Tag: Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu; Labour Party

BREAKING: Machina, Not Lawan, Is Yobe North Senatorial Candidate – INEC

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Independent National Electoral Commission has confirmed Bashir Sheriff Machina as the candidate for Yobe Zone C Senatorial District for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Similarly, the commission has dissociated itself from the emergence of Senate President, Ahmed Lawan as the candidate. Reports had earlier indicated that the APC had replaced the name of Machina with Lawan at INEC. But a document by INEC dated Thursday stated, “The position of the Electoral Umpire was contained in a legally admissible Certified True Copy (CTC) of INEC report for the primary election…

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INEC Gives Atiku, Tinubu, Obi, Others 8 days to Present Running Mates

Abibat Babalola

Muslim-Muslim ticket likely as Presidential candidates In last-minute rush for running mates Political parties are required to upload the details of their candidates for each constituency to the INEC Candidate Nomination Portal The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given all presidential candidates of the 18 registered political parties eight days to pick and submit the list of their vice-presidential candidates. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this on Thursday in Abuja at a meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs). This means that the presidential candidates of the Peoples…

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