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Presidency Lawmakers Moves To End Same Faith Tickets

Presidency: Lawmakers Moves To End Same Faith Tickets

September 5, 2022 6:47 am

The National Assembly is proposing an amendment to Section 84 of the Electoral Act, 2022 to prevent political parties from nominating candidates of the same religion as presidential and vice presidential candidates.

This is to avoid a repeat of controversy trailing the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the 2023 general elections,

Chairman, Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Smart Adeyemi, who dropped the hint during a media briefing on Sunday in Abuja, said the proposed amendment seeks to promote unity and religious harmony in the country.

He showed a draft copy of the proposed legislation …

2023 CAN President Warns Churches To Be Partisan

2023: CAN President Warns Churches To Be Non-Partisan

September 5, 2022 6:45 am

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) President, Dr Daniel Okoh, has called on Christian leaders and churches across the country to be non-partisan in election matters ahead of Nigeria’s next year’s poll.

He also appealed to Nigerians to be properly guided in making the right decisions in the next presidential election.

Okoh made the call in Onitsha, on Sunday, during the 75th-anniversary celebration of the founder of the Grace of God Mission International, Bishop Paul Nwachukwu.

Okoh stated that the 2023 election offers the electorates the best opportunity to install the president of their choice through the ballot box.

He …

Trump Labels Biden ‘Enemy Of The State’ At Pennsylvania Rally

Trump Labels Biden ‘Enemy Of The State’ At Pennsylvania Rally

September 5, 2022 6:33 am

Ex-president Donald Trump on Sunday branded his successor Joe Biden an ‘enemy of the state’ during a rally in Pennsylvania as he slammed last month’s FBI raid of his Florida home.

Making his first public appearance since the August 8 raid, Trump said the search was a ‘travesty of justice’ and warned it would produce ‘a backlash the likes of which nobody has ever seen.’

‘There can be no more vivid example of the very real threats from American freedom than just a few weeks ago, you saw, when we witnessed one of the most shocking abuses of power by …

Kenya’s Supreme Court To Rule On Disputed Presidential Poll

Kenya’s Supreme Court To Rule On Disputed Presidential Poll

September 5, 2022 6:23 am

Kenya’s Supreme Court will on Monday (today) whether to uphold or nullify the result of last month’s presidential election, a ruling that is anxiously awaited in the East African country that is scarred by previous bouts of poll-related violence.

The seven-member court are expected to rule following three days of oral arguments last week by lawyers representing the two main candidates and rival camps of election commissioners.

Opposition leader Raila Odinga, making his fifth presidential bid, says Deputy President William Ruto’s narrow win was the product of massive fraud. Four out of seven election commissioners disowned the result announced by …

Shettima Didn’t Beg To Be Nominated As Running Mate - Adeyemi

Shettima Didn’t Beg To Be Nominated As Running Mate – Adeyemi

September 4, 2022 8:33 pm

Smart Adeyemi who is the Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District has on Sunday, revealed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) 2023 presidential running mate, Kashim Shettima did not beg his principal, Bola Ahmed Tinubu to be picked as his running mate.

Smart had reiterated this while he had been speaking on some of the national issues on Sunday at a press conference, saying that, “wild reactions trailing the APC on its choice of Shettima, a Muslim”, was normal in participatory democracy.

Read Also: What I Admire In My Running Mate, Shettima – Tinubu Quips

The third time lawmaker in …

Yobe North; Machina Debunks Letter About Withdrawal For Lawan

Yobe North; Machina Debunks Letter About Withdrawal For Lawan

September 4, 2022 6:47 pm

Controversies have continued to arise in the Yobe North senatorial zone as the disputed candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, for Yobe North, Yobe state, Bashir Machina, has come out to openly deny and debunk a letter which had been purportedly authored by him while he had been indicating his withdrawal from the senatorial contest and then his subsequent resignation from the APC.

