WHAT IS EXPECTED OF INEC UNDER THE ELECTORAL ACT WHEN THERE IS A DISPUTE REGARDING COLLATED RESULT OR RESULT OF AN ELECTION FROM ANY POLLING UNIT

By NNANWIKE OBAH ESQ section 64(6) of the Electoral Act States: Where during collation of results, there is a dispute regarding a collated result or the result of an election from any polling Unit, the collation officer or returning officer shall use the following to determine the correctness of the dispute result: (a) the original…

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Aisha Yesufu Tackles Peter Obi, Warns Him Over His Act She Described As “Irritating “

Foremost Nigerian activist and convener of Bring-back-our-girls, Aisha Yesufu has urged the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi who she said is her candidate, to desist from gagging his supporters. Peter Obi has incessantly appealed to his supporters to desist from attacking those who hold political views contrary to theirs or who attack…

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FROM ‘FULANISATION’ TO ‘YORUBANISATION’: WHO WILL SAVE NIGERIA FROM STATE CAPTORS?

By Law Mefor The authors of the iconic book “Why Nations Fail,” Daren Acemoglu and James Robinson, stated that it is the parasitic political and economic classes that are the primary cause of why nations fail. What counts to them is what they get out of the system, not what they put into it. Nigeria…

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    EKWEREMADU: A Cat with Nine Lives – By Samuel Idoko

    Ekweremadu, a third-time Deputy Senate President, who represents Enugu West Senatorial district in the National Assembly, could be described as a cat with nine lives. Ever since his emergence as the Deputy Senate President in the current 8th Assembly, he has been subjected to endless litigations and what his supporters alleged as “harrowing official intimidation.”…

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    EFCC Asked Me To Implicate GEJ In Money Laundering

    Aliyu Abubakar, the property developer, has told a federal high court sitting in Abuja that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) asked him to implicate former President Goodluck Jonathan and Mohammed Bello Adoke, former attorney-general of the federation, in money laundering. Speaking under cross examination on Tuesday Abubakar said Bala Sanga, then-EFCC prosecutor, asked…

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    Project 2019 and Beyond, Ind. Layout youths back Gov. Ugwuanyi, Peter Mbah, PDP ahead of 2023 elections

    …Hail Gov. on peace, good governance Members of ‘Project 2019 and Beyond for Gburugburu’ have thrown their weight behind Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State and his aspiration to represent Enugu North Senatorial District in the National Assembly on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023. The group which was formed by…

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