INEC registers 10.4 million new voters
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said that the number of fresh voters registered during the ongoing registration currently stands at 10,487,972.
The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, stated this in Abuja on Monday during a courtesy call on him by special representatives of the United Nations Secretary-General, led by the Head of the UN Office in West Africa and the Sahel region.
The commission says Nigeria currently has a voting population of 84 million registered voters which is 11 million voters more than all registered voters of 14 other countries in the West African and Sahel region.
2023 presidency: Tinubu jets out to France
THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS, APC, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, BOLA TINUBU, ON MONDAY JETTED OUT TO FRANCE.
TINUBU’S TRIP TO FRANCE IS PART OF HIS ONGOING CONSULTATIVE VISITS AHEAD OF THE 2023 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
HIS TRIP TO FRANCE WAS DISCLOSED BY HIS MEDIA AIDE, TUNDE RAHMAN VIA A TERSE STATEMENT.
RAHMAN SAID TINUBU WOULD HOLD IMPORTANT MEETINGS WHILE IN FRANCE.
ACCORDING TO THE STATEMENT, THE APC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IS EXPECTED BACK IN THE COUNTRY IN A FEW DAYS.
THE FORMER LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR SAID HE IS STILL SEARCHING FOR HIS RUNNING MATE.
HOWEVER, HE HAD SUBMITTED KABIR IBRAHIM MASARI’S NAME TO THE INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION INEC AS A PLACEHOLDER.
Ebonyi 2023: Odii Accuses Ogba Of Flouting Court Orders
THE GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE ON THE PLATFORM OF THE PEOPLES’ DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP), FOR THE 2023 GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION IN EBONYI STATE, IFEANYI ODII, HAS ACCUSED THE FACTIONAL GOVERNORSHIP ‘CANDIDATE’ OF THE PARTY, AND SENATOR REPRESENTING EBONYI CENTRAL SENATORIAL ZONE, OBINNA OGBA, OF FLOUTING SACRED ORDERS OF THE COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION.
ODII SAYS OGBA HAS REFUSED TO SHOW RESTRAINT AND MATURITY BY RESPECTING DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES, AND NOT TAKING LAWS INTO HIS OWN HANDS.
RECALL THAT OGBA AND ODII HAVE BEEN ENMESHED IN A TUSSLE OVER WHO IS THE AUTHENTIC GOVERNORSHIP FLAGBEARER OF THE PDP, IN EBONYI STATE FOR THE 2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS.
BUT A FEDERAL HIGH COURT SITTING IN ABAKALIKI ON JUNE 7, 2022, DECLARED ODII AS THE AUTHENTIC GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE OF PDP IN EBONYI STATE, AND DIRECTED THE PARTY TO SUBMIT HIS NAME TO INEC, ALTHOUGH, OGBA HAS APPEALED THE JUDGEMENT.
MEANWHILE, OUR CORRESPONDENT IN EBONYI STATE, EMMANUEL NNAJI, REPORTS THAT THE GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE OF THE ALL PROGRESS GRAND ALLIANCE (APGA) IN THE STATE HAS NOMINATED NKATA CHUKWU A MEDICAL DOCTOR AS HIS DEPUTY GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE.
ALSO, THE SPEAKER OF THE EBONYI STATE HOUSE ASSEMBLY, FRANCIS NWIFURU OF THE ALL PROGRESSIVE CONGRESS (APC), HAS NOMINATED THE CURRENT VICE CHAIRMAN OF AFIKPO NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, PATRICIA OBILA AS HIS DEPUTY GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE
INEC has agreed to extend voter registration, say Reps
AHEAD OF THE 2023 PRESIDENTIAL POLLS, INEC HAS SAID IT WILL EXTEND THE CONTINIOUS VOTERS’ REGISTRATION EXERCISE BY 60 DAYS FOR PROSPECTIVE ELECTORATES THIS WAS MADE KNOWN ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22 BY THE HOUSE OF REPS COMMITTEE ON ELECTORAL MATTERS DURING PLENARY.
THIS LATEST ANNOUNCEMENT IS ON THE HEELS OF THE NUMEROUS AGITATION BY SEVERAL ELECTORAL STAKEHOLDERS ASKING FOR THE ELECTORAL BODY TO EXTEND THE CVR EXERCISE.
MEANWHILE, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE HAS URGED INEC TO DEPLOY ITS STAFF TO THE RESPECTIVE REGISTRATION POINTS, TO HASTEN THE PROCESS.
Delta 2023: PDP announces Onyeme as Oborevwori’s running mate
The Delta State Chapter Of The People’s Democratic Party (Pdp) Has Announced Monday Onyeme As Its Deputy Governorship Candidate For The 2023 Election.
Publicity Secretary Of The Pdp In The State, Ifeanyi Osuoza Announced Onyeme As The Running Mate In A Statement Issued In Asaba, This Wednesday Morning.
