LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Despite the ongoing debate among Nigeria intelligentsia and pro-democracy activists for its passage and assent in the Electoral Amendment Bill, the Inter-Party Advisory Council, a pressure group of the 18 registered political parties on Monday advised otherwise. While warning that Nigeria does not yet have the political maturity for its take off…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives has passed a resolution to invite the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Mahmood Yakubu to brief the House on the cost of conducting direct primaries in the country. The motion to invite the INEC boss was raised by Representative Leke Abejide who informed the House that…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the amendment to the Electoral Act is ongoing at the National Assembly, last Tuesday’s amendment of the Senate’s earlier clause, where it gave political parties the option of direct and indirect primaries as a mode of selecting candidates for general elections, is already generating agitation among political parties and leaders across…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Indications that all might not be well with the All Progressives Congress (APC) emerged, yesterday, as some National Working Committee (NWC) members and notable leaders of the party openly challenged the decision to adopt direct primaries to elect candidates at all levels. The aggrieved party stalwarts have vowed to resist the adoption…