Tag: Political Parties
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PDP boycotts INEC parley with political parties
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) shunned Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) organised parley with political parties. There were about sixty political parties were in attendance. PDP and it’s presidential candidate in the 2019 poll, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar are already in Court challenging the outcome of the election. The parley is meant to review the Conduct…
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2023: Falana advocates de-registration of 81 ‘paperweight’ political parties
A senior advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to wake up to its duties by de-registering political parties that failed to scale some minimum constitutional benchmarks. In a statement today, Falana, a leading human rights advocate, said the application of the rules will see the number of political parties…
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18 out of 91 political parties not fielding candidates in Saturday’s presidential poll [Full List]
Eighteen (18) out of the 91 registered political parties will not be fielding presidential candidates in Saturday’s elections. These parties are: Congress of Patriots (COP) Alternative Party of Nigeria (APN) Legacy Party of Nigeria (LPN) Modern Democratic Party (MDP) Movement for The Restoration and Defence of Democracy (MRDD) New Generation Party (NGP) New Progressives Movement…
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2019: Acting IG promises fairness to all political parties, reverses Idris’ last minute postings
The newly appointed acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu on Tuesday promised fairness to all political parties particularly those fielding candidates for elective positions in the forthcoming general elections. Adamu stated that there were rules of engagement for the Nigeria Police, adding they would be strictly applied in dealing with security matters. He stressed that…
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2019: Rivers APC rules out possibility of adopting candidates from other parties
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that it was not thinking of adopting a candidate from another political party because it does not envisage losing its case at the Appeal and the Supreme courts. Recall that the State APC had filed an appeal against the disqualification of its candidates…
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2019: We’re not into ‘rigging business’ – INEC assures Nigerians, political parties
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed it wasn’t in the business of rigging elections. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, said this as he dismissed allegations made by the Peoples Democratic Party, that it wants to compromise the forthcoming elections. Oyekanmi urged the PDP to provide the evidence in…
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2019: Political parties reject Buhari’s plan to extend IGP’s tenure for six months
Indications have emerged that President Muhammadu Buhari may have approved a six-month tenure extension for the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris. Officially, Idris is due to retire from the Nigeria Police Force on January 3, 2019, having put in the mandatory 35 years in service. But he was said to have lobbied some senior Presidency…
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Only 73 political parties will partake in 2019 elections – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said a total of 73 out of Nigeria’s 91 political political parties will take part in next year’s general elections having submitted details of their candidates to the commission before the deadlines. Chairman of the Commission Mahmood Yakubu, said this in his opening remarks at the two-day capacity…
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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…