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Friday, 12 June 2020 15:50

Obaseki speaks on disqualification from APC gov primary

Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has said that he would not appeal his unjust disqualification by the Governorship Primary Screening Committee of All ProgoCongress (APC), noting that the action is ‘a mockery of the democratic process.’ In a statement, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr Crusoe Osagie, said, “We have watched the mockery of democratic process, which Mr Adams Oshiomhole, is administering and superintending over in our great party the All Progressives Congress (APC). It has been an unfortunate, disheartening and dreadful spectacle. “We had initially asserted that going by the open display and…

Friday, 12 June 2020 15:06

APC panel disqualifies Obaseki from gov primary election

All Progressives Congress (APC) screening committee for the Edo governorship primary has disqualified the governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki. Chairman of the screening committee, Mr Jonathan Ayuba, broke the news while presenting his report to Adams Oshiomhole, APC national chairman, at the national secretariat of APC in Abuja on Friday. Ayuba said two other aspirants were also disqualified from the race while three persons will slug it out for the party’s gubernatorial ticket on June 22. The Cable

Friday, 12 June 2020 05:28

South African court okays independent candidates for elections

Independent candidates who are not affiliated to any political party can stand in national and provincial elections, South Africa's highest court has ruled. The court case that started in the Western Cape High Court was brought by lobby group New Nation Movement and others. Mr Mbuyiseli Madlanga of the Constitutional Court said in his judgement that the current electoral act banning independent candidates was unconstitutional and there was no justification for the limitation. Bongani Bongo, who chairs the parliamentary committee responsible for the Electoral Commission, said parliament was studying the judgement. Pule Mabe, a spokesman for African National Congress which…

Thursday, 11 June 2020 14:17

INEC is right in de-registering 74 political parties - Court

A federal high court sitting in Abuja has affirmed the deregistration of 32 political parties by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The court, in a judgment delivered on Thursday, dismissed the suit filed by the parties against INEC on the grounds that they failed to prove their case. INEC chairman, Mr Mahmood Yakubu, on February 6, 2020, deregistered 74 political parties. He said they failed to meet the criteria provided for by section 225A of the 1999 constitution (as amended). This include: “Failure to win at least 25 percent of the votes cast in one state in a presidential…

Thursday, 11 June 2020 05:36

Fayemi has made himself sole admin of Ekiti APC, totally failed to govern - Buhari’s adviser

Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Political Affairs, Mr Babafemi Ojudu and Ekiti State Governor, Mr Kayode Fayemi, have traded invectives over alleged poor performance of the Fayemi-led administration. The former senator, who represented Ekiti Central in the Seventh Senate, said yesterday, during a telephone chat with newsmen in Ado-Ekiti, that there was lack of governance in the state and scored the Fayemi-led administration low in performance. He said Fayemi has, since his two years in office, not impacted positively on the lives of the people. “Where is the focus on the people now? Is it roads the government…

Wednesday, 10 June 2020 05:24

Alleged rift with Tinubu is fake news - Aregbesola

Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola has debunked claims of nursing presidential ambition in 2023 and also dismissed claims that he is at war with his leader and mentor, Mr Bola Tinubu. He spoke in Abuja yesterday against the background of the lies peddled by an online publication. Aregbesola said his loyalty to Tinubu is not only total, his commitment to whatever the leader wants is unwavering. The minister revealed that he knew where the story was coming from and the identity of those sponsoring it. 'Rift with Tinubu? Nothing can be more impossible! Nothing can be farther from the…

Tuesday, 09 June 2020 05:59

My dad will run for president again – Atiku’s son

Son of Nigeria’s former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Mr Adamu Abubakar, has said his father plans to contest the 2023 presidential election. “Personally, I don’t see anything wrong with my father contesting for the presidency. In 2023, my father will be aspiring to the number one office in the land because he has been an astute, strategic, master politician for almost four decades,” Abubakar who currently serves as commissioner for works and energy in Adamawa State was quoted saying by the Punch. He made this known while marking the one-year performance of his ministry under the leadership of Governor Ahmadu…

Monday, 01 June 2020 05:27

El-Rufai to Aregbesola: I greatly admire you, but Tinubu ‘isn’t my man’

