Nigeria Political news

• 2023: North central leaders make case for presidency

  17-06-2021 20:33
  
  From Fred Itua, Abuja
  Political leaders from North Central geopolitical zones, have decried the alleged marginalisation of the region since the beginning of the 4th Republic in 1999. They said unlike other geopolitical zones that have been produce presidents and vice, the geopolitical zone was yet to get anything.
  The leaders who are members of North Central Coalition Initiative, while addressing newsmen, said it was the turn of the region to produce a president in 2023 to correct the perceived
  
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• APGA chairman rules out crisis in party

  17-06-2021 20:30
  
  From Fred Itua, Abuja
  National chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Mr. Victor Oye, has dismissed claims that the party is now facttionalised. Instead, he said those claiming to be authentic leaders of the party are being sponsored ahead of the November governorship election in Anambra State.
  On Tuesday, Jude Okeke named himself as the acting chairman of APGA, a situation that has since generated controversies in the party.
  But addressing newsmen yesterday, Oye said the crisis sho
  
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• APC awaits Buhari to approve Nat Convention date

  17-06-2021 19:52
  
  From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja
  The All Progressives Congress (APC) governors under the auspices of Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) has revealed the party is waiting for President Muhammadu Buhari to approve the proposal for the conduct of the party’s national convention.
  Speakung to newsmen after the Forum’s meeting in Abuja, the PGF chairman, Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, disclosed that after making input into the timetable and schedule of activities from the Caretaker/Extraordinary C
  
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• Anambra guber: Ifeanyi Ubah emerges YPP candidate

  17-06-2021 19:40
  From Fred Itua, Abuja
  The senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Ifeanyi Ubah, has emerged as the candidate of Young Progressives Party (YPP) for the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra State.
  Speaking to newsmen after he was declared candidate of YPP, Ubah allayed the fears of Nigerians that the South East crisis would disrupt the election coming up in November.
  Ubah said the current insecurity in the region would not affect the conduct of the
  
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• INEC confirms Oye APGA Chairman

  17-06-2021 18:40
  From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja
  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) may have rested the fresh crisis rocking the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) by allowing its national chairman, Chief Victor Oye, to represent the party during its Thursday’s meeting with the political parties.
  Oye, who arrived the headquarters of the electoral umpire in Abuja during the early morning event, had introduced himself as the party’s boss after warmly exchanging pleasantries with the Commi
  
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• PGF passes vote of confidence on Gov. Mai Mala Buni, committee members

  17-06-2021 13:30
  
  Governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress under the aegis of the Progressive Governors Forum have passed a vote of confidence on the Chairman, CECPC, Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State and his Committee Members for their outstanding performance in rebuilding the party.
  The Governors took the decision at a meeting in Abuja, Wednesday, presided by its Forum Chairman, Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State, commending Governor Buni for providing excellent le
  
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• Dialogue solution to Nigeria’s woes –Sen. Ude

  17-06-2021 13:29
  Elder statesman and member of the Igbo Leaders of Thought (ILT), Anyim Ude who represented Ebonyi South Senatorial District in the National Assembly from 2007 to 2011 recently turned 80.
  In this interview with MAGNUS EZE and CHIJIOKE AGWU in Abakaliki, he tells the abridged story of his life, career, accidental plunge into politics, the Igbo question and other national issues.
  Looking back, how do you feel at 80?
  First, I have cause to ascribe all the glory to God. I know that there’re som
  
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• … Ekiti APC, PDP trade tackles over timetable

  17-06-2021 08:02
  From Priscilla Ediare, Ado-Ekiti
  Ekiti chapters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, exchanged invectives as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced 2022 as date for governorship election in the state.
  While the APC expressed confidence that it would triumph in the poll, PDP boasted that the ruling party should be prepared to handover to the candidate of the party, on the premise that the administration of Governor Kayod
  
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• PDP rejects Onochie’s nomination

  17-06-2021 07:58
  From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, rejected the nomination of presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie, as national commissioner in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
  Consequently, the PDP charged the Senate President,  Ahmed Lawan, to return Onochie’s nomination to President Muhammadu Buhari.The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, who stated this, at a press briefing, in Abuja, yesterday, said Onochie’s nomination
  
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• Lagos, Kano, Kaduna get highest PUs

  17-06-2021 07:51
  Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said Lagos State recorded the highest in the announced conversion of 56,872 voting points and voting point settlements to polling units (PUs) nationwide, followed by Kano and Kaduna states.
  It was gathered that INEC, yesterday, in Abuja announced the successful conversion of the voting points after 25 years attempts.
  This increased the total number of the polling units in the country from 119,974 to 176,846.
  According to the National Distribut
  
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• INEC creates 56,872 new polling units, bans voting in shrines, churches, mosques

  17-06-2021 07:30
  From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja
  Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has created 56,872 additional polling units bringing the number of full-fledged Polling Units (PUs) to 176,846.The electoral umpire also removed 749 of the PUs from churches, shrines and private homes in a move interpreted to mean the ban on voting in places of worship.
  It, however, fixed June 18, 2022 for Ekiti governorship election and July 16, 2022 for same exercise in Osun State.
  The commission Chairman, Mahmood Y
  
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