Tag: 2019 Polls
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PDP reacts to Afegbua’s claim of generating, embezzling N10bn made from 2019 polls
Nigeria’s main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied the allegation by one of its members, Kassim Afegbua, that it realised about N10 billion from the sale of forms in 2019. Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, who is the National Publicity Secretary of the party, described the claim as spurious and irresponsible. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that…
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Why Buhari refused to sign electoral act before 2019 polls – Okowa
Delta Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has said politics was behind President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to sign the Electoral Amendment Act before the 2019 general election. He described politicians generally as “selfish” , adding that politicians deliberately avoided actions that was capable of undermining their personal interests, even if it was detrimental to common good. Okowa expressed…
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How politicians, party agents sabotaged 2019 polls – INEC chairman, IGP
Politicians and their agents should carry the can for the malpractices and violence that characterised the 2019 general elections. This was the submission of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Mahmood Yakubu; Acting Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Adamu and Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Ayuba Wabba as well as other stakeholders. They spoke on…
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APC and countdown to 2019 polls (11), By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon Nigerian pastors, who profess prophetship, use the Yuletide to prophesy or predict what the New Year holds for the nation, and the world at large. They either claim to be delivering a directive from God, or what they see while in the “Spirit.” However, only a few of their predictions are precise.…
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APC and countdown to 2019 polls (10)
By Ehichioya Ezomon Forty-two days (since November 18, 2018) after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the start of presidential campaigning for the 2019 general election, President Muhammadu Buhari (and the All Progressives Congress (APC)) finally launched his bid for a second term in office on Friday, December 28. The rally at the Godswill…
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APC and countdown to 2019 polls (8), By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is in a meltdown, literally, following a special Appeal Court panel’s ruling upholding the judgment of a High Court in Port Harcourt, which nullified the congresses held by another faction of the party early in 2018. And there’s jubilation, ‘high-fiving’ and clinking…
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APC and countdown to 2019 polls (7), By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon It’s 67 days to the 2019 General Election, which begins with the Presidential and National Assembly balloting at 8 a.m. on February 16. The candidates for the first of the two-part poll have only 65 days for electioneering that closes on Thursday, February 14. Going by the timetable of the Independent National…
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APC and countdown to 2019 polls(6), Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon To President Muhammadu Buhari, nothing is more honourable, and dignifying than to forego other engagements and pay his last respects to the gallant officers of the Armed Forces, who paid the supreme price in the course of defending the territorial integrity of Nigeria. On Sunday, November 18, 2018, scores of troops of…
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APC and countdown to 2019 polls (5), By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon With presidential and party reconciliation committees in place, confusion and confrontation, rather than conciliation and consolidation continues to reign in the camps of aggrieved aspirants and their sponsors, and in the entire All Progressives Congress (APC), no thanks to the fallout from the party primaries. This comes barely five days to the…
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APC and countdown to 2019 polls (4), By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon During the last UNGA (United Nations General Assembly) in New York, a mild drama of sorts took place, as President Muhammadu Buhari walked into one of his sideline engagements in the city. A white lady shot forward and thrust her hand to shake him, as it looked the president would not extend…