Tag: Electoral Laws
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Electoral Laws: Regrettably, despite efforts of legislators, no remarkable improvement -Senator Osunbor
Former Governor of Edo State, Senator Oserheimen Osunbor has said despite efforts of legislators in amending our electoral laws in Nigeria, there has been no remarkable improvement. Osunbor a Professor of Law and a two term Senator, 1999-2007 made this assertion in a chat with TheNewsGuru.com on Tuesday in Abuja. In his point blank analysis…
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LG autonomy: Osun Assembly moves to amend LG/State electoral laws
The Osun House of Assembly, on Monday, passed for second reading bills to amend Osun local government areas creation and Osun electoral commission laws to conform to the Supreme Court judgment on local government financial autonomy. NAN reports that the bills titled: “Osun State Local Government Areas Creation
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Agbakoba SAN writes INEC for ‘correct’ interpretation of electoral laws
Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba SAN, has written to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, requesting the “correct” interpretation of certain sections of the 1999 constitution that determines who wins a presidential election. He noted that Section 134 of the 1999 Constitution prescribes a presidential candidate meet the requirements…
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2023: INEC vows to apply electoral laws without fear or favour
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will scrupulously apply laws, particularly the Electoral Act, of 2022 without fear or favour to ensure free, fair, credible, inclusive and transparent elections in 2023. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made this known on Wednesday in Abuja, at the 4th Memorial Lecture in honour of Late Director-General of…
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Break electoral laws, go to jail, NYSC DG warns corps members
The Director General of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Maj. Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, has warned corps members participating as INEC ad-hoc staff in the general election that they would be jailed if they break any electoral law in the course of their assignment. Kazaure gave the warning Thursday in Yola while addressing corps members trained…
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Lagos Assembly’s amendment of electoral laws 3 days to LG elections may brew violence – TMG
Transition Monitoring Group, TMG, has said the decision of the Lagos State House of Assembly to amend and pass sensitive portions of the electoral laws barely three days to the local government elections may brew violence in some parts of the state. This is contained in a statement signed by Abiola Akiyode–Afolabi, Chairperson and Sulaimon…