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Today makes it 39 days that #RevolutionNow convener, Omoyele Sowore, has been in detention. The political activist was arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS), who accused him of being sponsored by external…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has applied to the Federal High Court in Abuja for permission to further detain the convener of #RevolutionNow Omoyele Sowore for 90 days pending the conclusion of its…
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal headed by the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, has fixed May 15 to conduct a pre-hearing session on the petition filed by the People’s Democratic…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit challenging the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conclude, collate, and announce the governorship election results from…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has replied claims by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that it is being prevented by the electoral body from inspecting election materials. The Cable…
The son of the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, Moshood Akiolu of APC, emerged the winner of Lagos Island Federal Constituency II in the House of Representatives elections. Akiolu scored 12,988 votes to defeat the…
Kola Ologbondiyan, spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of willfully ignoring court orders directing the commission to release the…
Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church has lampooned the presidential and National Assembly elections which he believes were rigged. Speaking during the Sunday service at the Church headquarter in Ota, Ogun…
Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo state, says he has sacked Adams Oshiomhole, chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for anti-party activities. Reacting to his suspension from the ruling party by the national…
Members of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, have said that the 2019 election has shown that voting in Nigeria is useless and that the actualization of Biafra, is closer than expected. In a statement signed by its…
President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled 1,232,133 votes to emerge winner of last Saturday’s presidential election held in Katsina state. His PDP counterpart, Atiku Abubakar, of the…
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu on has shifted the announcement of the Saturday elections to 8pm as many results were inconclusive. The INEC boss said the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the election of Ogun east senatorial district inconclusive. Chris Onwuka, a professor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), who…
Former Governor of Abia state, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu has been declared the winner in the Abia North Senatorial District election which held last Saturday, February 23. INEC returning officer, Charles Anumudu who announced…
Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has thanked Nigerians for turning out to vote for him in their millions while stating that the results collated so far showed he was on…
PDP’s Senator Dino Melaye has emerged winner of the Kogi West Senatorial seat defeating Smart Adeyemi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Saturday’s poll Dino polled a total of 85, 395 votes to defeat Adeyemi, his…
Nigerian comedian, Mr Jollof contested during the election as a Delta House of Representatives candidate under the platform of Africa Action Congress (AAC) blasts the party founder as he quits politics From obvious…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), held a briefing at the National Collation Centre in Abuja. The briefing was led by INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu on the progress of the 2019 presidential election.…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to immediately announce results as delivered from the polling units and declare the its candidate, Atiku Abubakar,…
The photo of an INEC Staff, who lost her life in the Election Violence which occurred in Rivers state has surfaced online. Mrs Ibisika Amachree who served as an INEC ad-hoc staff during the elections in Rivers state was…
