Tag: Elections - Page 23 - African News Today

APC Convention: Dead Persons, Defectors Make Rivers Delegates — Abe Camp

26Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

APC Convention: Dead Persons, Defectors Make Rivers Delegates — Abe Camp

Senator Magnus Abe’s camp of divided Rivers All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised alarm on the listing of dead persons and defectors among delegates from the state accredited for Saturday’s national convention of the party. In a petition jointly signed by former Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of Rivers state, Worgu Boms, Sen Abe and Sen Wilson Ake among others, the petitioners described the development as deliberate by those in charge. APC However, Rivers APC Chairman, Emeka Beke dismissed any wrongdoing, accusing the Abe camp of unnecessarily seeking media attention. Abe’s camp had said: “We found out that the list was inflated by adding names of deceased persons and persons who were never principal officers in the Rivers State House of Assembly. “Two c...

APC Bars Political Appointees From Voting At National Convention

25Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria, Press Statement

APC Bars Political Appointees From Voting At National Convention

The All Progressives Congress has barred political appointees from voting at its national convention holding on Saturday. The party made this known in a press statement on Thursday. The statement was titled, ‘Attention to political office holders who were elected as delegates’. It read, “The National Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of APC has declared that all political appointees who were elected as delegates to the National Convention slated for 26/3/2022 SHALL NOT VOTE in view of the controversy surrounding Section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act,2022. “However, political appointees can still attend as observers.” The Senate had earlier unanimously rejected Electoral Act Amendment Bill sent by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). ...

Peter Obi Declares Intention To Contest For 2023 Presidential Election

24Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Peter Obi Declares Intention To Contest For 2023 Presidential Election

Former governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi, Thursday declared interest to contest for 2023 presidential race. Obi disclosed this when he met with Anambra Traditional rulers. The video was posted by Oseloka H. Obaze on his Twitter handle. See Also: FG’s GDP Growth Insignificant With Rising Poverty – Peter Obi Born July, 19, 1961, Obi a Nigerian politician and businessman, was the vice presidential candidate in the 2019 Nigerian general elections under the People’s Democratic Party P.D.P. He was a former governor of Anambra state from 2006 to 2013. He handed over to Willie Obiano. Source: Vanguard

Ebonyi: INEC To Take Decision On Gov Umahi’s Fate Next Week

18Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Ebonyi: INEC To Take Decision On Gov Umahi’s Fate Next Week

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it would meet next week to deliberate on the Federal High Court’s sack of Ebonyi State Governor, Engr. Dave Umahi, and come up with an appropriate position on the matter. INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Barr. Festus Okoye disclosed this in a late Thursday statement. He said the commission met on Thursday and deliberated on a wide range of issues, including the rising tide of litigations that do not directly involve the Commission, but in which the principal parties joined it. According to him, the Commission was briefed by its Litigation and Prosecution Department, including an update on litigations, showing that in the last three months, the Commission ha...

Only Buhari Can Convince Me Run For Presidency Or Be A Running Mate – El Rufai

10Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Only Buhari Can Convince Me Run For Presidency Or Be A Running Mate – El Rufai

Governor Nasir El-Ruffai of Kaduna State has said that he would only run for the 2023 presidency either as a presidential aspirant or a running mate to the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi if President Muhammadu Buhari insists. El-Rufai insisted that he has no intention to run for presidency or be a running mate to Amaechi as being rumoured on social media. Speaking on Channel Television’s Politics Today, the Kaduna State Governor said he is tired and needs to rest and has no intention of coming back to politics after leaving office next year. He said Amaechi was free to run for the presidency but maintained that President Buhari is the only one who can convince him to join the race. See Also: Jonathan tried to Jail me, ignored our Friendship – El-Rufai “I’ve said ...

Fresh Voter Registration Hits 6.6 Million – INEC

8Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Fresh Voter Registration Hits 6.6 Million – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission has disclosed that fresh registration in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration across the country has hit 6.6 million. The commission disclosed this in Abuja in an update on Quarter three, week nine of the CVR. The update showed that as at 7am on Monday, March 7, the fresh batch of registration reached exactly 6,615,192 million. See Also: 2023: INEC Announces New Dates For Presidential & Gubernatorial Elections From the disclosure, it was also learnt that 3,707,233 registrants completed their registration of which 1,539,618 were through online and 2,167,615 were physical. INEC disclosed that out of the persons that completed their registration, 1,863,963 were male, 1,843,270 were female, and 31,517 were Persons With...

I Helped Aregbesola, Fayemi, Mimiko Become Gov – Tinubu

5Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria, Uncategorized

I Helped Aregbesola, Fayemi, Mimiko Become Gov – Tinubu

A few months to the presidential election, one of the presidential aspirants and a leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Friday paid a visit to the traditional rulers in the three senatorial districts of Ondo State, seeking their support for his aspiration. Read Also: Bola Tinubu Should Retire From Politics, Can’t Cope With Nigerian Presidency – Arewa Forum Speaking at the palace of the Deji of Akure, the former governor of Lagos State said he had helped many people in the country to achieve their political goals. Rauf Aregbesola Among the beneficiaries of his political benevolence, Tinubu mentioned a former governor of Osun and Ondo States, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Dr Olusegun Mimiko respectively. He also mentioned Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode ...

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...

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...

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...