Tag: 2023
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Those who rigged 2023 election know they did it – Cardinal Onaiyekan
Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, John Cardinal Onaiyekan on Thursday insists the 2023 general election was rigged. Speaking on Channels Television’s programme on Thursday, Onaiyekan, who was reacting to the 2023 presidential poll,
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Let go of election grievances – Methodist Prelate to Nigerians
The Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence Oliver Aba, has urged Nigerians to let go of their grievances over the outcome of the last general elections and move forward. The Prelate made the call at the inauguration of the Methodist Diocese of Awka and the presentation of Rt. Rev. Moses
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364 blind candidates to write 2023 UTME
A total of 364 blind candidates are to sit for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in 11 centres across the country. The Chairman, JAMB Equal Opportunity Group (JEOG) Prof. Peter Okebukola, said this while providing the highlights of the 2023 examination on Thursday in Abuja.
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DE registration to continue after 2023 UTME, national census – JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) has announced the extension of deadline for the ongoing Direct Entry (DE) registration for candidates seeking admission into universities. This is contained in a statement by the board’s Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr. Fabian
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INEC fixes date for Rivers supplementary elections
INEC has fixed Saturday, April 15 to conduct elections in polling units where the exercise was suspended in Port Harcourt II and Khana/Gokana Federal Constituencies of Rivers on Feb. 25. Its spokesperson in Rivers, Mrs. Geraldine Ekelemu, quoted the Resident Electoral Commissioner,
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PDP senator says party deservedly lost 2023 general elections
Sen. Obinna Ogba (PDP–Ebonyi Central) said on Sunday that the party deservedly lost the 2023 general elections because of mismanagement of affairs by its National Working Committee (NWC). Ogba told a news conference at his Nkalagu hometown in Ishielu
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Nigeria Expects – By Chidi Amuta
Yesterday’s governorship election closed a season of anxiety over democracy in Nigeria. After 24 years of democratic transitions, imperfect as they may have been, Nigerians have a right to claim that they now live in a democratic country. Even American democracy is still reeling from the injuries of Donald Trump and trying to answer numerous…
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Osinbajo commends improved governorship, assembly polls, as Obasanjo absent
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun and former Gov. Ibikunle Amosun, have described the ongoing Governorship and Houses of Assembly elections in Ogun as peaceful and pleasant. Osinbajo made this observations after casting his vote at Ward I, Unit
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A national assembly of electoral fraudsters – By Evaristus Bassey
On the 12th of March 2023 David Eke made a post that showed quite convincingly that the President-Elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu had more paths to victory than Peter Obi. According to him, “Obi won Southeast and shared Niger Delta with PDP and APC. Any vote Obi got from the south, could have been neutralized by…
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Court orders INEC to paste, transmit Saturday’s poll results electronically
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to electronically transmit Saturday’s governorship and house of assembly’s election results in accordance with its regulations and guidelines. Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a judgment, also ordered the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS)