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New Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Joash Amupitan. The Senate has confirmed Professor Joash Amupitan as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission. It confirmed Amupitan after a voice vote conducted by Senate President Godswill Akpabio and after undergoing screening and answering questions posed by the lawmakers. Amupitan had earlier […]

L-R:  The newly appointed Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Joash Amupitan, with former Governor of Plateau State, Solomon Lalong. Photo: X The newly appointed Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Joash Amupitan, is currently appearing before the Senate for his screening and confirmation. Amupitan, who arrived at the National Assembly […]

By John Dike, Osogbo The Acting Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mrs. May Agbamuche-Mbu, has reaffirmed the Commission’s commitment to conducting credible, transparent, and inclusive governorship elections in Anambra, Ekiti, and Osun States. She gave the assurance during the third quarterly consultative meeting with political party leaders, held on Tuesday, October 14, […]

Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). He announced this on Tuesday at a press conference in Enugu, stating that the decision was made after “long reflection.” His words, “To the Peoples Democratic Party, which provided us the platform on which we campaigned […]

A newly released study has revealed that women on death row in Nigeria face deep-rooted gender discrimination, with the majority suffering from poverty, limited education, and systemic injustice throughout the legal process. The research, presented on Monday at a stakeholder validation meeting in Abuja, was conducted by Hope Behind Bars Africa in collaboration with the […]

Ahead of the 2027 general election, the Senate and the House of Representatives have proposed that the presidential and gubernatorial elections be conducted in November 2026 as against February or March of the election year. The proposal, contained in the draft copy of various amendments being sought in the 2022 Electoral Act, sought for the […]

President Bola Tinubu’s appointment of Professor Joash Amupitan (SAN) as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission has sparked sharp divisions within the opposition, reopening debates about the credibility of Nigeria’s electoral process and the long-delayed push for electoral reforms. The appointment, endorsed by the National Council of State on Thursday, marks the […]

By John Dike, Osogbo The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has charged its officers and men to rededicate themselves to saving the lives of Nigerians. Declaring open a retreat at the Sector Command Headquarters in Osogbo, the Zonal Commanding Officer in charge of Zone 11 (Osun, Ondo, and Oyo States), Assistant Corps Marshal Joseph W. […]

By John Dike, Osogbo Ten persons have been confirmed dead in a fatal road crash that occurred at the weekend along the Obajana–Lokoja highway in Kogi State. Confirming this, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), in a statement by the Assistant Corps Marshal Olusegun Ogungbemide, who is also the Corps Public Education Officer, added that […]

Prof Joash Amupitan The coordinator of Tinubu presidential legal team (TPLT), Mr Babatunde Ogala, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has said that the newly nominated chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Joash Amupitan, was not part of the legal team that defended President Bola Tinubu at the election tribunal. President Tinubu […]