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2023: INEC Budgets N239bn For Poll Materials, Presidential Run-Off
22Apr By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
Elections, News, Nigeria

2023: INEC Budgets N239bn For Poll Materials, Presidential Run-Off

INEC The Independent National Electoral Commission will spend not less than N239.2bn on procuring voting materials and vehicles that will be used in the 2023 general election. This is according to the 2023 General Election Project Plan that was launched by INEC in Abuja on Thursday. The commission stated that N239.2bn, which constitutes 78.44 per cent of its N305bn budget, would be spent on 10 critical items which included ballot papers, operational vehicles, ballot boxes, allowances of ad hoc workers, printing of result sheets, logistics and procurement of accreditation devices. Also included in the N239.2bn budget is the N27.1bn set aside by the commission for possible run-off elections, including the one for the presidential poll. Run-off elections are conducted in the e...
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At Close of Nomination, 17 PDP Presidential Aspirants Purchase Forms
21Apr By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
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At Close of Nomination, 17 PDP Presidential Aspirants Purchase Forms

PDP At the close of the submission of completed presidential nomination forms of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, 17 presidential aspirants were listed for further screening ahead of the party’s primary elections. The aspirants, who beat the deadline, were two-term governor of Kwara State and immediate past President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki; former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; former Speaker, House of Representatives, and Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal; former President of the Senate and former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim. Others included former Minister of Federal Capital Territory and Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed; former Minister of State for Education and Rivers State Governor, N...
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Former Kano Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso Declares For Presidency
20Apr By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
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Former Kano Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso Declares For Presidency

Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso Former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Tuesday, picked the nomination and expression of interest forms of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for the 2023 presidential election. Kwankwaso, who said he paid N30 million for the forms, called on Nigerians, especially politicians who truly want to change the country for good, to join the NNPP. Speaking at the national headquarters of the NNPP in Abuja, Kwankwaso said his party would take over power in 2023. He urged Nigerians to come together and make sure Nigeria is returned to peace and a modern world economy. “I am happy to say that I have already paid the N30m to the party for the expression of interest and presidential nomination forms,” Kwankwaso said. “Let me call on all Nigerians, es...
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2023: God Has Spoken To Me – Ngige Speaks On Presidential Ambition
17Apr By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
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2023: God Has Spoken To Me – Ngige Speaks On Presidential Ambition

Chris Ngige The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, says he will soon announce his decision on whether to run for the 2023 presidency or not. Ngige said he used the season of lent to commune with God, and he spoke back to him. Speaking when he met his followers in Awka, Anambra State on Saturday, the minister said he has consulted widely and would soon reveal his decision. According to Ngige, he would disclose his position on running for the Presidency or not on Tuesday or Wednesday. Read Also: 2023: Omo-Agege Declares For Delta Governorship Ngige said: “I want to assure you that the period of lent we ended it last night. “And during this period, we communed with God; we did our fasting; we talked to God and the angels and God spoke back to us. God ha...
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2023: Olu of Warri Didn’t Endorse Tinubu – Palace
16Apr By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
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2023: Olu of Warri Didn’t Endorse Tinubu – Palace

Bola Tinubu The Olu of Warri, His Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatse III, has rebutted claims of the endorsement of an All Progressives Congress presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu, ahead of the 2023 elections. The rebuttal comes after media reports claimed that the Warri monarch endorsed Tinubu when a delegation of the South West Agenda for Asiwaju and Delta State for Bola Ahmed Tinubu visited him at his palace on Thursday. According to the statement signed by the Head, Back Office Operations, Office of the Ogiame Atuwatse III, Oriiz U. Onuwaje, the reports were taken out of context to suit a narrative. Onuwaje noted that the Olu of Warri had no political affiliation to any party or candidate vying for any office in the forthcoming elections, accusing the writer of contravening the Pala...
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2023: Omo-Agege Declares For Delta Governorship
15Apr By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
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2023: Omo-Agege Declares For Delta Governorship

