Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has warned of a breakout of a prolonged religious war in the country over plans...
CLAIM: President Muhammadu Buhari in his Democracy Day Speech postulated that primary elections conducted by political parties across the country were peaceful. VERDICT: False FULL SPEECH...
The South-East caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has thrown its weight behind calls by the Southern Governors’ Forum (SGF), for the party to zone...
The issue of zoning is likely to cause some rancour within the ranks of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) if the leadership refuses to issue...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Muhammad Bello has issued a warning to residents and politicians that no act of violence would be tolerated in...
The Governor of Cross River State, Ben Ayade has acknowledged that Nigeria is a very difficult and complex country to preside over, as evidenced by the...
A switch in IPOB’s tough stance on a sit-at-home order in the South-East was, perhaps, the biggest story in Nigeria’s political space last week. Originally designed...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that it will upload election results from the 5,634 polling units to its result-viewing portal in the ongoing...
Anambra State elections have been a source of excitement for locals for many years, as it is a time for the rich to flaunt their wealth....
At Nigerian independent in 1960, the Igbo nation was in control of every sphere of national life. There was Igbo dominance in academics, business, military, civil...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has refuted reports of an alliance with Senator Andy Uba, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of...
The discussion about the viability of the electronic transmission of election results continues to dominate airwaves as the Senate Chief Whip, Sen. Orji Kalu, has weighed...
The Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu has said the commission would deploy “new and innovative” technology for the Anambra governorship poll....
The courts have again created confusion and uncertainty around who the authentic candidate of a party should be in respect of a forthcoming election. This is...
Zambia’s main opposition leader, Hakainde Hichilema, has been declared winner of the country’s presidential election conducted last Thursday by the electoral commission, defeating incumbent President Edgar...
With just two years to the next general election in Nigeria, the country’s major opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appeared to be in a serious...
Ahead of the 2023 presidetial election, politicians have begun clandestine meetings to take positions with former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, making consultations with stakeholders in the...
A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Attahiru Jega has warned Nigerians against voting for the two major political parties; the Peoples...
The Youth Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria (YOWICAN) has laid down a marker with a call for the next president of Nigeria to be...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has decried the low turnout of voters during Saturday’s local government election in Lagos State. Gbajabiamila made...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has contradicted the position of the National Assembly on the electronic transmission of election results, saying it has the capacity...
The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, on Friday described the decision of the Senate to curtail the powers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in...
Insecurity and political crisis have beneficiaries and sponsors. For the political class, it is fair game to exploit and deploy every instrument in the combat repository...
The primary elections of the Anambra State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been shifted due to the nullification of the process to elect...
Heavy fighting has reportedly broken out in several areas in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray between rebels and federal troops. The fighting which began on Tuesday,...
Ethiopians are going to the poll in a crucial parliamentary election taking place against the backdrop of war and famine in the northern Tigray region, with...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the official notice for the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State. The commission disclosed this in a...
A 23-year-old former fish seller, Hellen Auma Wandera, has become the youngest member of Uganda’s new parliament. Wandera was declared winner of the NRM primaries in...
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has upheld the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister 74 political parties earlier registered with the electoral...
The Kaduna House of Assembly has unanimously declared the seat of the suspended Speaker, Aminu Abdullahi Shagali, vacant. Shagali who represented the Sabon Gari State Constituency...
The Jigawa State will hold its local council election on June 26. The Chairman of the state’s Independent Electoral Commission (JISIEC), Alhaji Adamu Ibrahim, disclosed this...
Professor Peter Ogban was on Thursday sentenced to three years imprisonment by a High Court in Akwa Ibom State. He was found guilty of fraudulent manipulation of...
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Tuesday warned that there would be no elections in 2023 if the country’s insecurity persists. The governor stated this...
The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC), has scheduled May 15, 2021 between 8:00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m for the conduct of elections into the 33...
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Wednesday banned his political appointees from embarking on any form of campaigns towards 2023 general elections. Also, Mr Ortom...
Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Political Matters, Babafemi Ojudu, has narrated how the popular Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho, was prevailed upon by former Lagos...
The leadership of Ohaneze Ndigbo has ordered that the organisation be handed over to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), South-East Zone, for two months within...
Twelve Republican Senators in the United States have vowed to join forces with outgoing President Donald Trump to challenge the upcoming certification of the results of...
Israel’s Parliament has been dissolved following disagreements over a budget law thus bringing to an end a short-lived unity government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu....
The Young Progressives Party (YPP) on Saturday urged Nigerian youths to rally round the party to forge a common front in pursuit of a better Nigeria....
For the first time, embattled US President of the United States of America, Donald Trump has begun to sound doubtful about his election prospects, telling reporters...
The two main opposition parties in Tanzania are alleging widespread fraud during Wednesday’s presidential election and have thus called for street protests. The allegations were made...
The government of the United States of America has sanctioned no fewer than five Iranian groups for attempting to interfere in the upcoming presidential election between...
Guinea’s opposition has denounced what it called a large-scale fraud aimed at preventing it from winning Sunday’s presidential election and returning President Alpha Condé for a...
Guinea’s opposition leader, Cellou Dalein Diallo, has declared himself winner of Sunday’s presidential election despite the electoral commission stating that vote counting was still ongoing and...
Vote counting has commenced in the West African nation of Guinea after Sunday’s election with 82-year-old President Alpha Conde seeking a controversial third term. According to...
Civil rights group, YIAGA Africa has decried alleged vote-buying during the just concluded Ondo State governorship election staged on Saturday October 10. The group made the...
Security has been beefed up at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Akure, Ondo State, as the people of Ondo State go...