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The Independent National Electoral Commission on Friday said it would beam its searchlight on politicians and political parties to track the sources of funds for their campaigns in the 2023 general election. The commission, therefore, promised to establish a committee to monitor election expenditure ahead of the exercise. Chairman of INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, represented by…
There was chaos in Yenagoa, capital of Bayelsa State, on Thursday, as some supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party clashed over the choice of candidates to run for House of Representatives positions during the 2023 election. Many sustained injuries in the clash, which threw the people of Kpansia community into panic. Several cars were also…
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INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed the conduct of six outstanding constituencies by-elections in four states for Feb. 26. The commission announced this in a statement issued by Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee on Friday evening in Abuja. Okoye said that…
The Director-General of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Dr Salihu Lukman, has demanded the immediate resignation of the Governor Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the All Progressives Congress. In what appears to be cracks within the ruling party, Lukman said it has become obvious that the Buni-led CECPC is being disrespectful…
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_Because the destiny of the region is in our hands_ *_By: Doyin Kazym_* There’s no greater responsibility than being in the control of oneself future; and the future start now! The worst thing that can happen to a region/country as well as individual life is to become cynical (pessimistic) about the future and lose hope:…
ABUJA – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that it has not zoned its presidential ticket ahead of the 2023 election. It would be recalled that there were insinuations in some quarters that the party had zoned the ticket to the North. Specifically, the former governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, was reported to…
Some aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), namely, Suleiman Usman, Muhammed Shehu, Samaila Isahaka, Idris Isah and Audu Emmanuel have filed a suit against Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the party over plans to hold a national convention in February. By the suit instituted at the Federal…
On October 26, 2021, former Senate President Bukola Saraki was on a national television to attempt a rebrand of himself ahead of the 2023 election. In what many have called his signature conceit and the groupthink into which his beleaguered camp has sunk, the politician said the people of Kwara had misjudged his dynasty. He…
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A large campaign billboard with the name and picture of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has emerged in Abuja, the nation’s capital. This is amid talks of Osinbajo’s interest in succeeding President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023 despite bigwigs like National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, and former President Goodluck Jonathan showing interest in…
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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has faulted the signing of the 2022 budget of N17.127 trillion into law, saying Nigerians made a mistake choosing Muhammadu Buhari as president in 2015. According to Wike, Buhari had no business signing the budget when he was well aware that the bill was riddled with a plethora of…
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