Direct primaries

The Benue State All Progressives Congress, APC, has adopted direct primaries as its method to elect the party's candidates in the forthcoming general elections. The decision was a unanimous agreement taken by stakeholders of the party…

The Kwara state governor, AbdulRahaman, AbdulRazaq says state governors are not at loggerheads with senators over the mode of party primaries. According to him, the perception is twisted and wrong. He stated this at The Convergence 3.0…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will not fund party primaries, whether direct or indirect. The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Muktar Batera, disclosed this to…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) offers a general endorsement of the Electoral Bill. It suggests President Muhammadu Buhari consults with political parties and security agencies over the controversial direct primaries…

The House of Representatives invited the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Yakubu Mahmood to give briefing on the actual cost of monitoring direct primary elections of political parties. Essentially,…

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, met with President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to sign the recently passed electoral amendment bill into law. The Speaker after a meeting with journalists in Abuja said that…

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has rejected the provision of direct primary election in the Electoral Amendment Bill passed by the National Assembly, saying it is not in the best interest of the country. He therefore urged…