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Thursday, 12 May 2022 06:36

PDP abandons zoning, says contest for presidential ticket open to all

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says its presidential ticket will not be zoned to any region. Debo Ologunagba, PDP spokesperson, announced this Wednesday night after the national executive committee (NEC) meeting at the party’s headquarters in Abuja. He said the decision aligns with the recommendation of the party’s zoning committee. “After a very extensive deliberation, NEC aligned with the recommendation of the PDP national zoning committee that the presidential election should now be left open,” Ologunagba said “The party should also work towards consensus where possible.” The party’s decision implies that all presidential hopefuls from the six geo-political zones can contest…

Wednesday, 11 May 2022 06:29

Senate amends Electoral Act to allow statutory delegates to vote at party congresses, conventions

Senate has amended the Electoral Act 2022 to allow statutory delegates to participate and vote in party conventions, congresses and meetings. In an accelerated passage, the lawmakers amended Section 84(8) of the law – which initially allowed only elected delegates of a party to participate in the conventions or other meetings. The legislation, sponsored by the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, scaled first, second and third readings at plenary on Tuesday. Leading the debate, Omo-Agege noted that the initial section of the bill was an error on the part of the legislature. Section 84(8) of the Electoral Act does not…

Tuesday, 10 May 2022 06:26

Buhari has constitutional power to extend his tenure 6 months at a time indefinitely till insecurity eases - Senior lawyer, Robert Clarke

Elder statesman, Robert Clarke, has called for the extension of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), who said this on Monday, argued that the months preceding the 2023 elections are not sufficient to put an end to the insecurity plaguing the country, making the conduct of election possible. Speaking when he featured on ARISE Television, Clarke maintained that the Constitution provides that the President can extend his tenure for six months, in the first instance, if he feels that conditions are not good to carry out elections. He averred that it was wrong to believe that…

Tuesday, 10 May 2022 06:23

Jonathan rejects APC presidential form, says not ‘committed to request to run’

Nigeria’s former president, Goodluck Jonathan, has rejected a presidential nomination form bought for him by a group from northern Nigeria. Jonathan described the purchase of the form, ‘without his consent’ as an ‘insult.’ In a statement by his spokesperson, Ikechukwu Eze, Jonathan also said he has yet to decide whether to seek re-election on the platform of Nigeria’s current ruling party, APC. Jonathan governed Nigeria on the platform of the PDP for five years before losing his re-election bid to Muhammadu Buhari of the APC in 2015. Buhari concludes his constitutionally permitted second term in 2023 and there has been…

Tuesday, 10 May 2022 06:22

2023: Court rejects CBN gov’s request to stop INEC, AGF from disqualifying him to contest for president

The Abuja division of the Federal High Court has rejected an ex-parte application filed by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) from disqualifying him from contesting the 2023 presidential election. Emefiele had prayed the court, through his counsel, Mike Ozekhome, for an order of status quo ante bellum to be made against INEC and AGF so that he would not be made to resign from office until 30 days to the general election. He sought the order pending the hearing and determination…

Monday, 09 May 2022 06:25

Prospect of Marcos comeback looms as Philippines votes for new president

Polls opened in the Philippines on Monday (today) in the country's most divisive presidential election in decades, with the prospect of a once-unthinkable return to rule of the Marcos family, 36 years after they were toppled in a "people power" uprising. The election pits Vice President Leni Robredo against former senator and congressman Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the son and namesake of a dictator whose two decade rule ended in a public revolt and his family's humiliating retreat into exile. Opinion polls put Marcos, popularly known as "Bongbong", leading his rival by over 30 percentage points, having topped every poll this…

Saturday, 07 May 2022 06:35

Southwest APC presidential aspirants meet in Lagos, fail to agree on consensus candidate

Leaders of the All Progressives Congress in the Southwest, on Friday, cautioned presidential aspirants from the zone to guard against their utterances. It was gathered that the meeting, held behind closed doors at the Lagos House, Marina, also resolved that name calling and other personal attacks should not be encouraged by the aspirants and their supporters. It was learnt that the aspirants were asked to work with whomever among them emerges as the party’s candidate for the presidential election. According to sources, the leaders also impressed the aspirants to ensure that the Southwest does not lose the opportunity to produce…

