Tag Archives: Election timetable

#NotTooYoungToRun members protest rejection of Electoral Act amendment

Members of the #NotTooYoungToRun group on Wednesday stormed the Presidential Villa entrance in protest.

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Re-ordering of elections: Lawyer drags Buhari, NASS, Saraki, others to court

An Abuja-based lawyer, Chyma Anthony, filled a suit before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, challenging the legitimacy of the National Assembly to pass a bill on election reordering. Respondents in the suit are President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, National Assembly, Senate President Bukola Saraki, House of representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and Attorney-General of ...

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INEC announces general elections dates for next 36 years

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday announced dates for general elections in the country for the next 36 years, starting from 2019 to 2055.

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2019 Election: 30 parties want presidential, N/Assembly polls same day

Over 30 registered opposition parties, under the auspices of the Coalition for a New Nigeria (CNN), have called for a review of the 2019 General Elections, saying states assembly and National Assembly elections should be on the same day, before the governorship and presidential elections, two week after. They made the call, in Abuja, after a meeting of the leadership ...

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Make 2019 general elections credible, IPAC, CNPP tell INEC

The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to do its best to make the 2019 general elections free and fair. The Lagos State Chairman of IPAC, Kola Ajayi, gave the advice in Lagos on Wednesday. He urged the electoral body to build on its achievements on the 2015 elections to give Nigerians more transparent ...

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