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    Politics Nigerian Senate move to reduce political parties from 91 to 5 – Legit.ng

    The Nigerian Senate has said that it would reduce the number of political parties participating in elections in the country from the current 91 to five through legislation. The upper chamber stated this on Wednesday, October 9, at a meeting with the leadership of the Independent National...
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    Politics Senate Kicks against INEC’s Clearance of Many Candidates for Kogi, Bayelsa Guber Polls – Thisdaylive

    The Senate wednesday faulted the clearance of many governorship candidates by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the forthcoming governorship elections in both Kogi and Bayelsa states on November 16. Its committee on INEC at a meeting with … Read more via Thisdaylive –...
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    Politics INEC warns Bayelsa guber candidates against incitement – The Guardian Nigeria News

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has advised candidates participating in the November 16, 2019 governorship poll in Bayelsa State to avoid inciting statements during their campaigns. The commission gave the warning in Abuja yesterday … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria...
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    Politics BREAKING: Sokoto election petition tribunal dismisses all preliminary objections - DailyTrust

    The Sokoto State Governorship election petition tribunal has dismissed all preliminary objections brought before the tribunal by all parties in the matter. Justice Abbas Bawale-led tribunal dismissed preliminary objections filed by the PDP, APC and INEC. Read more:
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    Politics Taraba INEC commissioner Baba Abba Yusuf dies – P.M. News

    Alhaji Baba Abba Yusuf, the Taraba State Resident Electoral Commissioner is dead. He died Saturday night in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital after a protracted illness. He was buried on Sunday, in accordance with Islamic rites..... Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2osds5C Get More...
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    Politics INEC disqualifies 14 political parties in Kogi and Bayelsa State governorship polls – Laila’s Blog

    INEC disqualified the 14 political parties for fielding invalid candidates, the INEC National Commissioner and the Chairman of the Information... Read more via Nigeria News | Laila’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2lNvcYc Get More Nigeria Political News
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    Politics How Buhari, Atiku, INEC Spent Billions At Tribunal – Nairaland

    President Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as well as other agencies involved in the 2019 presidential election case spent billions of naira pursuing and defending the case at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT), checks by Daily Trust revealed...
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    Politics Atiku vs Buhari: Why PDP will never return to power – Maduekwe – Daily Post Nigeria

    Dr. Chidia Maduekwe, the Managing Director of Nigeria Film Corporation and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has berated the..... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2Qlapd1 Get More Nigeria Political News
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    Politics Tribunal sacks PDP lawmaker in Sokoto, orders INEC to withdraw his certificate of return – Legit.ng

    The Elections Petitions Tribunal sitting in Sokoto on Tuesday, September 17, sacked a member of of the State House of Assembly, Hon. Sahabi Umar, who was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)..... Read more via Legit.ng – https://ift.tt/31uAuaB Get More Nigeria...
  10. Nigeria Political News

    Politics ‘Ruling class frustrating Nigerians’ quest for social justice’ – The Guardian Nigeria News

    Immediate past chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru M. Jega, has blamed the widening poverty in Nigeria on the shoulders of the country’s ruling class. Jega lamented that the absence of social justice in the … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News –...
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    Politics INEC Server: How Atiku Fell For Scammers – Naijaloaded

    Former Vice President and Presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar was deceived by conmen into believing that there was an INEC server used for the transmission of election results during the last Presidential election. National Vice … Read...
  12. Nigeria Political News

    Politics Godswill Akpabio Not Returning To Senate As Tribunal Dismisses Petition – Sahara Reporters

    The national and state house of assembly election petitions tribunal,sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has upheld the election ofChristopher Ekpenyong, striking out Senator Godswill Akpabio’spetition.... Read more via Sahara Reporters – https://ift.tt/2ZO1gxh Get More Nigeria Political News
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    Politics Guber poll: Dino Melaye’s fate sealed, as PDP submits Wada’s name to INEC – P.M. News

    The dream of Senator Dino Melaye becoming the governor of Kogi State has been shattered as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, submitted the name of Engr. Musa Wada to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as its flagbearer for the November 16, 2019 governorship poll..... Read...
  14. Nigeria Political News

    Politics “I Wasn’t Sacked By Tribunal” – Senator Orji Uzor Kalu – Naijaloaded

    Contrary to the news making the rounds in the media space, that the Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District had been sacked by the Election Tribunal sitting in Umuahia, the lawmaker, Senator Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has cleared the air that … Read more via Naijaloaded –...
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    Politics Six Days to Deadline, PEPT Yet to Give Judgment Date – Thisdaylive

    When will the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal determine who between President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and his main challenger in the February 23 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the.... Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2ZSOGgU...
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    Politics Melaye appeals Tribunal Ruling Sacking him from Senate – Olisa.tv

    Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west, has asked the court of appeal to set aside a verdict of the Kogi state election tribunal which sacked him as a member of the national assembly..... Read more via Olisa.tv – https://ift.tt/2Q13aad Get More Nigeria Political News
  17. Nigeria Political News

    Politics Tribunal verdict ‘19: D Day scares Buhari, Atiku camps – The Guardian Nigeria News

    Between Monday and Friday this week, the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal must hand down its verdict in the suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on the outcome of the..... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News –...
  18. Nigeria Political News

    Politics Election Tribunal delivers five more judgments, dismisses all APC petitions in Cross River – Daily Post Nigeria

    The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Calabar has delivered judgements on five petitions filed by candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State against the candidates of the.... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2zWExAw Get More Nigeria Political...
  19. Nigeria Political News

    Politics How security operatives, INEC officials, compromised 2019 election results – Report – Premium Times Nigeria

    A post mortem analysis of the 2019 general elections has documented how the collation process of the election results by INEC was opaque, chaotic, vulnerable to manipulation and, in some locations, violently disrupted. The report, dated July 2019, and made public Thursday by the Centre for...
  20. Nigeria Political News

    Politics EXCLUSIVE: APC, PDP, others violate Nigeria’s law on financial disclosure – Premium Times Nigeria

    Most political parties in Nigeria, including the front-running APC and PDP, as well as reforms-touting parties of Omoyele Sowore and Kingsley Moghalu, among others, breached the country’s law on financial disclosure to the.... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2PjnGlP Get...
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