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The Big 5: Bauchi Deputy Governor resigns. FG, States and Local Govts share N701bn and other stories
Here are the major stories you should be monitoring today: The Deputy Governor of Bauchi State, Nuhu Gidado, has resigned. Mr Gidado informed Governor Mohammed Abubakar of his decision in…
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[YNaija 2019] Matters arising from the Senate amendments to the Electoral Act, 2010 as amended
by Samson Itodo The Nigerian Senate has received encomiums for providing national leadership in the timely and progressive conclusion of its amendments to the Electoral Act, 2010. It took the Senate one…
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Opinion: Gaps in the Nigerian Senate’s electoral act amendment
by Jide Ojo Last Thursday, March 30, 2017, news broke that Nigerian Senate had passed the amended 2010 Electoral Act. The passage of the Bill for an Act to amend…
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Senate amends electoral act, approves electronic voting
by Dolapo Adelana The Senate Thursday passed amendments to the Electoral Act 2010, approving the use of electronic voting in future elections. It also approved that election results should be…
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Reps seek to replace dead candidates with running mates
by Azeez Adeniyi The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill seeking to replace dead presidential and governorship candidates with their running mates for second reading. The bill, sponsored…
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No, INEC can’t guarantee conclusive polls in 2019 – Chairman
The National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, on Friday said conclusive polls in 2019 will depend on the voters and not him. Yakubu said…
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Fayose to face sanctions over controversial Punch ad
by Kolapo Olapoju Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose may be in trouble over the controversial advert he placed in major national newspapers regarding the presidential candidate of the All Progressives…
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Opinion: Why polling agents cannot be 300metres away from polling units
by Bisola Bakare At the stakeholders forum held yesterday, the 6th day of August, 2014, at the Leisure Spring Hotel, Osogbo, the Chairman of INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, originally…
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Femi Falana: An agenda for free and fair elections
by Femi Falana The 2007 General Election was declared “a do or die affair” by President Olusegun Obasanjo. Violence, ballot snatching and ballot snuffing by political thugs marred it. The…
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Duro Onabule: Trap setting in the struggle for power
by Duro Onabule By the way, Jonathan, in denying any agreement to serve for only one term, dared his opponents to produce any evidence as proof. On that score, those…
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Opinion: The judicial derobing of INEC’s Jega
by Emmanuel Onwubiko INEC should leave the smaller political parties alone; resist attempt to stifle growth of democracy but instead should introduce policies to restore credibility to this badly dented…
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Opinion: Why INEC should reject APC’s application for registration
by Faruq Abbas In view of the above, I respectfully implore INEC as a law abiding body to refuse the registration of the All Progressive Congress as to do otherwise…
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