he All Progressives Congress (APC) will not be represented in the Bayelsa governorship election slated for Saturday, November 16 - This follows a Federal High Court declaration that the APC in the state has no candidate for the forthcoming election - The verdict of the court was delivered by Jane Inyang in the case filed by Heineken Lokpobiri, one of the APC governorship aspirants who lost in the primaries The Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa on Thursday, November 14, ruled that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has no candidate for the forthcoming governorship poll in the state. In reaction to this, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the court declared that the APC cannot field any candidate ahead of the poll. The PDP, therefore, called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to take note of the decision of the Federal H
LATEST POLITICS NEWS Senator sponsoring hate speech bill says death penalty will be amend Nurudeen Lawal - Senator Aliyu Abdullahi, the sponsor of the controversial hate speech bill, said death penalty in the bill will be amended - Abdullahi said the bill will be modified to reflect the views and wishes of Nigerians before it is passed into law - Nigerians have rejected the death penalty recommended as punishment for hate speech offenders by the bill, saying it is too harsh Senator Aliyu Abdullahi who is the sponsor of the bill seeking to check hate speech has reportedly given in to the agitations by Nigerians that death penalty will be amended. The senator who is the deputy chief whip of the upper legislative chamber made this known in a statement released on Sunday, November 24. According to the statement, the lawmaker, who is representing Niger North senatorial district, said the bill will be modified to reflect the views and wishes of Nigerians before it is passed into l
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