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Osinbajo Calls For Transparent Democratic Processes in Africa

21Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Osinbajo Calls For Transparent Democratic Processes in Africa

The Vice-President of Nigeria, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has urged Africans to put extra effort in ensuring that elections in the continent go through the democratic process and remain transparent and fair. Osinbajo said this on Monday while receiving the President-elect of Sao Tome and Principe, Carlos Vila Nova who paid him a courtesy visit at the Presidential Villa. The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, disclosed this in a statement titled ‘Elections in Africa must follow a democratic process–Osinbajo’. The Punch had earlier reported that on July 18, 2021, elections were held in Sao Tome to replace President Evaristo Carvalho, whose tenure expired on September 3, 2021. Read Also: INEC Suspends Voter Registration in Bauchi Based...

INEC Suspends Voter Registration in Bauchi

20Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

INEC Suspends Voter Registration in Bauchi

The Independent National Electoral Commission has suspended the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration exercise in Bauchi State. This is contained in a statement by the INEC’s Head of Voter Education and Publicity in the state, Alhaji Adamu Gujungu, on Monday in Bauchi. Gujungu said that the temporary suspension of the exercise would take effect from Sept. 21, to facilitate the display of preliminary voters register. Read Also: 2023: Why We Haven’t Decided on Zoning –PDP, Governors He said that the preliminary voter’s register would be displayed at its headquarters and offices across the 20 local government areas in the state. “INEC wishes to inform the general public that the display exercise for claims and objections will commence from Friday, September 24 to Thursday, Sept...

Persuade Buhari To Conduct Free, Fair Elections, Wike Tells UN

8Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Persuade Buhari To Conduct Free, Fair Elections, Wike Tells UN

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has asked the United Nations and other world bodies to persuade President Muhammadu Buhari to conduct a free and fair election in 2023. Wike urged the United Nations agencies, in particular, to continue to advocate for a free, fair and transparent electoral process in Nigeria. Wike stated this during a Working visit by the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Edward Kallon, at the Government House in Port Harcourt. Wike who spoke through his Deputy, Ipalibo Harry-Banigo, said Rivers State believes that strengthening democratic Institutions was the way to go. He stated, “In all our activities, we always operate democratically. In the last two Local Government elections we have had, we had inclusiveness of women not only as Vi...

Soludo Remains Our Candidate For Anambra State Governorship Election – APGA

7Aug

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Soludo Remains Our Candidate For Anambra State Governorship Election – APGA

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA0 has disclosed that Prof. Charles Soludo is the party's candidate for the November 6, 2021 Anambra guber election. A party statement released on Friday reads: We wish to state unequivocally that Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo remains the governorship candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for the November 6, 2021 Governorship Election. We also state that up till date, it was only Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo that meticulously fulfilled all the requirements enunciated by the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended), the INEC Election Manual and the 2021 Electoral Guidelines of APGA for the 2021 Anambra State Governorship Election. It is also clear that the period permitted by law for the conduct of party primary for the election, downl...

INEC Counters NASS, Says Nationwide E-transmission of Election Results Possible

18Jul

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

INEC Counters NASS, Says Nationwide E-transmission of Election Results Possible

Despite the rejection of electronic transmission of election results by the National Assembly in the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, the use of the technology will be feasible in the deepening of democracy in Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission said on Saturday. The commission premised its optimism on the fact that its joint committee made up of telecommunication stakeholders had revised the system and concluded that electronic transmission of results was practicable. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman (Information and Voter Education Committee), Festus Okoye, expressed these views in an interview with Sunday PUNCH in Abuja. According to him, INEC was committed to deepening the use of technology in the electoral process and had many times demonstrated it th...

Reps Seek to Make President, Govs Vacate Seats After Defection

11Jul

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, Legislature, News, Nigeria

Reps Seek to Make President, Govs Vacate Seats After Defection

The House of Representatives is seeking to pass a bill that will force a president or governor to vacate their position if they defect from the political party on whose platform they won an election to another. Currently, the constitution only recommends such to National Assembly and state House of Assembly members. The bill is which is sponsored by a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from Taraba State, Rimamnde Kwewum, seeks to extend the same to the president, vice-president, governor and deputy governor. Three governors have cross-carpeted since the last general elections in 2019 among whom are David Umahi of Ebonyi State, Ben Ayade of Cross River State, and recently Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State. The bill, which is awaiting second reading by the House, seeks t...

INEC Fixes Ekiti, Osun Guber Polls For June 18, July 16 2022

16Jun

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

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INEC Fixes Ekiti, Osun Guber Polls For June 18, July 16 2022

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Ekiti and Osun Governorship elections for Saturday June 18 and Saturday July 16 2022 respectively. The Commission made the announcement in Abuja on Wednesday. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, said the detailed timetable and schedule of activities for the elections have been uploaded on the Commission’s website and social media platforms. Details shortly…

BREAKING: Senate Screens Lauretta Onochie, Five Others As INEC Commissioners

9Jun

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, Legislature, News, Nigeria

BREAKING: Senate Screens Lauretta Onochie, Five Others As INEC Commissioners

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday asked the Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission to screen for confirmation, the appointments of Ms. Lauretta Onochie and five others as INEC commissioners. This is coming eight months after President Muhammadu Buhari sent the list of the nominees to the Senate for screening. It was learned that protests among the Peoples Democratic Party members in the red chamber halted the process of the screening as the opposition federal lawmakers were said to have accused Onochie, who is presently a presidential spokesperson, of unnecessarily casting aspersions on their party. They also faulted the idea of making Onochie, a card-carrying member of the All Progressives Congress as an INEC Commissioner to represent Delta State on ...

I Don’t Believe in Zoning, Nigerians Should be Allowed to Decide – Sen Bulkachuwa

3Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria, Security

I Don’t Believe in Zoning, Nigerians Should be Allowed to Decide – Sen Bulkachuwa

The Chairman Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa, has said that he does not believe any political party in Nigeria should zone its presidential ticket to any particular region in the country ahead of the 2023 general elections. His comment comes on the heels of the recent agitation by the South-East region to produce the president come 2023. The senator said its best the right candidates are fielded by all the parties while Nigerians elect the best among the options. He also said the Nigerian Government will not be cowed by the demands if elements he described as “insurgents in the South-East. Bulkachuwa noted that the South-East had tried in the past to separate the country which resulted in a civil war. He warned that the Nigerian government would ...

Lead front the Front, PDP Tells Buhari as FG Again Talks Tough

2Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria, Security

Lead front the Front, PDP Tells Buhari as FG Again Talks Tough

The main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reacted to the warning issued by President Muhammadu Buhari against sponsors of insecurity in the country, urging the president to match his words with actions Buhari in the statement issued on Tuesday also vowed to respond to the provocations of secessionists, noting that agitators were too young to know the loss of lives and other tragedies that attended the Nigerian civil war of 1967 to 1970. He made these remarks at the Presidential Villa, Abuja after being briefed by the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, on series of attacks on facilities of the electoral body across the country. These were contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Pu...