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By Rotimi Ijikanmi Ilorin, Feb. 16, 2021 Prof. Oba ABdulRaheem says the ongoing registration and revalidation of members of the APC in Kwara is flawed with deliberate policies to deregister and disenfranchise members of the party in the state. Ibrahim is a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, former Executive Secretary of the Federal Character Commission and a leading politician in Kwara. Speaking with newsmen at his Ajikobi Central Ward Polling Unit in Ilorin, AbdulRaheem said ...

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, 12 northern states are demanding for 3,323 additional Polling Units (PUs) as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) begins the process of creating new PUs in an attempt to expand Nigerians access to elections.

The APC chieftain who was reacting to the current clamour for the party to zone its presidential ticket to the South-East geopolitical zone, noted that such decision could only be taken by the APC. Mbam, who explained that the interest of the zone was better achieved under APC, stressed that the decision to zone presidential slot was entirely reserved for the party. “The party decides where or which zone gets the presidential slot; the party decides what it wants, it’s not given and the par...

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TODAY February 12, 2021 Chief Elias Mbam, the Chairman, Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) says the All Progressives Congress (APC) will decide which zone will produce the 2023 presidential candidate of party at the appropriate time. Mbam spoke on Friday at Mgbo-Agbaja in Nwofe community, Ebonyi Local Government Area of Ebonyi, after revalidating his membership of the party. The APC chieftain who was reacting to the current clamour for the party to zone its preside...

Alex Enumah in Abuja, Victor Ogunje in Ado Ekiti, Igbawase Ukumba in Lafia and Onuminya Innocent in Sokoto Governors Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State, as well as the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, have revalidated their membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking during the exercise, Fayemi disclosed that the party’s membership registration and revalidation exe...

Daily Post Nigeria Published Nwadike laid the accusation through a release issued on Saturday. He said that the Government House and Eze Imo palace which were supposed to be mainly for Imo people, have been converted to rendezvous for APC functions by the Governor. The PDP scribe said that the Governor, in his ‘I don’t care attitude’, has hosted the Southeast APC stakeholders at the sacred palace during the flagging off of the party’s membership registration and revalidation exercise. T...

Daily Post Nigeria Published As the membership registration and revalidation exercise of the All Progressives Congress (APC) gets underway, the Publicity Sub-Committee of the Contact and Mobilisation Committee headed by Governor Yahaya Bello (GYB), has called on Nigerians, especially women and the youths, to see the exercise as a golden opportunity to register and own the ruling party. The Publicity Sub-Committee also praised the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) hea...

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Vanguard News Translate 2023: Why INEC is creating additional polling units after 25 years ― INEC, Document On Video, Photo: Septuagenarian cast vote at Polling Unit 003, Famgbe Opolo Ward, Okutukutu, Yenagoa Say current configuration of 119,973 Polling Units was established by the defunct NECON in 1996 during Abacha Figures produced in 1996 used for the 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019 General Elections Identify Violence, Congestion, Insufficiency, Voter Apathy, Hij...