Gabon’s military junta leader, Brice Oligui Nguema, has been declared the winner of the presidential election, securing 90.35 percent of the vote, according to provisional results...
Human rights activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 presidential elections, Omoleye Sowore, has accused ex-military President, General Ibrahim...
The former lawmaker who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator Shehu Sani, has dismissed claims by immediate past governor of the state,...
Human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana (SAN), has revealed his intention to sue former military President, General Ibrahim Babangida (retd.), over what he described as...
Uganda’s 80-year-old president, Yoweri Museveni, has indicated his interest in seeking a seventh term in office with the country’s presidential election scheduled to take place on...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has commenced the distribution of sensitive electoral materials across Ondo State ahead of the governorship election in the state scheduled...
Police in Mozambique clashed with protesters in the capital, Maputo, on Thursday after opposition leader Venancio Mondlane urged a demonstration against the results of the country’s...
Nigerian rapper Olanrewaju Ogunmefun David aka Vector has taken to social media to question why Africans show solidarity towards other countries’ election process. Vector in a post shared on...
World leaders have extolled Donald Trump as he claimed victory over Kamala Harris in the US presidential election. The financial markets have also risen following the...
Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, has declared himself winner of the USA presidential election over Democratic candidate and vice president Kamala Harris....
For many Nigerians, electing a leader of unquestionable legitimacy — one chosen through free and fair elections, unmarred by violence and other criminal violations of election...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday alleged that the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) planned to use funds diverted from local councils for next month’s...
The candidate of the Labour Party, (LP) in last Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State, Olumide Akpata, has accused the people of the state of selling...
A Magistrates’ Court in Abuja has summoned Sen. Monday Okpebholo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Edo governorship election on September 21, 2024, to...
Ahead of the September 21st governorship election in Edo State, Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may not sign the Peace Accord,...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) governorship candidate in the Nov. 16 election in Ondo State, Israel Ayeni, has withdrawn from the governorship race. Ayeni got...
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bamidele Oloyeloogun, has expressed his deep concerns with the party’s recently concluded governorship primary election in Ondo...
The Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, on Wednesday, tendered bundles of electoral documents in seven disputed local government areas in defence of his victory in the...
The Sokoto State Government has described claims by immediate-past governor of the state, Senator Aminu Tambuwal, and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), that he was robbed...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday urged the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to consider electing its members directly into the parliament. The president made...
Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Yekini Nabena, says no political coup or merger of political parties can truncate President...
A bill seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution to change the educational qualification for elections into certain political offices, has been stepped down by the leave...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State on Saturday charged its members not to be discouraged by the Supreme Court’s judgment which affirmed Governor Babajide...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Friday, upheld Governor Nasir Idris’ victory in the Kebbi State governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday, declared incumbent Governor, Douye Diri, as winner of the Bayelsa State governorship election held on Saturday. Diri scored...
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) on Saturday decried the widespread vote-buying and violence in the Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi governorship elections. A member of...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday night assured Nigerians that the results of the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi States...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos on Friday, upturned the ruling of the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal in Umuahia, Abia State which dismissed the...
The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) on Thursday, distanced itself from an alleged plan to disrupt the November 11 governorship...
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, says the police is aware of plots to scuttle the November 11 governorship elections in Imo, Bayelsa, and...
A former minister of Sports and Youth Development, Solomon Dalung has lamented that governments at all levels in the country did not make any plans for...
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu says he was not elected by Nigerians to give excuses but to work hard to ensure the country is taken out of...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has sworn in newly elected chairmen of the 18 local government areas despite protests from the All Progressives Congress (APC) calling...
A group of senior military officers in Gabon have announced taking over power minutes after the Gabonese Election Centre announced President Ali Bongo as the winner...
The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Umuahia on Tuesday dismissed a petition challenging the election of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives,...
The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Obafemi Hamzat, has faulted utterances of public commentators on the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) as used during the 2023...
Capt. Joe Agada (retd), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) first witness in its petition challenging President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the February 25 election, told the...
Former Kogi East senator and the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Dino Melaye, on Friday, unveiled his running mate, Habeebat Deen, for the...
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WE, the ordinary Nigerians, have done our job of casting votes this year in our fouryear cycle of rituals. The total number of those who voted...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared the Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, as the winner of the state governorship election. READ ALSO:...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, said on Tuesday ethnicity and religion influenced the outcome of last month’s parliamentary election. The All Progressives...
The Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi, said on Monday he was challenging the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) flag bearer, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in...
The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALCON), Anambra State chapter, on Sunday cautioned opposition parties supporters and leaders against inciting crisis in the state. The...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday charged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to take advantage of the opportunity provided by the postponement of the...
A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, on Sunday challenged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to go out for victory in next weekend’s governorship election in...
The leader of pan Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, has slammed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for declaring the All Progressives Congress (APC)...
The vice- presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Datti Baba-Ahmed, on Wednesday alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) refused to upload the results of...
The President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said on Wednesday his victory in the February 25 election was for all Nigerians committed to a greater society. Tinubu, who...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) on Tuesday urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel last Saturday’s presidential election and conduct a fresh exercise....
Following a bottle attack by political thugs at a polling place in the Surulere neighborhood of Lagos State, a Nigerian woman has become a symbol of...
