The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has affirmed that it has withdrawn 25 certificates of return issued to some candidates who partook in the 2019 general election. Speaking at a media forum in Enugu state on Monday, Festus Okoye, INEC’s national commissioner for information and voter education, said the commission took the action based on court…
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Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo state, has accused to leaders of the All Progressive Congress of frustrating his return to the Senate. Okorocha defected from the PDP to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), where he contested and won the 2011 governorship election. The outgoing governor had been declared winner of the 2019 senatorial election…
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Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has dismissed claims that he is Nigerian by birth. The PDP candidate had gone to court to challenge the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari, his APC rival at the poll. In response, the ruling party told the tribunal that Atiku is not a Nigerian…
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In response to the petition filed before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and it’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has faulted the grounds of the petition. APC, the third respondent stated that Atiku is a Cameroonian and “not a citizen of Nigeria by birth…
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Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State warned on Monday that the ruling All Progressives Congress could lose its bearings completely by 2023 if the National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, was allowed to continue to run its affairs the way he was currently doing. Okorocha claimed that Oshiomhole was also to be blamed for…
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Senator-elect under the platform of the Young Peoples Party (YPP), Ifeanyi Ubah, who won the election Anambra south election has dumped the party for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). This is coming few weeks after he won the senatorial seat on that platform and four days after he denied plans to dump the party.…
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council on Monday asked the Nigerian Police Force and the Department of State Services to invite, interrogate and possibly prosecute leaders of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over what it described as an illegal access to the server of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The complaint…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday released the results of the supplementary governorship election conducted in some states after it declared the March 9 poll in the affected states inconclusive. . The states were the governorship run-off was held on March 23, are Sokoto, Plateau, Kano, Benue and Bauchi. In the election results declared…
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Ex-Governor of Ogun State and former Director-General of Atiku Abubakar Campaign, Gbenga Daniel has stated that his political supporters have urged him to lead them to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) . The alleged plea came barely 24 hours after Daniel announced his resignation from partisan politics. According to reports, Daniel’s supporters held a…
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Political parties participating in the 2019 general elections have said they will not obey the directive of the Independent National Electoral Commission that they should stop campaigns after the postponement of the presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday morning. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, had on Saturday while giving reasons for the postponement of…
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