Friday, 06 May 2022 06:32

Deadlines for party primaries sacrosanct - INEC

Against speculations of caving in to pressure from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigeria’s electoral umpire, INEC, says it will not extend the deadline set for political parties’ primary elections. In its timetable and schedule of activities released in February for the 2023 General Election, the commission had slated April 4 to June 3 for the election of flag bearers of all political parties for the 2023 elections. With about 28 days to the deadline, the nation’s leading political parties, APC and PDP, appear not ready for their primaries. While APC is still selling nomination forms to aspirants, PDP…

Friday, 06 May 2022 06:31

Kaduna 2023: El-Rufai anoints son’s boss as successor, son for Rep

Nasir El-Rufai, governor of Kaduna State, has endorsed Uba Sani as his would-be successor in the 2023 governorship election in the state. The governor in a meeting on Wednesday at the Kaduna State Government House with party stakeholders and subordinates endorsed Sani as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. The governor subsequently called on his surrogates to support Sani in the party’s primary. A close associate of the governor, Sani Dattijo, who himself was a governorship hopeful, said the decision was reached after an extensive discussion with other aspirants. Dattijo, a former chief of…

Thursday, 05 May 2022 06:36

PDP, APC announce postponement of congresses to elect delegates for party primaries

National working committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed its LGA congresses to elect national delegates for the presidential primary. The LGA congresses were scheduled to take place on May 5 across the country. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Debo Ologunagba, PDP spokesperson, said a new date for the exercise would be fixed soon. “The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the postponement of the Party’s Local Government Congress to elect one LGA National Delegate earlier scheduled for Thursday, May 5, 2022,” the statement reads. “A new date for the LGA…

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Monday, 02 May 2022 06:53

APC, PDP’s primaries will be disrupted except ASUU strike resolved, NANS vows

National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) says there will be no presidential primaries in Abuja until the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities resolve their differences and call off the strike action. This was made known in a statement issued on Sunday by Sunday Asefon, NANS president. ASUU has been on strike since February 14 due to several unresolved issues — one of which is the union’s insistence on making use of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) as a preferred payment option, instead of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). Amid the strike…

Wednesday, 27 April 2022 06:55

Andy Uba shouldn’t have been on the ballot in Anambra gov election, Supreme Court affirms

The supreme court has affirmed the nullification of the participation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Andy Uba, in the November 2021 Anambra governorship election. In the judgment delivered on Tuesday, the apex court, in a unanimous decision by a five-member panel of justices, held that Uba did not emerge through a valid primary. The court held that the primary which produced Uba was conducted in breach of the party’s guidelines. George Moghalu, an aspirant in the APC primary election, had approached the court challenging the process and the outcome of the primary. He sought N122.5 million…

Monday, 25 April 2022 06:19

France's Macron wins re-election, pledges change

Emmanuel Macron comfortably defeated far-right rival Marine Le Pen on Sunday, heading off a political earthquake for Europe but acknowledging dissatisfaction with his first term and saying he would seek to make amends. His supporters erupted with joy as the results appeared on a giant screen at the Champ de Mars park by the Eiffel tower. Leaders in Berlin, Brussels, London and beyond welcomed his defeat of the nationalist, eurosceptic Le Pen. With 97% of votes counted, Macron was on course for a solid 57.4% of the vote, interior ministry figures showed. But in his victory speech he acknowledged that…

Sunday, 24 April 2022 06:36

Macron or Le Pen: France faces stark choice for president

The French vote on Sunday (today) in an election that will decide whether pro-European Union, centrist President Emmanuel Macron keeps his job or is unseated by far-right eurosceptic Marine Le Pen in what would amount to a political earthquake. Opinion polls in recent days gave Macron a solid and slightly growing lead as analysts said Le Pen - despite her efforts to soften her image and tone down some of her National Rally party's policies - remained unpalatable for many. But a surprise Le Pen victory cannot entirely be ruled out, given the high numbers of voters who were undecided…

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