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Friday, 10 December 2021 06:05

Buhari refuses to sign Electoral Amendment Bill over removal of indirect primaries

President Muhammadu Buhari has declined assent to the Electoral Amendment Bill over the removal of indirect primaries from the document. The Bill has therefore been returned to the National Assembly. This is even as Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State frowned on the “infringement” of parties’ rights by the National Assembly. Uzodimma, in an exclusive interview with Daily Sun, said the removal of indirect primaries from the proposed amendment would render political parties powerless, especially those with low funds to finance direct primaries. A senator who spoke with our correspondent revealed that the Bill was returned to the Senate and…

Friday, 10 December 2021 06:04

Direct or indirect, INEC won’t fund party primaries - Yakubu

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will not fund party primaries, whether direct or indirect. Chairman of House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Muktar Batera, disclosed this to journalists after a meeting with Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of INEC, on Thursday in Abuja. According to Batera, the committee discussed INEC budget and the cost implications of direct primaries on the Commission. He stated that INEC’s role in the process of primaries is minimal because political parties are in charge of primaries. “In our discussions with the INEC Chairman, we wanted to know his requirements for the 2023 elections as well…

Monday, 06 December 2021 06:00

Gambian President Barrow wins re-election

Gambian President Adama Barrow has comfortably won re-election, the electoral commission said on Sunday, though he may face a legal challenge from opposition candidates who rejected the results because of unspecified irregularities. The vote was the first in 27 years without disgraced former President Yahya Jammeh, who was forced into exile in Equatorial Guinea after refusing to accept defeat to Barrow in 2016. Jammeh's despotic 22-year rule over the small West African nation of 2.5 million people, which began with a 1994 coup, was characterised by killings and torture of political opponents. Saturday's peaceful election was seen by many as…

Friday, 26 November 2021 06:06

Former South Africa president narrates how he worked with Abdusalami to thwart Obasanjo’s 3rd term bid

Thabo Mbeki, former president of South Africa, says he and Abdulsalami Abubakar, former head of state of Nigeria, worked against a third term during the tenure of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Towards the end of Obasanjo’s second term in office, a bill was proposed to the Nigerian parliament to amend the constitution and grant the president an extra term. Although the bid was eventually defeated by the senate headed by Ken Nnamani, it has continued to generate comments and opinions. Speaking virtually on Thursday at a conference held in Abuja, Mbeki narrated his role alongside Abubakar in standing against the…

Thursday, 25 November 2021 05:48

U.S. lawmakers, officials, Trump, speak on oil reserve release

The White House said on Tuesday it would make 50 million barrels of oil available from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve as part of a coordinated effort with other major economies to help cool oil prices. MARKET REACTION Brent crude futures were up 3.2% at $82.30 a barrel at 1740 GMT, after earlier dropping to $78.55 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were up 2.5% at $78.65. WHITE HOUSE ECONOMIC ADVISER BRIAN DEESE “The U.S. has the strongest economic recovery of any major economy. We are able to meet our economic challenges from a position of strength.…

Wednesday, 24 November 2021 05:56

Myanmar opposition raises $6.3m on launch of 'revolution' bonds

A shadow government in Myanmar said it has raised $6.3 million on the opening day of its inaugural bonds sale, in its biggest move yet to generate funds for its "revolution" to topple the ruling military junta. Myanmar has been in bloody turmoil since the military's Feb. 1 coup and movements that have sprang up to challenge the junta have been mainly supported by public donations. The National Unity Government (NUG), an alliance of pro-democracy groups, ethnic minority armies and remnants of the ousted civilian government, said bonds went on sale on Monday to mainly Myanmar nationals overseas in denominations…

Tuesday, 23 November 2021 06:07

Buhari, APC govs agree on date for party’s national convention

Atiku Bagudu, chairman of Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), says President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed February 2022 for the All Progressives Congress (APC) national convention. Speaking with journalists on Monday after he and other APC governors held a meeting with Buhari at the presidential villa, Bagudu said February was suggested to the president, because four states have not held congresses. “I also explained yesterday that the Progressive Governors Forum discussed the issue of national convention of the party and they mandated us to come and discuss with the president as the party’s leader to give the input of the governors so…