Omo Agege After months of consultations, Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agage, yesterday, formally declared his intention to vie for the Delta State governorship seat in the 2023 general election. Making the declaration at Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, Omo-Agege, who currently represents Delta Central senatorial district in the Senate, described the crowd that graced the event as an indication that the people were fed up with the bad governance being foisted on them by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Notable chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, APC, at the rally were the Deputy Governor of Imo, Mr.  Placid Njoku; his Kogi State counterpart, Mr. Edward Onoja; National Vice Chairman, So...
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Wike Visits Edo, Shuns Obaseki, Seeks Benin Monarch’s Blessing
15Apr By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
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Wike Visits Edo, Shuns Obaseki, Seeks Benin Monarch’s Blessing

Nyesom Wike There are strong indications that the political difference/rivalry between Governor Nyesom Wike of River State and his Edo State counterpart, Godwin Obaseki, may not have abated as the former, on Thursday, shunned the Edo State Government House while in the state to fan his presidential ambition. Wike was in Benin as part of his meetings with the delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party ahead of the party’s convention to select its presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections. Recall that the rift between Wike and Obaseki started when the Deputy Governor of Edo State, Phillip Shaibu, stated that many supporters of Obaseki, who defected with the governor to the PDP, did not feel accepted into the party, and therefore, threatened the possibility of quitting t...
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INEC Declares 42% Of New Voters Registrations Invalid
14Apr By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
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INEC Declares 42% Of New Voters Registrations Invalid

INEC Nigeria’s electoral umpire, INEC, has declared 42 per cent of new voters' registration invalid just as it unveiled new Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) for distribution across the country. The commission, through its National Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, on Wednesday, said a total of 1,854,859 PVCs will be ready for collection by direct owners in the 36 states and FCT after the Easter holiday. Since the commencement of its Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) on June 28, 2021, millions of Nigerians have completed the processes physically and online ahead of 2023 General Elections. Of these figures spread across four quarters, Mr Yakubu said a little above 55 per cent of the participants in June and December 2021 scaled through the commission’s data clean up exercise. He iden...
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Presidential Bids: Peter Obi Meets Obaseki, Emmanuel Lobby NASS Caucus
14Apr By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
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Presidential Bids: Peter Obi Meets Obaseki, Emmanuel Lobby NASS Caucus

Peter Obi A presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, Peter Obi; and Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State have urged the party to embrace justice, fairness, and equity in the selection of the candidate to fly the party’s flag in the 2023 presidential election, noting that Nigerians must make sacrifices to move the country forward. Obi, who was in Edo State on Wednesday, said Nigerians must make sacrifices to overcome the country’s current challenges so as to build a better and progressive Nigeria for citizens and future generations. He stated, “As you know, I am one of the people in my party aspiring to serve this country. My aspiration is borne out of the fact that our country is going through a lot of challenges.  We will need to all make sacrifices in buildi...
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24 Edo North APC Exco Members Oppose Oshiomhole’s Senatorial Ambition
13Apr By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
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24 Edo North APC Exco Members Oppose Oshiomhole’s Senatorial Ambition

Adams Oshiomhole Twenty-four of the executive committee members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, from Edo North senatorial district have opposed the senatorial ambition of the former National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole. In a communiqué after a meeting in Auchi, Etsako West LGA of the state, they said the purported endorsement of Oshiomhole by the executives of the six local government areas did not get their support. Some of those who signed the communiqué were Mr. Francis Ozoya (Youth Leader Ward 3, Owan-East), Onaivi Alabi (Auditor, Ward 1, Akoko-Edo),William Patrick (Asst.Secretary Ward 8, Akoko-Edo) and Chief LuckAgbu (Chairman Ward 3 Etsako-East). They said the said endorsement championed by the state deputy chairman of the party, Jarret Tenebe, and th...
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