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...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has deployed no fewer than 7,079 personnel and 60 sniffer dogs ahead of the Ondo State governorship election....
The United Nations has warned politicians in Guinea to curb hate speech rising in the lead-up to general elections, warning the situation iwas “extremely dangerous” and...
A former Ondo State Governor, and the national leader of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Segun Mimiko, has condemned the lingering violence in the state ahead...
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has cautioned the Nigeria Police, the Army and other security agencies to “refrain from using their personnel to rig”...
Natasha Akpoti, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate in the last governorship election in Kogi State, has declared that the decision by the US government...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called for a peaceful conduct of the Edo State governorship election set for September 19 stating that it is...
Plans are underway to conduct elections into local councils in Borno State, after polls were suspended in the state due to deadly terrorist attacks which started...
Amnesty International has stated that the potential turmoil being stirred up by various factions ahead of the gubernatorial election in Edo State should send clear danger...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has informed that it is doing everything within its capacity to eradicate ‘do or die’ attitude and the menace of...
A former Senator representing Kaduna Central in the 8th Senate on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), Shehu Sani, has called out politicians in Nigeria...
Authorities in Hong Kong have banned no fewer than 12 opposition figures including prominent activist Joshua Wong from running in the upcoming legislative elections. The government...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared that it will use the 2019 election register for the forthcoming Edo State 2020 Governorship election. This was...
The incumbent President of Malawi, Peter Mutharika is refusing to concede defeat despite unofficially trailing behind his main rival Lazarus Chakwera from Tuesday’s re-run of the...
The opposition party in Burundi, National Freedom Council (CNL) has lamented the arrest of no fewer than 200 members of its party during Wednesday’s general elections...
As Nigeria matches towards another election year in 2023, a silent debate has gripped the country over which region should produce the next president. Which region...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied reports that it would shift the conduct of the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states. It would...
A Court of Appeal in Abuja has held that Musa Wada was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Kogi State governorship election...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Sunday warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against attempts to intimidate the Supreme Court ahead of the review of the apex...
Guinea will go ahead with a contested election to elect members of parliament and vote on a proposed constitutional reform despite opposition calling for a boycott...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won all the chairmanship and councilors’ seats in Saturday’s local government election in Enugu State. At least 36 political parties...
The General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman has taken a sly dig at the electoral process in Nigeria stating that politicians need not...
A report by the Panel of Inquiry on the pre-election violence in Nembe Local Government Area (LGA) of Bayelsa State has revealed that 21 persons died...
The Supreme Court will on Wednesday afternoon deliver judgment on the election petitions involving three Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors. The three governors are – Okezie...
President Muhammadu Buhari has advised governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to concentrate fully on fulfilling their campaign promises. He said...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has welcomed the Supreme Court’s verdict that affirmed the elections of Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde and Udom Emmanuel of Akwa...
The Adamawa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the local government council elections conducted in the state on Saturday as “a selection...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has set Saturday 25th January, 2019, for the staging of all the 28 outstanding court-ordered rerun elections. This was revealed...
Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) candidate in the Kogi West Senatorial rerun election coming up on Saturday, Dino Melaye, has issued a fresh petition to the...
The Bayelsa State governor-elect, David Lyon, has expressed his gratitude to the people of the state. Lyon was declared winner of the election by the Independent...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected what it called the “fictitious” votes being collated in Okene and other parts of the state and entered by...
A gang of youths suspected to be political thugs were reportedly involved in a heated argument over the movement of election materials to several polling units...
Democracy is earning the power to govern through free, fair and credible elections. Nigeria is a democratic state, but the leadership recruitment process is largely undemocratic....
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has expressed concern over reported cases of vote-buying ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi State. In a statement...
