Tag: Candidates
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2019: INEC publishes details of candidates
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday published the forms and particulars of political parties’ candidates submitted for 2019 general elections at its offices across the federation, for the purpose of claims and objections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in Abuja the list were displayed outside the INEC Federal Capital…
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2019: 79 political parties submit names of candidates for presidential election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday confirmed receiving 79 names of candidates willing to run for the 2019 presidential election under the platforms of the various registered political parties in the country. The chairman of the commission, Mahmood Yakubu, said this during a press briefing with journalist at the headquarters of the commission…
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2019: Oshiomhole dares INEC, insists APC will field candidates for elections in Zamfara
The ruling All Progressives Congress has faulted the Independent National Electoral Commission’s declaration that the party was ineligible to present candidates for the Governorship and National Assembly elections in Zamfara State, on the basis that primary elections were not held. National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole, in a letter to the INEC which he…
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Recruitment: Police shortlist 37,062 candidates for examination
The police on Monday confirmed shortlisting 37,062 Nigerians for examination in the latest round of recruitment exercise. The Police Service Commission (PSC) said in a statement Monday that the candidates were selected out of 133,324 applicants earlier shortlisted for screening. Ikechukwu Ani, spokesperson for the PSC who made the announcement, said the examination would hold…
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Ekiti guber: INEC announces May 15 deadline for submission of candidates’ names
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given all the political parties for the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti State May 15 deadline to submit the names of their candidates and their running mates. The National Organising Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Col. Austin Akobundu (retd.), stated this while handing over the nomination…
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2018 UTME: No rescheduling of exams for candidates – Oloyede
The Registrar, Joint Admissions, and Matriculation Board, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, on Thursday said that there will be no rescheduling of the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Exam (UTME) for any student like it did last year. He said that reports have also indicated that some parents had allegedly negotiated with some private coordinators who assured them…
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UTME 2018: Candidates laud JAMB as some fidget over use of computers
Some candidates, who sat for the first session of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME), on Saturday commended JAMB as few panicked due to their unfamiliarity with the use of computers. Mr Abayomi Otubela, the proprietor of Lagooz Schools Agege, Lagos, whose school serves as one of the UTME centres, announced this to the parents…
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JAMB records decrease in number of registered candidates in 2018
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Wednesday said it recorded a decrease in the number of registered candidates for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) in 2018. The Registrar of the Board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, a total number of 1, 662, 762…
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2019: We must ascertain health status of presidential, other candidates before elections — NMA, CMA
Bothered by the medical tourism embarked upon by some Nigerian presidents, the Nigerian Medical Association and the Commonwealth Medical Association have said presidential candidates should henceforth be made to undergo compulsory health tests before elections. This, they said, would help reveal the health status of presidential aspirants starting from 2019 elections. The medical associations also…