Election
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Nigeria’s Bankole Adeoye re-elected AU Commissioner for PAPS
Amb. Bankole Adeoye has been re-elected as Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace, and Security at the African Union Commission. He defeated Central African Republic’s Jean Jacques Demafouth. Adeoye was re-elected for another four-year term at the 46th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council in Addis Ababa on Tuesday. (NAN)
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Edo election tribunal: PDP presents more witnesses in petition against APC’s victory
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Friday, called more witnesses at the election tribunal to challenge the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Monday Okpebholo, in the Sept. 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo. Five witnesses testified before the Justice Wilfred Kpochi-led three-member panel of the Edo Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja. The witnesses…
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Osun Assembly confirms members of election appeal tribunal
The Osun House of Assembly on Monday confirmed the three nominees to serve on the ‘Appeal Tribunal’ for the upcoming local government election in the state. Those screened and confirmed are: Mr. Oluwaseun Ajoba, Mrs. Lateefat Agbaje, and Mr. Tajudeen A. Giwa. The members of the tribunal were screened following their formal nomination by the Osun State Chief Judge, Justice…
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We resolved to maintain law, order during LG election- NURTW Chairman
The Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Ondo State, Mr. Ademola Odudu, has said that his members resolved not to be used as puns to settle political differences. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Akure on Saturday, Odudu said that the current executive and former leaders of the NURTW agreed…
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2025:INEC seeks increased budgetary allocation, proposes N126bn
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has sought an increase in its budgetary allocation to N126billion, against the N40billion earmarked for it in the 2025 budget estimates. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the request on Friday in Abuja at the budget defence session of the Senate and House of Representatives Joint Committee on INEC and Electoral Matters. Mahmood, in…
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Why Atiku can’t be president in 2027-Okupe
A former spokesman and former Director-General of Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation, Dr Doyin Okupe,says the south ,and not the north,should produce the president in 2027. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN)on Thursday in Lagos , Okupe said it was only fair to allow the south to produce the next president. Okupe said though Alhaji Atiku…
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Why Ghana’s Election Matters
The news from Ghana was not how John Dramani Mahama’s opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), defeated Nana Akufo-Addo’s ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). The news was how Akufo-Addo managed to survive a full second term. Towards the end of his first and for much of his second term in office, he governed with his head on the block,…
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Trump supporters seize on Biden’s garbage comments
Washington, Oct. 30, 2024 (dpa/NAN) Donald Trump’s supporters are seizing on comments made by President Joe Biden, whom they said called them garbage, while Biden said he was referring to the demonisation of Puerto Ricans. The controversy on Tuesday came days before the Nov. 5 presidential election, in which Biden’s Vice President Kamala Harris faces Trump. In the conversation, a…
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Southern Kaduna festival planning committee begins 2nd edition preparations
The Central Planning Committee (CPC) for organising the Southern Kaduna Festival (SKFEST) has begun preparations for the second edition of the fiesta, according to its Chairman, Mr Ferguson Bobai. Bobai said the festival, code-named “SKFEST 2024” is aimed at showcasing the rich cultural heritage of the different tribes and people that inhabit the geographical area popularly known and referred to…
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Census: Is Nigeria racing against time?
The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), which was held in Cairo, Egypt in 1994 with over 180 countries in attendance, adopted a Programme of Action (PoA) to promote human rights. This was with special focus on reproductive health and rights, gender equality and empowerment, and population and development. The aim was to steer global action towards the rapidly…
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NBC promoting peaceful coexistence among interstate border communities
The National Boundary Commission (NBC) says it is creating platforms to promote peaceful coexistence among communities living along interstate boundaries. The Director-General of the commission, Mr Adamu Adaji, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday. “We have come up with a concept of what we call “local platform for promotion of…
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Insecurity: Assembly donates 48 motorbikes to Edo Security Network
The Edo State House of Assembly has donated 48 motorbikes to the State Security Network to support the government’s effort in combating insecurity in the state. Speaker of the House, Blessing Agbebaku, said while presenting the motorbikes to the beneficiaries on Tuesday that the distribution would be evenly done across the constituencies. Agbebaku, who noted that the donation was to…
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Danfodiyo varsity DVC killed by bandits laid to rest in Sokoto
The remains of the Usmanu Danfodio University’s (UDUS) Deputy Vice-Chancellor (DVC) on Research and Innovation, Prof. Yusuf Sa’idu, who was shot dead by suspected bandits have been laid to rest. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the funeral prayer was conducted on Tuesday at the Hassan Dan Ma’azu Jumu’at Mosque in Runjin Sambo area in Sokoto metropolis. The…
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A’ Court decision on Rivers Assembly, triumph for judiciary integrity — Group
National Vanguard for Rule of Law (NVRL), an NGO, has described the Appeal Court’s refusal to reverse the removal of Mr Martins Amaewhule and 26 others as members of the Rivers State House of Assembly as a triumph for judicial integrity. The Coordinator of NVRL Comr. Johnson Babatunde, said in a statement on Saturday in Abuja that the ruling had…
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Transfer conduct of local government election to INEC, says Onuigbo
Chief Sam Onuigbo, former member of House of Representatives has called for the transfer of conduct of local government elections from State Electoral Commissions to Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He said this on Monday in Abuja during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) as the National Assembly embarks on the Review of 1999 Constitution. Onuigbo represented…
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Indians in Nigeria hold campaign for Prime Minister Modi’s third term re-election
Indian businessmen, professionals, and non-resident Indians (NRIs) in Nigeria held a campaign session for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s third term re-election in Lagos on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that India’s election is to be held from April 19 to June 1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been leading India since 2014 and will be contesting…
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Fubara undisputed political, PDP leader in Rivers, says Sekibo
Former Minister of Transportation, Chief Abiye Sekibo, says that Gov. Siminalayi Fubara is the undisputed political head and leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers. Sekibo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday during a Thanksgiving service in Ibaka Town, Okirika, Rivers, commemorating Fubara’s election and Supreme Court victory. He said that the former governor, Peter…
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