Category: Politics

Professor Yakubu, INEC Chairman. By Editor-in-Chief, (Advocatenewsng.com). THE Independent National Electoral Commission on Friday bowed to pressure from political parties seeking the extension of the June 3 deadline for the conduct of primary elections by approving an additional six days extension. The electoral umpire, however, clarified that the extension is granted in respect of outstanding primaries only and not those already concluded. The INEC Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, made this known in a statement issued…

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Mr. Peter Obi, Ex-Anambra Governor. By Editor-in-Chief, (Advocatenewsng.com). THE former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, has joined the Labour Party (LP) few days after dumping the main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) saying the party is the right platform that aligns with his aspiration. According to him, he had chosen a route that he considered to be in line with “our aspirations and my mantra of taking the country from consumption to production.” Obi, who is seeking to…

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Mr. Obi. By Advocatenewsng.com. Former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has explained that “recent developments” within the Peoples Democratic Party were responsible for his resignation from the opposition party and withdrawal from its presidential primary slated for end of May. Obi was one of the 15 PDP presidential aspirants cleared by the Senator David Mark-led Presidential Screening Committee last month. However, the ex-governor, in a statement addressed to the PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, explained that the recent…

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Garba Shehu, SSA to President Buhari on media and publicity. By Advocatenewsng.com. THE Presidency, on Tuesday, slammed the Northern Elders Forum for what it called “delusional arrogance” over its call for some section of the country to secede. According to a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the Presidency insisted that only democratically elected leadership can take decisions that steer the nation, and no one else. The statement is…

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CBN Governor, Emefiele (left) in a heart to heart chat with President Buhari. By Advocatenewsng.com. The Central Bank Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, said his fate is still being decided as regards the controversy surrounding his rumoured presidential bid. When newsmen approached him on Thursday after meeting with the President Muhammadu Buhari  in Abuja with the notion that his current position as a presidential aspirant and the CBN governor is a major point of concern for Nigerians and even the…

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Mr. A.J. Owonikoko, SAN, FCArb. LEGAL OPINION. By Abiodun Owonikoko. At our law firm’s Weekly Chambers meeting last week Thursday 5th Inst , we took time to analyze section 84 of the Electoral Act , 2022.  The choice of that section for intellectual interrogation was deliberate . It was in acknowledgment of the onset of phase 1 in the 2023 elections cycle – the 2nd will be due in earnest after the general elections in 2023.  A brand new legislation…

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President Buhari. By Advocatenewsng.com. As President Muhammadu Buhari ordered all members of his cabinet and appointees vying for electoral offices to resign on or before Monday, May 16, 2022, a few of them have started throwing in the towel. Among early resignees were the minister of Science, Innovation and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, who is a presidential aspirant under the ruling party, the All Progressive Congress (APC) from the South East geopolitical zone, and his counterpart in education, the…

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By Advocatenewsng.com. The Senate has amended Section 84 (8) of the Electoral Act 2022, which will enable statutory delegates participate in political parties’ congresses and conventions. The current version, which was assented to by the president, Major General  Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in February this year, prevents statutory delegates from taking part in party primaries. Statutory delegates include councillors, local government chairmen and vice chairmen, political party chairmen in all the 774 Local Government Areas, state and federal lawmakers, governors…

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Ex-President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. By Advocatenewsng.com. The All Progressives Congress has received N100m for the presidential form of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, The PUNCH has learnt. Our correspondent gathered that a serving governor credited APC Collection Account domiciled with Heritage Bank, with N100m. The account number of the party with the commercial bank was stated as 5600007616. Heritage Bank, in a letter dated May 9, 2022 and obtained by The PUNCH, notified APC of the receipt of the amount.The bank’s…

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AfDB President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina. By Advocatenewsng.com. The President of the African Development Bank and former Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akiwumi Adesina, has become the latest entrant for the race of the Nigerian presidency in 2023 as he on Saturday, May 7, 2022 obtained copies of his Nomination and Expression of Interest forms to vie for the All Progressives Congress presidential ticket. This is as a coalition of 28 groups consisting of Youth Arise Movement, Nigerians in Diaspora One…

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