The former Benue State Governor, Chief Samuel Ortom, said on Tuesday God has instructed him not to contest any election in 2027. Ortom stated this when...
In a move that signals a potential power struggle, the Rivers State House of Assembly on Monday, overrode Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s veto on a bill amending...
A former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Otunba Segun Adewale, has identified a lack of unity as the cause of the...
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has expressed worry over the credibility of the country’s judiciary in playing a critical role of ensuring justice, protecting citizens’ rights,...
Yiaga Africa, a none profit election observer organisation, has raised questions over the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to conduct off-cycle governorship elections...
Ahead of the November 11 governorship election in Imo State, the Inspector General of Police, Sunday Egbetokun, has deployed 15 Commissioners of Police, 29 Deputy Commissioners...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has said that there should be consequences if it became clear that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...
Human rights lawyer and advocate, Femi Falana (SAN), has decried the situation where winners of elections in Nigeria are determined by the courts. Falana who was...
The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), has charged the country’s judiciary to show more commitment to the nation’s democratic processes, especially at the tribunals. The National Chairman...
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been declared winner of the country’s presidential election for a second and final term in office. The results of the election...
Thousands of Zimbabweans on Wednesday, trooped out to vote in the country’s presidential and legislative elections deemed crucial for the country which will determine the future...
Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, is to lead a joint observer mission of the Africa Union (AU) and Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA)...
A former Minister of Information and National Orientation, Prof. Jerry Gana, has lamented the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election which many Nigerians believe...
The Lagos State chapter of the Labour Party {LP} on Tuesday said no less than 20 lawyers have volunteered to help candidates of the party in...
Politicians aggrieved over the outcome of the last governorship, National and State House of Assembly elections in Bauchi State have flooded the state election petition tribunal...
“Africa unite. Because we’re moving right out of Babylon and we’re going to our Father’s land. How good and how pleasant it would be before God...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Osinbajo on Monday charged Nigerian politicians on proper conduct during elections. Osinbajo, according to a a statement issued by his Senior Special...
Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has sacked all his political appointees including Special Advisers, Senior Special Assistants and Technical Officers after losing his senatorial bid and...
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has disclosed that it received no fewer than 450 complaints of human rights abuse, and violations during the recently-concluded 2023...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has promised to address the irregularities in the governorship and state assembly elections across the country. The INEC National Commissioner...
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig- Gen. Yishau Ahmed, on Friday, demanded the maximum protection of corps members serving as ad hoc...
Musiliu Akinsanya, well known as MC Oluomo, chairman of the Lagos State Parks Management Committee, has come under heavy criticism on social media after issuing a...
Opposition political parties contesting for the governorship polls in Rivers State on Saturday, March 18, 2023, have alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) intends...
The Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, on Monday charged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to rework its strategies ahead of this weekend’s governorship and...
The Department of State Service (DSS) says it has uncovered alleged plans by unnamed persons to break law and order after the governorship and state house...
The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Friday claimed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) substantially followed its guidelines during the last Saturday’s presidential and National...
A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu, on Friday described the performance of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday rejected the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) declaration of All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as...
The African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has described Nigeria as a country without the capacity to conduct free and fair elections. The AAC...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Friday it has taken necessary steps to protect its system from hackers ahead of Saturday’s presidential and National...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured that elections would take place in Anambra despite reports of insecurity in the state. The state’s Resident Electoral...
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, said on Friday 425,106 security operatives would be deployed for Saturday’s presidential and parliamentary elections in the country. Baba,...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday, accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of planning to cause violence in some states during...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has arrived in Yola, Adamawa State, ahead of Saturday’s election. The former Vice President confirmed the development...
The Federal Government has directed the total closure of all land borders ahead of Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections in the country. The Comptroller General...
Heads of security agencies in Nigeria met on Monday to review security arrangements for the country’s general elections. The meeting was convened by the Chief of...
The House of Representatives Ad hoc committee on the Naira redesign and currency swap policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has summoned the Chairman...
Former Senate President, David Mark, on Sunday urged Nigerians to support ongoing efforts by the Federal Government and other stakeholders at ensuring credible conduct of this...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has proposed one year jail term for vote-buying during the 2023 general elections. Vote-buying is one of the major problems...
United States President Joe Biden has urged African leaders to do everything possible to entrench transparent, free and fair elections going into 2023 as seven African...
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) on Sunday, charged Nigerian government as well as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on credible and transparent elections in 2023....
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared on Friday that days of wanton manipulation of election results are over in Nigeria. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood...
The thorny issue of zoning continued to elicit varied reactions from stakeholders as the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) again insisted against the election of another president...
Nigeria is not just one of the costliest countries to hold elections in, but it is also one of the most wasteful. Every four years, Nigerians...
The Anambra State Government has raised the alarm over alleged schemes by an unnamed political party to truncate the electoral process in the upcoming governorship elections...
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, is confident that the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State will go ahead as...
The Middle Belt Bishops Council (MBBC) has advocated for the 2023 president to come from the region if Nigeria is to have a true democracy and...
A group under the aegis of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) media warriors have commended President Muhammadu Buhari for according to them, maintaining neutrality in some...
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in charge of Ogun State, Olusegun Agbaje, says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) does not need the approval of the...
As the run up to the 2023 general elections draw close, the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has insisted that the heaven will not fall if the...
