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The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu has warned politicians in Edo and Ondo states against disrupting the elections, saying the commission would not make returns in such a situation. Professor Yakubu gave the warning at a virtual roundtable on Democracy and Elections in West Africa, organized by the Centre
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By GARBA SHEHU IN Nigeria, my country of close to 200 million people, the COVID-19 lockdown began on March 30 in Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. As with nations the world over we are following the advice of a scientifically-led national action plan to halt and then defeat the spread of the
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By Peter Okutu The chairman of Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Mr Clement Odah, yesterday called on his supporters to resist any attempt that would make them display acts of violence against his opponents in the forthcoming local government election in the State. Recall that the local government election was scheduled to take
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…Ekpenyong, Akpabio, Jibrin, Doguwa, others know fate By Clifford Ndujihe THERE is tension in some states of the country as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, concludes the 2019 general polls in 28 constituencies. The tension is on account of the violence and high-wire rigging that characterised a host of recent elections especially Kogi governorship
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AFTER the brief burst of optimism for the future of Nigeria’s democracy which trailed the 2015 general elections the sense of gloom seems to have returned.
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The Centre for Transparency and Advocacy (CTA) has called for synergy between the police, political parties as well as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that the November governorship election in Kogi, and Bayelsa states is free and credible.
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Hearing resumed before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja yesterday, with a collation agent, Mr. Bukar Petrol, narrating how the Civilian Joint Task Force, JTF, allegedly rigged election in favour of President Muhammadu Buhari in Borno State
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YENAGOA—FORMER President Goodluck Jonathan and three governorship aspirants in Bayelsa State— former Federal Permanent Secretary, Ambassador Godknows Igali;former Coordinator of Presidential Amnesty, PAP, Mr Timi Alaibe, and Mr. Erepamo Osaisai— spoke, yesterday, on how to ensure a violence-free governorship election in the state in November.
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has cautionioned riggers allegedly working with the All Progressives Congress, APC, perish the thought of manipulating the Adamawa supplementary elections on Saturday as doing so will be at their own peril.
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Ten Imo governorship candidates, under the name forum of 2019 governorship candidates of political parties in Imo state, yesterday gave the state Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, a pat on the back, on the just concluded governorship/House of Assembly elections in the state.
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