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Senate rejects amendment to Electoral Act
The Senate, on Wednesday, rejected the Executive request by President Muhammadu Buhari to amend the Electoral Act signed into law on the 25th February, 2022. This followed the failure of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill to scale through second reading on the floor during plenary. The move to reject the bill was signaled by a call from Senator Adamu Aliero…
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Parties should promote greater access to elective offices for women – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission has urged political parties in the country to promote more opportunities for women to access political offices. This was contained in INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu’s message to celebrate the International Women’s Day. Yakubu said this year’s theme aligns with the commission’s vision for inclusivity and women participation in the electoral process. “The Independent National…
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APC zones national chairman to north central, secretary to south west
The Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) has approved zoning for various offices in its National Working Committee ahead of the party’s convention scheduled for March 28. The party in a statement by the Director of Publicity Salisu Na’inna Ɗambatta, said it approved the recommendations of the Committee on zoning by the committee chaired by Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazak. The…
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Umahi asks appeal court to set aside judgement sacking him as Ebonyi governor
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has appealed the Federal High Court judgement which sacked him at the Court of Appeal. A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja and presided over by Justice Inyang Ekwo had sacked Umahi and his deputy for defecting to the All Progressives Congress, APC, from the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. Umahi based his appeal on eight…
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Nigeria’s constitution must be fair to women, says Anyanwu-Akeredolu
By Temitope Adedeji, Akure Wife of the Ondo State governor, Chief Mrs. Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu said Nigeria needs a constitution that is fair to women. Anyanwu-Akeredolu stated this in Akure, the Ondo state capital while addressing journalists on why women must be given better chance in the affairs of their country. Mrs. Anyanwu-Akeredolu, who spoke in commemoration of International Women’s Day,…
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Ondo bye-election: I shared N234m across polling units yet lost, PDP candidate refutes poor funding claim
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in February 26 Akure South/North Federal Constituency bye-election, Olumuyiwa Adu, said he shared over N234m for voters across the 753 polling units in the constituency. In a statement signed by Olakunle Alade-Fayehun for his media team, the PDP candidate said despite losing, he was the candidate who has spent the highest in the history…
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Ebonyi: No court can sack governor for defecting to another party, says APC
The All Progressives Congress, APC, says the judgement of a federal high court in Abuja, sacking Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, and his deputy for defecting to the party from the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, was a miscarriage of justice. The party in a statement signed by it Director of Publicity, Salisu Dambatta, said no court in the country can…
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Adeleke wins PDP guber primary election, as party insists no parallel primary
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The Deputy Governor of Bayelsa and Chairman of the Osun governorship primary, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has declared Senator Ademola Adeleke as the governorship candidate of the Sunday Bisi-led group of the People’s Democratic Party. He said Adeleke scored 1887 votes, while his closet rival Sanya Omirin scored four votes while Dele Adeleke scored 1, Fatai Akinbade nil,…
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Babayemi wins Osun PDP factional guber primary
Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Prince Dotun Babayemi has emerged the governorship candidate for the Wale Ojo-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Osun State. Announcing the result at the WOCDIF center, Osogbo, the Chief Returning Officer, Adelani Ajanaku, said Babayemi polled 1781 votes to emerge the winner. Ajanaku said that the number of accredited voters was 1907, void votes…
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APC adopts zoning coming report, NEC set to meet next week
The All Progressives Congress, APC has adopted the report of its zoning committee ahead of the party’s national convention slated for March 26. This was after Chairman of the Zoning Committee and Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, submitted the report to the party’s leadership on Monday. Niger State Governor and acting Chairman of the APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC)…
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