January 20, 2022

The Nigerian Presidency has explained that President Muhammadu Buhari attended the inauguration of Adama Barrow, the Gambian President for a second term, in Banjul as a mark of Nigeria’s strong commitment towards the entrenchment of democracy and good governance in The Gambia and the West African sub-region.

A presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, in a statement, said Nigeria supported the entrenchment of democracy and good governance in The Gambia following the refusal of Yahya Jammeh the former leader, to surrender power after losing an election and has remained resolute in ensuring that democracy is sustained in the country.

Shehu said Buhari’s …

Jigawa State Governor, Muhammad Badaru Abubakar has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC), will continue to remain united and stronger even after the tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.

The governor stated this when he featured on Newsnight, a programme on Channels Television monitored by Africa Daily News, New York yesterday.

The governor stated this while responding to the opposition’s expectations that the ruling party will crash after President Buhari leaves office in 2023.

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The Nigerian National Assembly yesterday re-amended the Electoral Act Amendment Bill as it approved both direct and indirect primaries which were the contentious areas before now.

Both chambers made the re-amendment in separate plenary sessions. In the Senate, the lawmakers also added the consensus clause for the nomination of candidates by political parties for elective positions.

In a statement, the upper chamber equally noted that ‘a political party that adopts the direct primaries procedure shall ensure that all aspirants are given equal opportunity of being voted for by members of the party’.

On Clause 84(4), it read that ‘a political …