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Peter Obi 2023: INEC Does Not Recognize Faction Labour Party

9Jun

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Elections, News, Nigeria

Peter Obi 2023: INEC Does Not Recognize Faction Labour Party

Peter Obi and his quest to contest for the 2023 presidential election appeared to have suffered a major set back with the announcement of a faction of the Labour Party emerging with a different candidate. It is still now clear how this will play out. See Also: 2023: Fresh Trouble For Peter Obi In LP As Faction Emerges While Peter Obi's supporters await the determination of the courts on the issue, one thing that they can still take some comfort in is that according to the Independent National Electoral Commission, the only recognized Labour Party is the one lead by Julius Abure, which is also the one for which Peter Obi is its Presidential flag bearer. We shall provide updates as they unfold.

BREAKING: INEC Releases Date for 2023 Presidential Election

15Oct

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BREAKING: INEC Releases Date for 2023 Presidential Election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that the 2023 presidential election will hold on February 18, 2023. The Chairman of the Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Thursday. In his goodwill message at the inauguration of the special adhoc committee on the review of the 1999 constitution, the INEC Chairman told members of the House of Representatives they are about 855 days left before the next general elections. Details shortly...

Buhari Nominates Lauretta Onochie, Three Others as INEC Commissioners

13Oct

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Buhari Nominates Lauretta Onochie, Three Others as INEC Commissioners

President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated his Special Assistant on Social Media, Mrs. Lauretta Onochie from Delta as a National Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Senate President Ahmad Lawan read President Buhari’s letter of request at plenary today. Also nominated for confirmation as National Electoral Commissioners of the INEC were: Prof. Muhammad Sani Kallah (National from Katsina; Prof. Kunle Cornelius Ajayi from Ekiti and Saidu Babura Ahmad (Resident Electoral Commissioner) from Jigawa. The Letter reads in part: “Pursuant to Paragraph 14 of Part I(F) of the Third Schedule to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, as amended, I hereby forward for confirmation by the Senate, the appointment of the followi...

Opinion: A Compromised INEC is Murdering Nigeria’s Hard Earned Democracy by Mike Ozekhome SAN

24Sep

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Opinion: A Compromised INEC is Murdering Nigeria’s Hard Earned Democracy by Mike Ozekhome SAN

The announcement by INEC,that the Osun state election conducted on Saturday,22nd September2018,was inconclusive and the fixing of 27th of September for a so called rerun,is a dangerous subversion and travesty of the electoral process,a blow to our hard earned constitutional democracy and an ominous sign of the farce to expect in 2019-subversion of the people's will. INEC has earned for itself the inglorious reputation of holding inconclusive elections (Kogi,Bayelsa,et al);and working in cahoot with the ruling APC party,always eager to do its dirty electoral bidding,to commit daylight robbery of votes.This they have just done to Adeleke's votes to defeat the will and legitimate franchise of the good people of Osun state. I wholly condemn this ludicrous mockery of our electoral proce...