Tag: primaries
2023 campaigns: Time to shelve dangerous rhetoric, By Hassan Gimba
Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil...
Katsina NNPP Chair urges INEC to cancel APC, PDP Primaries
By ABDULLAHI SHUGABA
KATSINA- The Katsina State Chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Alhaji Sani liti, has called on INEC to cancel the recent...
Alleged illegal primaries: Court dismisses Akwa Ibom PDP members’ suit
By TAIYE AGBAJE
ABUJA- A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, dismissed a suit filed by some aggrieved members of Akwa Ibom Peoples Democratic Party...
Cleric faults primaries, says best candidate may not emerge
By UCHENNA ELETUO
LAGOS- The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale-Martins has faulted the delegates method being use by political parties in the...
This is not democracy, By Kazeem Akintunde
Democracy, as I was taught in secondary school 40 years ago, is defined as the Government of the People, by the people, and for...
IPAC calls for investigation of alleged monetisation at PDP presidential primary...
By DIANA OMUEZA
ABUJA- The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), has called for an investigation into the alleged monetisation of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential...
Primaries: Loyalists allege inconsistency in Somolu constituency II delegates list
By YUNUS YUSUFLAGOS- Party loyalists at the APC house of assembly primaries in Somolu Constituency II, have alleged that political appointees were included in...
2023: 4 Abia guber aspirants fault process of APC primary in...
By LEONARD OKACHIE
UMUAHIA- At least four governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia have protested against the primary election held in...
Factional SDP members boycott primaries in Kwara
By ABIODUN ESAN
ILORIN- Members of a faction of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Kwara have boycotted primary elections conducted by the party to...
Primaries: Only Sanwo-Olu cleared to contest APC governorship in Lagos –...
By ADEYEMI ADELEYE
LAGOS- The Electoral Committee for APC Governorship Primaries in Lagos State has revealed that only Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu was cleared to participate.The...
Presidential primaries: Osinbajo concludes consultations with APC delegates
By CHIJIOKE OKORONKWO
ABUJA- Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has concluded his interactive sessions with stakeholders and delegates of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in the 36...
Lamido’s son emerges Jigawa PDP guber candidate
By NASIR BASHIR
DUTSE- Alhaji Mustafa Lamido, the son of former Gov. Sule Lamido of Jigawa, has emerged the state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship...
Heavy security presence at venue of Lagos PDP governorship primaries
By ADEYEMI ADELEYE
LAGOS- Security operatives on Wednesday, mounted heavy presence at the venue of the special state congress of the PDP to select its...
Primaries: Aspirant protests alleged “doctored” delegates’ list
By REMI KOLEOSO
ADO EKITI- An aspirant for the House of Representatives in Ekiti on the platform APC, Mr Sunday Ola, on Wednesday alleged that...
2023 general election: IPAC seeks 2 months extension for party primaries
By EMMANUEL OLONIRUHA
Abuja- The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to extend the June 3 deadline for...
2023: Mode of primaries not enough reason to ditch Electoral Bill...
The Women in Politics Forum, WIPF, says the mode of party primaries is not enough to bring the needed change Nigerians expect to see...
Electoral Bill: Governors not against direct primaries ― Gov Sule
The Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, Sunday, said the 36 State Governors are not afraid of direct primaries as being alleged by some...
Senate approves only direct primaries for parties
The Senate has approved an amendment to the Electoral Act, which provides that political parties would henceforth use only the direct mode of primaries...
Anambra 2021: PDP stakeholders drum support for Ezeemo
Ahead of the party primaries for the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State, stakeholders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) are drumming support...
Agboola, Akeredolu’s Deputy resigns from PDP
By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) - The Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi has resigned his membership from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Ajayi’s...