In a fresh twist to the silent row between Kaduna State Governor, Mr Nasir El-Rufai, and National Leader of All Progressives Congress, Mr Bola Tinubu, the Kaduna governor has said Tinubu is not his man. Speaking at a webinar in commemoration of the 63rd birthday of Minister of Interior and former Governor of Osun State, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, on Saturday, El-Rufai, noted that Aregbesola remained his man any day but that Tinubu was not his man. This, he said, was due to the differences between him and the former Lagos governor. The webinar was tagged, ‘Rauf Aregbesola Colloquium 2020,’ with…

Tuesday, 26 May 2020 05:08

E-voting starts 2021 - INEC

Independent National Electoral Commission says it will introduce electronic voting (e-voting) in off-season elections starting in 2021. This is contained in a 17-page “Policy on Conducting Elections in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic” released on Monday in Abuja and signed by INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu. The policy covers health and legal issues, election planning and operations, election day and post-election activities, voter registration, political parties, election observation, electoral security and deployment of technology in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. “INEC will continue to make available its electronic channels for voters to check their registration status; pilot the use…

Saturday, 09 May 2020 05:06

Dynasties still run the world, study shows

Farida Jalalzai & Meg Rincker Worldwide, 1 in 10 presidents and prime ministers has relatives who were already in politics. Europe and Latin America, both democratic regions, have the highest proportion of leaders who come from political families. Want to get into politics? It helps if you come from the right family. Our study, published in the journal Historical Social Research in December 2018, shows that, on average, one in 10 world leaders comes from households with political ties. We examined the backgrounds of 1,029 political executives – that is, presidents and prime ministers – in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Europe,…

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Friday, 24 April 2020 04:42

ECOWAS recognises Embalo as Guinea-Bissau president

West African regional bloc ECOWAS said on Thursday it has recognised Umaro Sissoco Embalo as the winner of Guinea-Bissau’s presidential election in an attempt to draw a line under a four-month dispute over the results. The national electoral commission repeatedly declared former army general and prime minister Sissoco the winner of the Dec. 29 run-off vote, and outgoing President Jose Mario Vaz handed over power to him in an inaugural ceremony in February. But ECOWAS said days later that Embalo’s inauguration had taken place “outside legal and constitutional frameworks” as runner-up Domingos Simoes Pereira continued to challenge the results before…

Wednesday, 15 April 2020 06:24

Obama endorses Biden for US president, slams Republican Party

Former US President, Mr Barack Obama offered his formal endorsement of Joe Biden on Tuesday, injecting himself squarely in the presidential race for the first time by urging Democrats across the party's ideological spectrum to rally behind Biden and form a unified front to defeat President Donald Trump and win back the White House. Obama, in a lengthy video taped on Monday and posted on Tuesday, lauds Biden's character and resilience, touting him as the right kind of candidate to lead the country through a crisis like the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Obama also highlights the stakes of the 2020 election…

Tuesday, 14 April 2020 05:38

Sanders backs Biden as ex-rivals join forces to beat Trump

Bernie Sanders endorsed Joe Biden’s presidential campaign on Monday, encouraging his progressive supporters to rally behind the presumptive Democratic nominee in an urgent bid to defeat President Donald Trump. “I am asking all Americans, I’m asking every Democrat, I’m asking every independent, I’m asking a lot of Republicans, to come together in this campaign to support your candidacy, which I endorse,” the Vermont senator said in a virtual event with Biden. The backing came less than a week after Sanders ended his presidential campaign, which was centered around progressive policies such as universal health care. There were early signs that…

Thursday, 09 April 2020 05:58

Biden vs. Trump: General election battle is now set

Barring unforeseen disaster, Joe Biden will represent the Democratic Party against President Donald Trump this fall, the former vice president’s place on the general election ballot cemented Wednesday by Bernie Sanders’ decision to end his campaign. Biden likely won’t secure the number of delegates needed to clinch the nomination until June. But without any Democratic rivals left, a general election campaign that will almost certainly be the most expensive and among the nastiest in U.S. history is underway. “It won’t be easy. Nobody’s confused about that. But we are ready for the general election. We are ready for our standard-bearer,”…

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