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Saturday, 14 May 2022 06:12

Ngige withdraws from presidential race

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has withdrawn from the 2023 presidential race, saying, he took the decision in the overall interest of the nation, and to assist President Muhammadu Buhari and the government weather the difficult last lap in the life of the administration. In a press statement he personally signed and dated May 13, 2022, the former governor of Anambra State emphasised that his declaration for president was sequel to pressure on him from his constituents, political associates, friends and other well meaning Nigerians, “who felt I possess the necessary qualifications and experience for the job. Some…

Friday, 13 May 2022 06:42

‘Let them have heart attack’, Emefiele tells off Nigerians outraged by his presidential aspiration while still in office as CBN gov

Governor Godwin Emefiele of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says he is having fun with the whole drama around his 2023 ambition. Emefiele said this while responding to questions from State House reporters after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, on Thursday. Asked about his reaction to the report that the President had asked him to resign after the purchase of the presidential nomination and expression of interest forms of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Emefiele said: “There is no news now, but there will be news. You heard me,…

Thursday, 12 May 2022 06:42

Buhari orders ministers, other appointees aspiring to contest elections to resign latest Monday

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered all members of his cabinet and appointees vying for electoral offices to resign on or before May 16, 2022. The order came at Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by the President at the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja. Minister of information, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this to State House correspondents shortly after the meeting. Cabinet members affected include Ministers of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio; Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige; Science, Technology and Innovation, Ogbonnaya Onu; Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba; Justice minister and Attorney General of the…

Thursday, 12 May 2022 06:41

These Ministers have resigned following Buhari’s directive to political appointees

Godswill Akpabio, minister of Niger Delta affairs; Ogbonnaya Onu, minister of science and technology; Emeka Nwajiuba, Minister of State for Education; and Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transport have resigned their appointments. The ministers resigned following President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive ordering members of the federal executive council seeking elective offices to resign on or before Monday. Jackson Udom, media aide to Akpabio, confirmed the resignation of his principal in a statement issued on Wednesday, while Onu was said to have submitted his resignation letter to the office of the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF). “Yes. He has just…

Thursday, 12 May 2022 06:37

Reps concur with Senate, amend Electoral Acts to permit voting by statutory delegates at party primaries, conventions

House of Representatives has passed Section 84(8) of the Electoral Amendment Act, 2022 to allow statutory delegates participate in political parties’ congresses and conventions. The House amended the clause after considering a Bill sponsored by the Chairman, House Committee on Rules and Business, Abubakar Fulata, at plenary on Wednesday in Abuja. The Bill is entitled, “A Bill for an Act to Amend the Electoral Act, No. 13, 2022” The current version, which was assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari in February, prevented statutory delegates from taking part in party primaries. According to Section 84 (8) of the Electoral Amendment Act,…

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…

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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…

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