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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...

Yoruba Monarchs Move to Resolve Tinubu/ Aregbesola Rift

19Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Yoruba Monarchs Move to Resolve Tinubu/ Aregbesola Rift

Some Yoruba leaders, including traditional rulers, yesterday, began a move to resolve the conflict between the National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and former governor of Osun State and Minister for Interior, Rauf Aregbesola. Tinubu, who was governor of Lagos from 1999 to 2003 and Aregbesola who, served under him as Commissioner for Works before going to Osun State to become governor in 2010, has been at loggerheads over the Osun State governorship election scheduled to hold on July 16 2022.The two APC leaders are currently engaging in a war of words over the re-election bid of Governor Gboyega Oyetola. While Tinubu is supporting Oyetola who is his blood brother, Aregbesola, who is the immediate predecessor of the governor, believes that Oyetola d...

18Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Oyetola Waged War Against Me Since Becoming Governor – Aregbesola

Former Governor of the State of Osun and Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, on Thursday, said his successor, Adegboyega Oyetola, waged war against him after he became governor. Aregbesola spoke in Ikire while addressing a rally held to garner support for his anointed candidate in Saturday’s Osun governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress, Moshood Adeoti. Speaking in the Yoruba language, Aregbesola said he pleaded with Oyetola for about two years not to fight him, adding that his successor rejected his advice which made him call his people and told them to salvage the party. He said, “I begged him for two years, I told him that people must not mock us. I told him, that he was heading towards destruction. I served this state with the whole of my heart, I also...

House Of Representatives Passes Electoral Bill Without ‘Direct Primary’ Clause

20Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, Legislature, News, Nigeria

House Of Representatives Passes Electoral Bill Without ‘Direct Primary’ Clause

The House of Representatives on Thursday passed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill after the compulsory direct primary clause was revised by the lawmakers. The bill was passed after the removal of clause (84) which required political parties to only select candidates through direct primaries. Read Also: 2023: Time Running Out For New Electoral Bill, Says INEC It had been reported that the Senate on Wednesday included the consensus mode of primary in the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill as suggested by President Muhammadu Buhari. Both chambers of the National Assembly, the Senate and the House of Representatives, however, deleted compulsory direct primaries from the bill. While the House gave options of parties adopting direct or indirect primaries, the Senate included direct and ind...

Bola Tinubu Should Retire From Politics, Can’t Cope With Nigerian Presidency – Arewa Forum

17Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Bola Tinubu Should Retire From Politics, Can’t Cope With Nigerian Presidency – Arewa Forum

The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum has said the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, should retire from politics because of his old age as he may not cope with the complexities and challenges of leading a country such as Nigeria. The AYCF National leader, Yerima Shettima, stated this in an interview with SaharaReporters on Sunday. Shettima added that Tinubu should be contented with the role of grooming young brilliant minds to take over the affairs of the country as Nigeria needed to be forward-looking, not to “recycle old hands.” The Arewa leader said, "Well, I'm not in a position to say exactly how old Tinubu is, because his age has been the subject of controversy for many years. However, going by the latest trends on the global democratic space, I doub...

2023: PDP Governors Meet In Port Harcourt To Consider Presidential Candidate

17Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

2023: PDP Governors Meet In Port Harcourt To Consider Presidential Candidate

Governors who are members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are to meet today in Port Harcourt, Rivers State to strategise on how the party can reclaim power in 2023. The Director-General of the PDP Governors’ Forum, Cyril Maduabum, who announced this on Sunday, said the first meeting in the new year would review the state of the states, nation and the leading opposition. He said all the PDP governors are expected to attend the meeting to be presided over by the Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. Read Also: 2023: Our choices have consequences — Seyi Makinde Maduabum said the meeting would be preceded by a gala night by the Chief Host and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. He said the PDP governors were working in concert and consu...

INEC Does More Than Conducting Elections –Yakubu

16Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

INEC Does More Than Conducting Elections –Yakubu

The Independent National Electoral Commission has raised concerns over what it described as huge responsibilities involved in conducting elections in Nigeria. The commission also observed that conducting elections in Nigeria was similar to holding one in the entire West African region. The INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, according to a bulletin circulated by the commission on Saturday, stated these when the Director-General of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms, Dasuki Arabi, led a team from the BPSR on a courtesy visit to the INEC Headquarters in Abuja. According to him, there were a very few agencies in Nigeria like INEC, considering the kind of extensive responsibilities being performed by the commission. Read Also: 2023: Time Running Out For New Electoral Bill, Says ...

2023: Time Running Out For New Electoral Bill, Says INEC

15Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

2023: Time Running Out For New Electoral Bill, Says INEC

Continued delay in the assent to the Electoral Act (2010) amendment bill may affect the adoption of the new amendments for the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission has said. The commission said though it operates based on existing legal regime, it was important to have the law that would guide the elections in place at least 12 to 18 months before the exercise. Already, the Chairman of INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has announced February 23, 2023 as the date for the presidential election, which is about one year from now. The amendment, prompted by the compelling need to engender transparency, improve the electoral process and boost the credibility of elections, had generated nationwide debate, especially the need for electronic transmission of result...

INEC To Conduct Outstanding By-elections On February 26

15Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

INEC To Conduct Outstanding By-elections On February 26

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has announced Saturday, 26th February 2022 for the conduct of bye-elections in certain federal Constituencies in the country. A statement on Friday by National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye disclosed that the Commission arrived at the date after an extraordinary meeting. The Federal Constituencies where the elections are expected to hold include, Akure North/Akure South Federal Constituency, Ondo State; Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency, Plateau State; Pankshin South State Constituency, Plateau State; Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency, Cross River State. Others were Akpabuyo State Constituency, Cross River State and Ngor-Okpala State Constituency, Imo State. On Ekiti East 1 State...