2023: Senate President Tasks INEC On Fairness, Ask Aspirants To Accept Party Primaries Outcomes
Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan Tuesday tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on fairness, justice, and equity which it earlier promised as political parties move into the process of primaries. Lawan gave the charge be...
Victor Oye Remains APGA Chairman, Says Party
The All Progressives Grand Alliance has restated that Dr. Victor Oye remains the national chairman of the party. The party, therefore, debunked the rumour making the rounds that the Supreme Court had purportedly reviewed the October 14, 2021 judgment...
No Extension Of Timeline For Primaries, INEC Tells Political Parties
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday said it has no intention of extending the timeline for party primaries. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at a consultative meeting with leaders of political parties in Abuja. ...
Reps Amend Electoral Act For Statutory Delegates To Vote In Primaries
The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed an amendment to the Electoral Act 2022 to enable statutory delegates to participate in political parties’ congresses and primaries. The House passed the amendment to section 84 of the Act after consi...
PDP Shifts Caucus, BoT, NEC Meetings
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has shifted its planned National Caucus, Board of Trustees and National Executive Council meetings earlier scheduled to hold between 10am and 2:00pm. Prominent caucus members of the party including forme...
Resign Now If You Have Picked Nomination Forms, Angry Buhari Tells Ministers, Others
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked Ministers aspiring to be President in 2023 to resign immediately. He singled out the Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba for braving the odds to quit to avoid conflict of interest. But other Ministers ...
2023 Election: APC Picks Consensus Governorship Candidate In Cross River
All Progressives Congress in Cross River State has picked Senator Bassey Otu as its gubernatorial candidate for the 2023 general elections. The party announced Otu's emergence in a statement on Tuesday. The former Senator, who represented the Souther...
Governor Ayade Gives Condition For Accepting APC Consensus Candidate
Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade, on Tuesday, has said that he won’t accept to step down for any consensus candidate if the process of selection is unfair and unjust. He said this during an interview on Channels Television’s Politi...
INEC Rejects Parties Request For Adjustment Of Elections Timetable
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday turned down a request by the 18 political parties to alter the timetable for the 2023 general elections. The commission said acceding to the request would affect its “other activities
Jonathan Makes U-turn On APC Ticket For 2023 Presidency
After two hours of meeting with leaders and members of Fulani community, who procured the N100 million presidential nomination forms for him, former President Goodluck Jonathan, is considering running on the ticket of the All Progressives Congress, A...
