Stay, Say Southern APC Chieftains

9Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Zoning has Come to Stay, Say Southern APC Chieftains

Some chieftains of the All Progressives Congress in the southern part of the country have said power should shift to the southern part of the country in 2023 for the sake of equity and fairness. They noted that even though zoning is not expressly stated in the constitution, it has become inevitable for peace and justice to reign in the country. This came amid open debate between northern and southern governors over the region that should produce the next president when the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), completes his second tenure in 2023. In an interview with one of our correspondents, a party chieftain from the South-East and Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria, Osita Okechukwu, said zoning of the presidency was a settled matter and does not require fres...

Northern Reps Meet Tinubu in UK, Back 2023 Presidential Bid

3Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Northern Reps Meet Tinubu in UK, Back 2023 Presidential Bid

Amid the rumoured presidential ambition of former Lagos State governor and National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, members of the House of Representatives from the north have endorsed his candidacy for 2023 presidency. Though Tinubu has yet to declare his intention to contest any office in 2023, there have been rumours and veiled indications that he might be interested in the exalted seat. A delegation of the northern caucus in the House, led by the Deputy Speaker, Ahmed Wase, had on Friday visited Tinubu in London where he has been receiving treatment for the last three months. On the entourage were the Majority Leader, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa; Chairman, House Committee on Rules and Business, Abubakar Fulata; Chairman, House Committee on the Army...

Anambra 2021: INEC Insists Election Will Hold As Scheduled

28Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Anambra 2021: INEC Insists Election Will Hold As Scheduled

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says security measures are being put in place to ensure that the Anambra governorship election holds as scheduled. In recent months, security facilities and offices belonging to the commission have been destroyed in the south-east. In the latest attack, which occurred on September 19, the INEC office in Awgu LGA of Enugu State was set ablaze. The September 19 incident was the third attack involving INEC offices in Enugu since January. INEC had said the attacks on its offices will affect its preparations for the 2023 general election. Addressing the security situation in the region and its possible effects on the upcoming Anambra governorship election, Rotimi Oyekanmi, chief press secretary to the INEC chairman, said th...