Category: Election

Nigeria’s leading opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to resign his chairmanship of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC for allegedly rigging the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections in favour of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. It said the call followed further review of the “the […]

As the rescheduled governorship election holds in 28 states across the federation on March 18, Dirisu Yakubu writes on the issues likely to throw up winners in some states where intrigues and high-stakes games are already at play. The February 25 presidential election demystified hitherto held myths about Nigerian politics, forcing bookmakers to play the […]

Court declines Obi’s request to stop agency from resetting BVAS The governorship and House of Assembly elections will not hold on Saturday. It has been shifted to March 18, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced last night. This followed yesterday’s rejection by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) of the request by Mr. Peter […]

Commissioner, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), May Agbamuche-Mbu (left); INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu; and National Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Mr. Festus Okoye, during a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) on the forthcoming governorship elections on March 11, 2023 in Abuja… yesterday • Vows To Sanction Officials Who Sabotaged Presidential Poll • […]

The Court of Appeal Abuja has granted the request of the candidates of Labour Party (LP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar, respectively, to have access to all the sensitive materials the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) deployed for the conduct of the presidential election held on February 25. A […]

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday, said the presidential bid of his Labour Party, counterpart, Peter Obi is premature. He stated this while addressing a press conference in Abuja, insisting that he remained the stepping stone to the aspiration of the Igbo to produce Nigeria’s President. He said, “When […]

Former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, speaking at the Abuja Press Conference where he rejected the result of last Saturday’s Presidential Election announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, which declared All Progressives Congress, APC, Flagbearer and former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as winner […]

Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has deplored what it termed seeming infractions and non-adherence to laid down rules during the just-concluded presidential election. In a statement, it noted that electoral processes world over are governed by laws and rules pre-defined before commencement of electioneering. The body said the credibility of any election is based […]

• Americas Empowerment Institute scores election below average • HURIWA demands resignation of Commission’s management An election observer group, Connected Development (CODE), has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to use the opportunity of the March 11 Governorship and State Assembly elections to redeem its battered image, and earn the confidence of Nigerians in […]

Obaseki slams APC for accusing him of sponsoring protest Group, under the aegis of the National Coalition of Edo Voters (NCEV), yesterday, called on admirers of Labour Party to occupy the National Museums ground in Benin City today in a peaceful protest against the declaration of All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as […]