The Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday said it has no intention of extending the timeline for party primaries. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu made the comment while speaking at a consultative meeting with leaders of political parties in Abuja. Political parties in the country had asked INEC to...
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Political parties in the country have asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to extend the timelines for the 2023 general elections by two months. Specifically, the parties want slight changes to the primaries’ timeline, as stipulated by the electoral umpire. Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Yusuf...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has informed political parties that they have one month to conduct their primaries and present their flag bearers for the 2023 general elections. INEC National Commissioner & Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, stated this...
The National Association of Nigerian Students has vowed it will not allow any political party hold a convention in Abuja to select any presidential candidate. The NANS President, Sunday Asefon, who disclosed this in a statement, said the reason for its stance is due to the ongoing strike by...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A US-based clergyman and Information Rector of Brotherhood College of Bishops, Archbishop Johnson Ikpeme has called on political parties in Nigeria to treat the issue of consensus candidates cautiously. Archbishop Ikpeme, who made the call during an interview with NATIONAL ACCORD in Calabar, said consensus...
The Electoral Hub, an advocacy group, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) anti-graft and financial institutions to monitor the 2023 campaign spendings. Ms Princess Hamman-Obels, Director of IRIAD, Electoral Hub in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja said that the call was to...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has advised political parties to adhere strictly to internal democracy and electoral laws in the conduct of their primaries, ahead of general elections. The commission gave the advice in a statement by Mr Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and...
The Supreme Court has upheld the de-registration of 22 political parties carried out by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The parties were among 74 others scrapped by INEC in 2020 following their poor performance in previous general elections. Justice Ejembi Eko on Friday set aside a judgment of...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has released the final list of candidates for the Ekiti State governorship election, scheduled for Saturday June 18, 2022. The list of 16 party flag bearers and their deputies was made public in a statement signed and issued...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented a list of new voters to political parties ahead of the 2023 general elections. This was after the Commission met on Tuesday and deliberated on a number of issues, including the on going registration of voters...
The Federal Government, the Independent National Electoral Commission and various political parties have been urged to eschew any act that may trigger violence in the 2023 elections campaign. Mr Akeem Oyewale, the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) Chairman, Research and Technical, said this at the institute’s Annual National Economic...
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Sustainable Initiative for Nurturing Growth (SING), Nigeria, has said that the incidences of vote buying by major political parties are capable of destroying the country’s democracy if not nipped in the bud. A statement issued by the organisation on Saturday quoted Mr Victor Agi, Communications...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has very little role to play in the conduct of direct primaries by political parties for selecting their candidates for elections. Prof. Yakubu Mahmood, the Chairman, INEC disclosed this when he met with members of the House of Representatives Committee on...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Rescue Nigeria Project (RNP) has refuted claims to it being associated with any political party or platform in the country at the moment. This is is according to a statement issued by the secretariat of the movement, after its expanded national steering committee...
In 1984 – 85, I had the misfortune of reporting events at the Special Military Tribunal sitting in Kaduna. The Second Republic had just come to grief and one state governor after another were put on trial for crimes against the Nigerian state. The governors had like all political...