Onyeme, Who Is A Chartered Accountant And The Current Chairman Of The Delta State Board Of Internal Revenue, Was Picked Among Three Other Contenders To Run The Joint Ticket With The Governorship Candidate And Current Speaker Of The State House Of Assembly, Sheriff Francis Oborev-Wori.
Osuoza Described Onyeme As “A Loyal, Dedicated And True Party Man, Saying The Party Has No Doubt That The Pair “Is Already A Confirmed Winning Combination For The 2023 Governorship Election.
Voter registration: Nigerians to receive PVCs January 2023 – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has said that the Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs of eligible voters who are just completing their registration may not be ready until January 2023.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner of Federal Capital Territory, Yahaya Bello, stated this at a briefing in Abuja ahead of the Youth Vote Count Mega Music Concert this coming Saturday.
Bello sounded a note of warning at the event saying, that anybody just registering cannot immediately collect them until after the end of the whole exercise”.
Court stops INEC from ending voter registration on June 30
A Federal High Court In Abuja Has Stopped The Independent National Electoral Commission From Ending Voter Registration On June 30, 2022.
Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon, Granted An Order Of Interim Injunction Following The Hearing Of An Argument On Motion Exparte Filed By The Socio-Economic Rights And Accountability Project.
Serap And 185 Concerned Nigerians Had Early This Month Filed The Lawsuit Against Inec, Asking The Court To “Declare Unconstitutional, Illegal And Incompatible With International Standards The Failure Of The Electoral Body To Extend The Deadline For Voter Registration To Allow Eligible Nigerians Exercise Their Rights.”
The Suit Is Adjourned To June 29, 2022, For The Hearing Of The Motion On Notice For Interlocutory Injunction.
7 Years After Opposing Buhari’s Election, Orubebe Joins APC
Former Niger Delta Affairs Minister, Godsday Orubebe, Has Joined The All Progressives Congress (Apc), Hours After Dumping The Peoples Democratic Party (Pdp).
Orubebe Submitted His Resignation Letter To The Pdp National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, At The Pdp National Secretariat, Abuja, On Monday.
In His Letter, Orube Stated That He Had Notified His Ward Chairman In Burutu Local Government Area Of Delta State Of His Exit From The Party.
He Claimed That The Current Situation In The Pdp Does Not Show That The Opposition Party Is Ready To Win The 2023 Presidential Election.
It Is Understood That Orubebe Agreed To Join The Apc Last Week After The Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, And Delta State Apc Chairman, Omeni Sobotie Persuaded Him
News Has It That Omo-Agege And Sobotie Were Said To Have Convinced Orubebe To Join Apc After The Pdp Chose Atiku Abubakar As Its Presidential Candidate.
The Apc National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu And Omo-Agege, Are Set To Take Orubebe To Meet With President Muhammadu Buhari At The Presidential Villa Within The Next Few Days To Officially Welcome Him Into The Party.
Tinubu: If My VP Nominee Decides to Step Down Within Timeframe, That’ll Be No Breach
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OF THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS (APC), ASIWAJU BOLA AHMED TINUBU, LAST NIGHT, CLEARED THE AIR ABOUT THE STATUS OF HIS CHOICE RUNNING MATE, A FORMER NATIONAL WELFARE SECRETARY OF THE APC, KABIRU IBRAHIM MASARI, WHOM HE INSISTED WAS DULY NOMINATED, BUT COULD CHOOSE TO STEP DOWN WITHIN STIPULATED TIME, AND WOULD NOT HAVE BREACHED ANY KNOWN LAWS, RULES OR REGULATIONS.
TINUBU, WHO MAINTAINED THAT MASARI REMAINED HIS CHOICE AS RUNNING MATE AND ALSO DENIED SENDING HIS NAME IN AS A PLACE HOLDER, HOWEVER, SAID CONSULTATIONS WITH PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS OF THE RULING APC WERE STILL ONGOING.
THIS IS COMING AT A TIME WHEN THE INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC), HAS FIRED WARNING SHOTS AT POLITICIANS, SAYING THEIR NEW INVENTION – THE USE OF PLACE HOLDER – TO SIDESTEP ITS DEADLINE WAS NOT ONLY UNKNOWN TO LAW, BUT ALIEN TO DEMOCRATIC PRACTICE.
Kwankwaso won’t serve as Peter Obi’s running mate — NNPP
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has dismissed reports that the presidential candidate of the party, Rabiu Kwankwasobhas accepted to be the running mate of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi.
National Publicity Secretary of NNPP, Agbo Major, says contrary to reports, there was never a time such a discussion or negotiation was held between Kwankwaso and Obi.
Agbo Major, however, admitted that there is an alliance talk with the Labour Party on how to rescue the country’s democracy from failing totally.
Major described the report as misleading and embarrassing to the NNPP.