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2023 Presidential Election: APC Has Already Rigged It

2023 Presidential Election: APC Has Already Rigged It

November 14, 2022 2:33 am

Many Nigerians are presently holding onto hope like a tiny rope that keeps them from falling over the edge and a dose of illusion that seems to strengthen them. As valid as their permutations with regard to the 2023 election sound, most people do not appear to understand the ruthlessness of the monster they are up against.

There is a general feeling in the land that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government of the All Progressives Party, APC has been a colossal failure and hence his party shouldn’t be rewarded at the polls. Yet, the candidate of the party, Bola Tinubu …

Why Cost Of Conducting Elections Is High In Nigeria - INEC

INEC Swears In 19 New RECs, Warns Against Govt Houses

November 3, 2022 11:14 pm

In a fresh development, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have reportedly  sworn in up to 19 newly-appointed Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in an appointment which would be coming ahead of the 2023 general elections.

INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who had also performed the ceremony on Thursday at the INEC headquarters in Abuja had also warned most of the officials that they would not to be visitors to government houses in order to maintain their neutrality in the matter.

Read Also: 2023: INEC Deletes 2.7 Million Ineligible Registrants

In July, it had been revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari had …

Why Cost Of Conducting Elections Is High In Nigeria - INEC

2023: INEC Deletes 2.7 Million Ineligible Registrants

October 12, 2022 9:32 pm

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has again made another announcement which revealed that it has discovered 2.7 million cases of some double registration which had been carried out during the recently concluded Continuous Voter Registration.

The commission  had also revealed that all the affected persons have been deleted from the voter register.

Read Also: Guber Polls: 14 APC, PDP Candidates Fails To Make INEC List

This had been disclosed by the INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, at an event tagged ‘National Endowment for Democracy’ held in Washington DC, United States.

Yakubu also raised concerns about security challenges across the country, …

2023 INEC Vows To Unleash EFCC, ICPC On Vote-Buyers

2023: INEC Vows To Unleash EFCC, ICPC On Vote-Buyers

October 5, 2022 6:55 am

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reiterated its commitment and readiness to rid the forthcoming 2023 general election of vote-buying through its existing partnership with the security and anti-graft agencies in the country.

The National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, made this disclosure during an expert meeting on election logistics for the 2023 general election held in Lagos on Tuesday.

Okoye, while giving updates on the commission’s efforts to curb financial inducements at polling units, said anyone found culpable would be apprehended.

Read Also: Parties Not Allowed To Receive Funds From Abroad, INEC Insists

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Vote Right Leaders In 2023, Sultan, Others Urges Nigerians

Vote Right Leaders In 2023, Sultan, Others Urges Nigerians

September 30, 2022 4:38 am

Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, has submitted his reservations against any form of violence ahead of the 2023 elections. 

He made this known at the maiden Lateef Adegbite Memorial Series on Leadership which was put together to celebrate the life and service of the late Dr. Lateef Adegbite, in Lagos, on Thursday.

He had deplored killings globally, maintaining that the two major religions confirm ‘you can’t love God without loving humans.’

‘May God help us to choose leaders that would bring Nigeria out of its current state,’ he added.

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Real Reason 2023 Elections Cannot Be Rigged — Yakasai, Falae

Real Reason 2023 Elections Cannot Be Rigged — Yakasai, Falae

September 16, 2022 6:35 am

A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and founding National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Chief Olu Falae, and a former Liaison Officer to the late President Shehu Shagari, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, has said there would be no rigging in the 2023 general elections.

The two elder statesmen said this at the formal commissioning of the new National Secretariat of the SDP on Thursday in Abuja.

They urged politicians and parties to move to the grassroots and campaign and show the people what they would do to make the country better.

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2023 INEC Rejects Akpabio As APC Senatorial Candidate

Accept Akpabio’s Name As APC Senatorial Candidate – Court To INEC

September 15, 2022 7:33 pm

Fresh reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has revealed that a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday has finally ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately accept and publish Godswill Akpabio’s name as the candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) for the 2023 Akwa Ibom North/West Senatorial District election.

Delivering the controversial judgment was Justice Emeka Nwite who had held that INEC’s refusal to accept and publish the name of Akpabio, former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs had actually been in contradiction with the law, having received the name from the APC as …

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

We’re Deleting Double Registrants, PVCs Ready November – INEC

September 12, 2022 6:04 pm

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has on Monday revealed that it has detected some of the several double, multiple and ineligible registrants in the just concluded Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise which had taken place earlier in the year.

The commission had however, noted that most of the detected double registrants have also been invalidated.

Read Also: ‘Withdraw APC Members From INEC’ – SERAP To President Buhari

Festus Okoye who is the National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, while giving an update on the exercise in a statement had also disclosed that the cleaning …

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, …

SERAP Sues INEC Over Failure To Prosecute Vote-Buyers

2023: We Will Not Be Lowering Our Electoral Bar – INEC Boasts

August 26, 2022 5:09 pm

In lieu of the coming 2023 elections, the Nigerian electoral watchdog which is the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday reiterated its earlier statement and warning that it would be punishing some of the Nigerian political parties who would be found to be violating electoral timelines as well as provisions of the new Electoral Act 2022 (which had been amended), especially during the 2023 elections.

The electoral commission had also announced that it is going to be maintaining its ground not to jettison any form of electronic transmission of results and revert to manual process and thereby would not …

2023 How Vote Buying Can Be Curbed In Nigeria - Obo Effanga

2023: How Vote Buying Can Be Curbed In Nigeria – Obo Effanga

August 15, 2022 4:31 am
The Resident Electoral Commissioner for Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Rivers State, Mr. Obo Effanga yesterday shared insights on how he believes the menace of vote buying can be curbed.
To analyse the trend of vote buying in Nigeria during voting the Federal Government should boost the economy and set the nation to a satisfactory standard; a standard the nation can be used as a model for other countries.
He pointed out that Nigerians in Diaspora shouldn’t be disenfranchised in the general election, and should be cleared to vote, however, the possibility of actualizing the ballot from outside the
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There Will Be No 'Wuruwuru’ In 2023 Elections — Buhari Assures

There Will Be No ‘Wuruwuru’ In 2023 Elections — Buhari Assures

August 5, 2022 3:02 am

Ahead of the 2023 general election, President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that there will be ‘no wuruwuru’ to favour and political party or candidate contesting in whatever position.

‘In furtherance to this, the President has charged the military, the Police, the DSS, and all other security agencies to synergize and effectively review operational strategies and optimally deploy all operational assets towards addressing current and evolving internal security threats ahead of the forthcoming general election’s.’

National Security Adviser, Major Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd) made this known at the opening of a workshop on ‘Election Security Management’ organised by the Nigerian …

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