Category: Election

Though the February 25 and March 18 General elections have come and gone, they left scars in the hearts and bodies of many, as a result of violence recorded across the country. So far, 50 suspects have been arrested in six states for assaulting and destroying electoral materials. In Cross River State, 16 suspects were […]

The March 18 governorship and state assembly elections have been won and lost but the shocking outcomes of the exercise would continue to tickle bookmakers for years to come. Some governors who contested the election lost to the opposition members, while anointed candidates of a few others were defeated. All Progressives Congress lost Lagos State […]

LP’s Otti, PDP’s Mbah win Abia, Enugu polls Adamawa: INEC to conduct re-run in 69 polling units Don’t swear in Tinubu/Shetima, Datti cautions The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and his party have made good their threat to challenge the February 25 presidential election, which saw the Independent National Electoral […]

Supporters of Ogun Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate protesting at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission over the poll result. Photo: Daud Olatunji Supporters of Ogun PDP protest Candidates who lost Saturday’s governorship election and their supporters on Tuesday protested the outcome of the poll and vowed to challenge the results in court. […]

Four presidential candidates on Tuesday approached the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja with separate petitions, seeking the nullification of the declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of the February 25 presidential poll. The petitioners, seeking nullification of Tinubu’s emergence as President-elect as Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic […]

Urge aggrieved parties, candidates in 2023 polls to seek judicial redress, avoid sponsoring Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, may be in for fresh trouble as over 250 Constitutional and Human Rights lawyers have called on the National Judicial Council to direct all courts in Nigeria not to entertain cases brought […]

The Southern Women’s Forum (SWF), a regional and non-partisan platform promoting and advancing the cause of political participation of women in Southern Nigeria, has lamented the decline in women’s political representation, just as it condemned the electoral violence and voter suppression that characterized the 2023 general elections across the country. In a statement yesterday by […]

President Muhammadu Buhari voting during the election The United States has called on the Federal Government to bring to justice everyone that was involved in violence, including intimidation of voters and suppression of voting during the last election. It also said it was considering taking all available actions, including additional visa restrictions, on individuals believed […]

President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu displaying his Certificate of Return following his victory at the February 25 Presidential Election. He is surrounded by his wife Oluremi, INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, 2nd Left, and others U.S. demands prosecution of perpetrators of voter suppression, violence in governorship polls IPAC demands announcement of Enugu result Dare defeats Matawalle, […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied a story alleging that its Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, issued a directive at variance with the approved guidelines of the commission to distort Abia governorship election results collation. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, advised the […]