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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged political parties to strictly comply with their schedules for primaries ahead of the Anambra State governorship election slated for November 8, 2025. The Commission also disclosed that only 12 out of the 19 registered political parties had submitted detailed schedules of their primaries in line with the…
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The House of Representatives has initiated moves to strip the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of its powers to regulate and register political parties in Nigeria. A bill seeking to establish an independent authority for the registration, regulation, and funding of political parties in Nigeria passed a second reading at the flood of the House…
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In commemoration of International Women’s Day, Omowumi Ogunrotimi, the executive director of Gender Mobile Initiative, called on lawmakers to take decisive action against sexual harassment, highlighting its devastating impact on women’s economic and political inclusion in Nigeria. Speaking under the theme ‘Economic and Political Inclusion: Walk the Talk’, Ogunrotimi emphasized that gender-based violence, particularly sexual…
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Ahead of the November 8 Anambra governorship poll, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has endorsed the use of the indirect primary mode to select the candidate of the party. APC’s National Secretary, Sen. Ajibola Bashiru, made this known Thursday at the end of the meeting of the national working committee (NWC) of the party…
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Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has described as fake news the report that the Court of Appeal, Akure Division, reinstated sacked chairmen and councillors elected under the platform of the All Progressives Congress in 2022. The governor, therefore, argued that the APC officials, who claimed to have occupied all local government secretariats across Osun, remained…
