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The campaign organization of factional governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in Anambra State, Chukwuma Umeoji, has rejected the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission,…
The final list of candidates that would contest the Anambra State governorship election scheduled for November 6 would be published on October 7, the Independent National Electoral Commission said on Thursday. However,…
The battle for the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and the chairmanship of the party has swung back in favor of the Independent National Electoral Commission-recognized candidate, Hon.…
Ahead of the November 6 governorship elections, Anambra State, the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has constituted a National Campaign Council, NCC, for its governorship candidate Professor Chukwuma Soludo. The…
Lawmakers of the House of Representatives, on Friday, July 16, passed the Electoral Amendment Bill, thus stepping down the controversial section 52 (3) of the bill which deals with the electronic transmission of…
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos state has asked the federal high court to dissolve the Buni-led caretaker committee. In the suit marked FHC/L/CS/789/2020, Arigbaruwo is faulting the NEC meeting of…
A Supreme Court Justice Nweze noted on Tuesday that the Supreme Court is permitted by law to overrule itself. “The reasoning in the judgment will sooner or later haunt our electoral jurisprudence,” Nweze said. Noting…
The Independent National Electoral Commission says it cannot disqualify Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state, for double registration because it is not an offence under the electoral act. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman,…
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has been declared the winner of March 9, governorship election by INEC as election petition tribunal sitting in Kano state affirmed his victory. Reports are that his rival, the PDP's…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said that high levels of poverty, illiteracy, and unemployment are the major threats to democratic elections in the country. Chief administrative officer of INEC,…
A viral photo of lawyers sleeping at the ongoing Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja is currently in circulation. The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal was scheduled to hold on Wednesday in which the…
The National and State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abia state on Monday nullified the election of Orji Uzor Kalu as the Senator representing Abia North in the Nigerian Senate. The Peoples Democratic…
The winner of the Presidential election which held on February 23, 2019, will be announced on Wednesday, September 11 by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. A petition alleging that there were irregularities in…
Dino Melaye has been sacked from his position as Kogi State West Senator by the National Assembly Petition Tribunal. Melaye, as a candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), had emerged victorious at the February…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed why Atiku Abubakar was not declared the winner of the February 23 election. INEC made this known to the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Atiku Abubakar have alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari was not qualified to contest the last presidential election. They stated that the election was characterized by…
An APC chieftain who came to testify in support of Senator Godswill Akpabio at the ongoing National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal, Cletus Udoakpan today stunned the tribunal when he failed to prove that he voted…
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…
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…