Tuesday, 23 November 2021 06:06

Northern Coalition warns Buhari against granting Southeastern leaders’ request to release Nnamdi Kanu

Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has rejected Igbo leaders call on President Muhammadu Buhari to release Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Igbo leaders had visited the president at Aso Rock on Friday, demanding that Kanu be released. Buhari, who described their request as heavy, had said he would consider it. But CNG has described the request as an attempt to subvert the course of justice, saying those who made it should be treated as “accomplice and sponsors of the atrocities and crimes Kanu committed against humanity and the Nigerian state.” At a press conference…

Monday, 22 November 2021 05:49

Sudan's military chief reinstates prime minister ousted after last month's coup

Sudan's military chief on Sunday reinstated Abdalla Hamdok as prime minister, almost a month after he was ousted in a military takeover. Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan appeared with Hamdok at a signing ceremony in the Presidential Palace, according to a live video broadcast on state television. The deal agreed upon by Hamdok and Al-Burhan also includes the release of political detainees who were jailed following the October 25 coup, according to Mudawi Ibrahim, a prominent official in the National Forces Initiative, which helped mediate the talks. Hamdok becomes leader again of the transitional government, which was first established following the…

Friday, 12 November 2021 05:51

Nigeria’s structures, unity must be renegotiated to prevent the country from imminent collapse - Afenifere

Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, yesterday said the demeanour of President Muhammadu Buhari-led government towards activities of terrorists suggests it is complicit in the insecurity plaguing the country. It said Islamic cleric, Ahmed Gumi, who has been canvassing amnesty for the bandits is only re-echoing the same views held by Buhari before he became president. The group said this in Lagos at a press conference with the theme: ‘Fixing Nigeria, Before the Fall’, addressed by its leader, Ayo Adebanjo. It said: “The entire country is burning. The Northeast was already aflame before the coming of Buhari, its peoples rendered as pawns…

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Wednesday, 10 November 2021 06:02

INEC declares Soludo winner of Anambra governorship election

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) winner of the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State. Soludo polled a total of 112,229 votes to defeat his closest rival, Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 53,807 to emerge second. Andy Uba of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate got a total of 43,285 votes to emerge in the third position. Ifeanyi Ubah of the Young Progressive Party (YPP) came fourth with 21,261 votes. Ubah also won in one local government, same as Ozigbo, with Soludo winning in…

Monday, 08 November 2021 06:04

INEC declares Anambra gov election inconclusive as Soludo widens lead

Anambra governorship election has been declared inconclusive by INEC. The state Returning Officer for the election, Florence Obi, vice-chancellor of University of Calabar, who made the declaration in the early hours of Monday, said this was because there was no election in Ihiala Local Government Area which has over 148,000 registered voters. Charles Soludo, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), scored a total of 103,946 votes and won the election in 18 out of the 21 local government areas of the state. His closest rival, Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party scored 51,322 and won in only…

Monday, 08 November 2021 06:03

Anambra guber: Soludo sings along as supporters crowd residence to celebrate victory

Supporters of Chukwuma Soludo, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), on Sunday, thronged his residence ahead of the election result announcement. Soludo has so far secured the majority of the votes cast in Saturday’s Anambra governorship election. The results of the election were formally announced at the INEC state collation centre in Awka, Anambra State, on Sunday. Political associates, youths and women in their hundreds thronged Soludo’s residence at Isuofia, Aguata Local Government Area, on Sunday. Some of the residents, who spoke with our correspondent, said that they believed that he would emerge winner at the end of…

Sunday, 07 November 2021 06:08

Anambra guber: Soludo in early lead as APGA sweeps all 5 LGs announced so far

Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has won five Local Government Areas in the ongoing governorship election. The local governments are Awka South, Onitsha South and Enugu Anambra East, Anaocha, and Anambra East. Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Sunday for the final collation of the election. There are 21 LGAs in Anambra but only the results of four have been announced at LG collation centers and it has been a clean sweep for the candidate of the ruling party in Anambra. Soludo has a total of 38,413 votes from the five LGAs and he is…

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