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A three-man panel of Appeal Court judges sitting in Lagos, Lagos State, yesterday upheld the decision of the Abia Election Petition Tribunal which had affirmed the governor of the state, Dr. Alex Otti as the winner of the March 18, 2023 Abia governorship election following his declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The Court of Appeal dismissed the ...

In the aftermath of the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA ,and the Police have concluded plans to prosecute no fewer than 1, 076 electoral offenders arrested across 35 states during the exercise. This was as it emerged that about 18 case files involving financial crimes committed during the elections would be ...

A global political affairs analyst, Mr Paul Ejime says Nigeria and other African countries have a lot of lessons to learn from the just-concluded presidential election in Liberia. The election was won by Joseph Boakai, a former Vice President of the country, who defeated incumbent President, George Weah, in a keenly contested run-off election on Nov. 14. Boakai got 50.89 ...

The Imo state Governor Hope Uzodimma, has said Imo people gave him massive votes during last Saturday’s Imo governorship elections. He stated this to newsmen in Owerri while speaking on his governorship victory. According to Uzodimma, “Ndi Imo umunnem, you spoke volumes through your massive votes. It is an emphatic vote of confidence in our performance in office in the ...

The Saturday’s governorship election in Imo took off in some parts of the state on a shaky note with low voter turnout and absence of election officials and materials at some polling units (PUs) visited. According to The Nation newspaper,  some PUs, some voters were seen, along with security personnel, waiting for INEC officials and materials at at 8:30am. At ...

Hoodlums have invaded polling units in Sagbama local Government area with heavy gunshots and hijacked election materials. Around 9 am at Agorogbene in units 6, 7 and 8 in Ward 11 of the Local Government, suspected thugs from Southern Ijaw allegedly escorted by a certain politician chased away voters and destroyed election materials. Attempts by the electorate to challenge the ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied a report alleging that the commission has withdrawn the password for the uploaded election results from the Local Government Supervisors in Imo. The commission in a “fake news alert” released to journalists by Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, said on Friday midnight described report as untrue. “The attention of ...

The Court of Appeal delivered a judgement on Monday in favour of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu as the winner of Abia North Senatorial District in the February 25 poll. The court, presided over by Justice Abiri, upheld the earlier judgement by the Abia State National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal. The candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Nnamdi Iro Orji, and ...

The Senate has tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that the November 11 Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi governorship elections are free, fair and credible. It  said this at a stakeholders meeting convened by the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room in Abuja on the forthcoming election. Speaking at the event, Sen. Sharafadeen Alli, the Chairman, Senate Committee on ...

The Election Petitions Tribunal in Sokoto State has upheld the victory of former governor, Aminu Tambuwal, as the duly elected Senator representing Sokoto South senatorial district. The three-member tribunal panel led by Justice Denis Echesi, in a unanimous judgment, dismissed the petition filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Alhaji Danbaba Danbuwa. The tribunal held that the ...