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Nigeria: Polls Body Prints 93 Million Ballot Papers for Presidential Run-Off
Leadership, 19 November 2022
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it would print concurrently, ballot papers for the presidential election and those for a re-run exercise ahead of the… Read more »
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Nigeria: 2023 - We Are Preparing for Possible Rerun Elections - INEC
Vanguard, 19 November 2022
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is already making plans and preparations for the conduct of a run-off presidential election, where no candidate meets… Read more »
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Nigeria: 2023 - INEC Expresses Readiness for Possible Run-Off
Vanguard, 19 November 2022
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has said in line with its tradition of adequately preparing for eventualities, it has enough logistics to take care of a possible… Read more »
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Nigeria: Show Good Example During 2023 Poll By Sticking to Electoral Guidelines - Buhari to Nigerian Men
This Day, 19 November 2022
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerian men to show good example during the 2023 general elections by adhering strictly to electoral guidelines and possibly seek redress in… Read more »
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Nigeria: 2023 - Oshiomhole Lauds Buhari for Exhibiting Genuine Support for APC, Tinubu
Vanguard, 19 November 2022
Former National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for demonstrating genuine support and the… Read more »
Nigeria's Polls Body Prepares for Possible Rerun in 2023 Election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it would print concurrently, ballot papers for the presidential election and those for a re-run exercise ahead of the 2023 election in case the situation arises.
The electoral body said the practice had been in existence since 1999 without public knowledge but was disclosed for the first time in line with the open policy of the INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu.
The INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye has said that INEC was already planning to print double of the total number of ballot papers required for the first ballot, should in case there was rerun election.
He explained that the preparations were always made alone the first because the commission had just 21 days to conduct the rerun or run-off election.
The national commissioner said that before candidate could be declared winner of the presidential election, he or she must have the highest number of votes cast and secure a quarter of the votes cast in two-thirds of the states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory.
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The electioneering season in Nigeria has become an orchestra of deception, as electoral promises are never kept. The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) said the 2023 elections will be the most challenging to conduct in Nigeria, saying the raging insecurity, preparedness of the electoral body, and conduct of presidential candidates will shape the outcome of the polls.
The 2023 general election will
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of candidates contesting for the presidency in the 2023 general elections. INEC noted that 18 parties had fielded presidential candidates and their running mates.
The list include the names, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP),
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The build-up and politicking ahead of the 2023 general elections are already gathering momentum. One of the topics most debated is the state and fate of the impending democratic transition amid he deteriorating national security situation.
Terrorists, bandits, and other violent non-state agents have taken over swathes of areas in northern Nigeria. In recent weeks, terrorists have carried out
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Nigerian professionals in international relations have expressed concern about foreign interference in the choice of who becomes Nigeria's president in 2023, following the trend of Nigerian politicians travelling abroad to hold political meetings - with London and Paris destinations of choice.
There are reports of Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, meeting former vice president Atiku Abubakar in London to
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Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has named Kashim Shettima as his running mate. Tinubu made the announcement on Sunday July 10, 2022 while on a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State.
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Shettima, who currently represents Borno Central in the Senate, served as governor of Borno from 2011 to 2019. Shettima was one of Tinubu's early backers and served as the Director-General of the Tinubu Campaign