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Obi Is Not Seeking Foreign Funds, Labour Party Clarifies

Obi Is Not Seeking Foreign Funds, Labour Party Clarifies

September 4, 2022 6:31 am

The Labour Party, LP, has dismissed viral reports making the rounds on social media that its presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, was abroad to solicit foreign funding for his campaigns.

National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, Abayomi Oluwafemi, gave this clarification in an interview on Sunday.

He referred to the speculations that the party was equally seeking foreign funding for its activities as part of the antics of political opponents, who were very much intimidated by the rising profile of the Labour Party and its presidential candidate.

Oluwafemi said: ‘It is ridiculous that our political opponents have …

2023 I Am Still ADC Presidential Candidate, Kachikwu Insists

2023: I Am Still ADC Presidential Candidate, Kachikwu Insists

September 4, 2022 6:27 am

The Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu, has written off reports of his suspension by the party’s Deputy National Chairman, Bamidele Ajadi saying that he is still the Presidenrial candidate of the party.

Speaking against the backdrop of Ajadi’s announcement, Kachikwu reiterated that the tenure of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) ended on Sunday, August 28, 2022.

Africa Daily News, New York had on Saturday earlier reported that Ajadi had announced Kachikwu’s suspension through a statement and accused the party presidential candidate of making “defamatory” statements that contravened the values of the ADC. …

Turkey Opposed To Finland, Sweden NATO Membership - Erdogan

‘We Can Intervene In Ukraine Nuclear Plant Conflict’ – Erdogan To Putin 

September 3, 2022 8:46 pm

Turkey has declared interest in getting to mediate in the conflict which had been started over Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station which has been occupied by Moscow’s troops.

It has been reported that the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan had mentioned this interest to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Saturday.

Read Also: Russian President, Putin To Miss Gorbachev’s Funeral

“President Erdogan stated that Turkey can play a facilitator role in the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, as they did in the grain deal,” the Turkish presidency said, referring to a grain export agreement signed in July by Kyiv and
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2023 You Are Part Of The Old System, Sowore Attacks Obi

2023: You Are Part Of The Old System, Sowore Attacks Obi

September 3, 2022 5:22 am

Ahead of next year’s Presidential elections, the candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, Omoyele Sowore yesterday attacked former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, saying that not the change Nigeria needs.

Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York Sowore said Mr. Obi was part of the old system that has crippled the nation’s fortunes.

Mr. Obi is also running for President in 2023 on the platform of the Labour Party.

Read Also: 2023: APC Presidential Aspirants Boycott Abuja Meeting

‘Peter Obi is part of the old …

Real Reason Why vote-Buying Will Continue – INEC, Others

Real Reason Why vote-Buying Will Continue – INEC, Others

September 3, 2022 5:03 am

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other key stakeholders in the electoral process on Friday pointed out that weak punitive sanctions against perpetrators of vote-trading and increasing poverty have been responsible for frustrations in the fight against vote-buying and selling in Nigeria.

The stakeholders raised the concern during a policy dialogue with the theme,  ‘Addressing vote-trading in Nigeria from global comparative experiences’, organised by the Electoral Forum in collaboration with the Open Society Initiative for West Africa and MacArthur Foundation.

The Deputy Senate President of Nigeria, Ovie Omo-Agege, represented by his Chief of Staff, Otive Igbuzor at the event, …

Trump's Probe Empty Folders Marked Classified At Mar-a-Lago

Trump’s Probe: Empty Folders Marked Classified At Mar-a-Lago

September 3, 2022 4:24 am

A court document that was made public on Saturday has revealed that during a raid at Donald Trump’s Florida home last month, FBI agents discovered several empty documents that were tagged as classified.

The document which was made accessible to the public by a Florida court gives a breakdown of what is within the 33 boxes that were retrieved from the former president’s Mar-a-Lago residence.

Additionally, it reveals that top-secret documents were found in his home office.

Mr. Trump, who is currently under scrutiny for handling secret documents, says he did nothing wrong.

The document that was released on Friday …

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