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S84(8)Electoral Act: Reps vow to override Buhari’s veto on statutory delegates

President Buhari of Nigeria. By Advocatenewsng.com. THE House of Representatives reacting to the outcome of the just concluded primaries of political parties which denied so many of the legislators from both Chambers the opportunity to return to the 10th Assembly in 2023 has concluded plans to override President Muhammadu Buhari on Section 84(8) of the Electoral Act 2022 which seeks to provide for statutory delegates at the meetings, congresses and conventions of political parties. To achieve this, Speaker of…

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INEC plans voter registration extension over youths upsurge

INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu. THE Independent National Electoral Commission has assured Nigerians that they would get feedback concerning the calls for the extension of the Continuous Voters’ Registration. The INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, made this known during his speech at a political concert in Lagos. Sharing a picture of Yakubu at the concert, a tweet from INEC on Saturday read: “We have heard your requests loud and clear. You will soon hear from us on the extension…

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Gov Wike set to prosecute Amaechi, Tonye Cole, others over $50m fraud

Gov Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and his predecessor, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi. By Advocatenewsng.com. THE Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has directed the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor, to commence diligent prosecution of the alleged illegal financial dealings involving the immediate past governor, Rotimi Amaechi, Mr. Tonye Cole, Sahara Energy, and others over the sale of state assets. Wike gave the directive on Friday at the Executive Chamber of Government House, Port Harcourt, after swearing…

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Tinubu clinches APC presidential ticket, polls 1271 votes to beat Osinbajo, Lawan, Amaechi, 10 others

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, APC candidate. By Advocatenewsng.com. THE national leader of the All Progressives Congress and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has clinched the presidential primary ticket of the party as he polled votes 1271 votes at the end ballot counting in the nation’s capital, Abuja. He was trailed by former Governor of Rivers State and immediate minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, who scored 316 votes and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who came third…

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Buhari debunks imposing consensus candidate, asks APC govs, delegates to choose standard bearer

President Buhari with northern governors at State House, Abuja…… on Monday. By Advocatenewsng.com. The coast is now clear for southern aspirants as the All Progressives Congress (APC) begins its presidential primaries tomorrow with President Muhammadu Buhari assuring members of the party that he won’t impose a consensus candidate on it, but instead allow the governors and delegates to chose a standard bearer that has what it takes to maintain the unity of Nigeria and help the party to retain…

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APC may sanction Tinubu over his comment against Buhari-Adamu

APC chairman, Adamu and Tinubu. By Advocatenewsng.com. The leadership of the All Progressives Congress has said the party may punish its national leader and presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu, over his utterances about President Muhammadu Buhari a few days ago. The APC national chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, disclosed this while briefing journalists at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja on Saturday. The PUNCH had earlier reported that Tinubu while on a visit to party delegates in Ogun State on Thursday,…

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I made Buhari president in 2015, says Tinubu

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, APC presidential aspirant. By Editor-in-Chief, Advocatenewsng.com. A presidential aspirant and national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, said without him President Muhammadu Buhari would not have become the president in 2015. Tinubu spoke at the Presidential Lodge in Abeokuta, the state capital, while addressing the APC delegates ahead of the party’s primary. The former Lagos State governor was accompanied to Ogun by the incumbent governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; his Kano State counterpart,…

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APC govs’ meeting deadlocked as search for consensus candidate unsettles aspirants

From left: Tinubu, Osinbajo, Amaechi and Bello. By Advocatenewsng.com. Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress have begun the search for a consensus presidential candidate, it has been learnt. A source privy to the first meeting of the governors told our correspondent that the meeting ended in a deadlock. “No agreement yet. Meeting has been postponed to later this week,” the source told The PUNCH on Wednesday. Asked what transpired during the meeting, the politician said,…

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I’ll be addressing Nigerians next as APC candidate, Lawan boasts

Ahmed Lawan, Senate President and APC presidential aspirant. By Advocatenewsng.com. THE Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, has said the next time he will be addressing Nigerians, it will be as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress. Lawan spoke to the press after his screening at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja on Tuesday, saying he was screened as a candidate and not an aspirant. He said, “I had discussions with the panel. I was asked very important questions…

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BREAKING: Atiku wins PDP presidential ticket

Atiku Abubakar, PDP presidential candidate. By Advocatenewsng.com. FORMER Vice-President and serial presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar, has emerged as the presidential candidate of the opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party. Atiku emerged as a candidate at the end of the presidential primary after polling 371 votes. He defeated the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, who scored 237 votes. Other aspirants with the number of votes polled include Bukola Saraki – 70; Sam Ohuanbunwa – 1; Anyim Pius Anyim –…

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