ANALYSIS: Direct Primaries for Political Parties May Be A Step Towards 1993 Electoral Model

Last week, the National Assembly passed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, making it compulsory for all political parties to conduct their primaries using the direct method. Direct electoral method is not new to Nigeria, and in fact, it has been said to have been adopted in the most credible election in Nigeria, which is the 1993 election. According to African Election Database, Moshood Abiola of the then Social Democratic Party (SDP) garnered a total vote...

Nigeria’s Electoral Umpire To Spend N1.3 Billion On Funeral Grants/Condolence Purse In 2022

ABUJA — The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has earmarked N1.3 billion for its staff welfare in 2022. This covers funeral grants, Christmas bonuses and severance allowances of staff members, among others. INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, had, last week, said the N100 billion earmarked for the conduct of 2023 general elections in next year’s budget estimates was grossly inadequate. Speaking while appearing before the committee on INEC to defend the 2022 budget estimates, Yakubu...

No Party Should Impose its Processes on Another — PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has kicked against the approval of the conference committee report on the electoral act amendment bill. The report which was approved by the National Assembly on Tuesday stipulates that all political parties must use the direct primary mode in picking candidates. Reacting to this, the opposition party in a statement argued that no political party has the right to impose its processes on another. Kola Ologbondiyan, its national publicity secretary,...

WAAD’s Global Conference echoes on Threats of Contagious Diseases to Global Economies and Racial Inequality

Intellectuals worldwide converge in New Orleans for the 5th Global Conference of the World Association for Academic Doctors Dr. Anna C. J. Long, Program Director of School Psychology, Louisiana State University took the podium as keynote speaker, to open the 5th Global Conference of the World Association for Academic Doctors (WAAD) held Wednesday, October 27,2021-Sunday 31, 2021 New Orleans, LA, USA. This event was jointly hosted by WAAD and the Dillard University Center for Racial...

UBEC Bars Kwara From Fund Over N1bn Looted By former Govt Officials– Governor AbdulRasaq

ILORIN — The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has said the plan by the main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, to come back in 2023 to rule the state, is a wild goose chase. He said Kwara was blacklisted for the looting of the UBEC funds in 2013 by the former PDP administration. The governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye, on Monday said the “criminal diversion of funds” meant for...

Reps to Probe Alleged N1.1bn Deducted from Culture and Tourism 2021 Budget

ABUJA — The House of Representatives committee on culture and tourism has vowed to probe into the alleged deduction of N1.1 billion from the 2021 budgetary allocation for culture and tourism. The committee reached the resolution on Thursday during a sitting in Abuja. Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama, chairman of the committee, confirmed the committee’s resolution to set up a sub-panel would be probe into the alleged alteration in the 2021 budget. He assured that the committee will...

South East Governors To Meet With FG Over Mazi Nnamdi Kanu

ENUGU — South-East Governors have set plans in motion to meet with the Federal Government of Nigeria on the case of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. The meeting aims to proffer political solution in the case of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, address the spate of violence in the region and the sit-at-home orders issued by different groups of agitators. The forum further expressed gratitude to Ohaneze Ndigbo, religious and traditional...

2023 Presidency: Northern Elders Reverse Decision, Ready to Work with Other Regions

The Northern Elders Forum on Wednesday made a U-turn on its earlier position on northern presidency in 2023 with a promise that the North would work with other ethnic groups in Nigeria to produce a competent leader that would restore confidence in the system. The organisation also noted that the ongoing debate about labelling bandits as terrorists is a waste of energy, adding that it would only support such if it would lead to improved...

Worst Nigeria Military Government Better Than Current APC-led Government – Ortom

MAKURDI — Benue’s Samuel Ortom, has called the administration of the All Progressives Con­gress (APC) “worse than the worst Nigeria military government.” According to the governor, the APC-led administration has failed in all areas, having fed citizens with lies and failed promises. The governor said this while briefing the press on Sunday in Makurdi, Benue state capital. He called on Nigerians to join the PDP and overthrow the ruling party. “We are determined to take...

Ganduje Advocates For Legislation To Halt Street Begging

KANO — Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has called on the federal legislation to expedite action in enacting a law prohibiting street begging in all parts of the country. The governor who stated this during the 2nd national conference organised by the Faculty of Education, Bayero University Kano, explained that the law would compel parents/guardians to enroll their children/wards in school. The Governor decried the attitude of some parents in the northern part of the...

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