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Vanguard News Translate Imo North Senatorial Poll: Appeal Court affirms Ibezim’s disqualification as APC candidate On By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Abuja The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Saturday, upheld the disqualification of Sir Chuwuma Ibezim as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the Senatorial by-election that held in Imo North on December 5, 2020. The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-man panel of Justices, affirmed the judgem...

Diri constitutes committee on NDU ASUU, HIJAC demands On Senator Diri Duruoye Gov. Douye Diri, has set up a special committee to look into the demands of the Niger Delta University (NDU) Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), and the Higher Institutions Joint Action Committee (HIJAC). Diri, who inaugurated the committee on Friday in Government House, Yenagoa, after meeting separately with both bodies, expressed his administration’s preparedness to ensure a peaceful resol...

PDP heads to tribunal over Imo North by-election result On Kindly Share This Story: The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it plans to challenge the result of the December 5, Imo North senatorial by-election at the tribunal. This is contained in a statement by the state PDP Publicity Secretary, Mr Ogu Nwadike in Owerri on Friday. Nwadike said that the party’s decision was borne out of its dissatisfaction with the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare th...

Imo North: Much ado about a senatorial bye-election Published 21 December 2020 The Imo North Senatorial Bye-election has witnessed a lot of drama especially as it concerns who the candidate of the All Progressives Congress was. Various APC aspirants have taken to the courts to settle the dust raised by contentious primaries mired in controversies. Unfortunately, the courts instead of dousing the fire, seemed to have put more thongs in hearth. At the heart of the inferno are two conflicting cour...

Vanguard News Uzodinma, Ararume in war of mutual destruction in Imo North On   The Imo North Senate Seat on Wednesday became the only vacant seat in the Senate after all other seats were filled by winners of the December 5 bye- elections across selected senatorial constituencies. The prospect of the seat being filled anytime soon are now looking improbable as the contest for the seat turns into an ego and political war between two of the most entrenched political forces in the state. The Al...

Advertisement The Imo North Senatorial Bye-Election has witnessed a lot of drama especially as it concerns who the candidate of the All Progressive Congress was. Various APC aspirants have taken to the courts to settle the dust raised by contentious primaries mired in controversies. Unfortunately, the courts instead of dousing the fire, seemed to have put more thongs in hearth. At the heart of the inferno are two conflicting court judgements that has left INEC confused as to who to return as th...

Nseobong Okon-Ekong presents the outcome of monitoring the recent national by-elections conducted by frontline free and fair advocates, Yiaga Africa and certified by its Director of Programmes, Cynthia Mbamalu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on December 5, 2020 conducted bye-elections into Six Senatorial Districts (Bayelsa Central, Bayelsa West, Imo North, Plateau South, Cross-River North and Lagos East Senatorial District) and nine state constituencies ((Kosofe II State Co...

Amby Uneze examines the outcome of the Imo North Senatorial by-election held December 5, and the intrigues played by the Independent National Electoral Commission in announcing the All Progressives Congress as the winner without declaring a candidate No doubt the much talked about by-election in Imo North senatorial zone of the state has come and gone but with a lot of worries on who the winner is. Instructively, any election without a clear winner is indeed work in progress. Therefore, there i...

By-elections: The winners, losers in legislative elections across 11 states The senatorial by-elections were conducted in Bayelsa Central, Bayelsa West, Cross River North, Imo North, Lagos East, and Plateau South senatorial districts. 7 min read Last week, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted nine state House of Assembly and six senatorial by-elections across 11 states. The senatorial by-elections were conducted in Bayelsa Central, Bayelsa West, Cross R...