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Ekiti State Governor,  Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has expressed misgivings over the conduct of the 2023 general elections and the state’s June 16, 2022 governorship election. He said this due to the worsening security situation in Nigeria. He lamented that the country’s  security challenges facing the country is a great threat to the conduct of the elections. He added ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed the arrival of sensitive materials for the by-election for the Sabon Gari Constituency seat in the Kaduna State House of Assembly. The seat occupied by Aminu Shagali, a former Speaker of the assembly, was declared vacant in April, after he was alleged to have absconded from activities of the assembly for more ...

The country’s electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has lamented that 41 of its offices have been attacked in 14 states from 2019 to 2021. Speaking on the situation, INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, in hi remarks at the meeting with security agencies under the platform of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) at the INEC ...

Barely one month to the June 26 governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State, stakeholders have proffered direct mode of primaries for choosing the party’s standard-bearer. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed the governorship election for November 6. A group of party chieftains in the state, under the aegis of APC Patriots Anambra State ...

A majority of Republicans still believe Donald Trump won the 2020 U.S. presidential election and blame his loss to Joe Biden on illegal voting, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll. The May 17-19 national poll found that 53% of Republicans believe Trump, their party’s nominee, is the “true president” now, compared to 3% of Democrats and 25% of all ...

Ahead of the local Government poll in Lagos State, the Local Council Election Screening Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), chaired by Prof. Abayomi Durosinmi-Etti, has submitted its report to the party Chairman, Alhaji Tunde Balogun. The report was given consideration on Tuesday by the Lagos State APC Governance Advisory Council (GAC), at its meeting in Marina, Lagos. It should ...

Ex-Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, Mr. Kunle Olatunji, says that the All Progressives Congress (APC) would win at least 22 local government areas in the upcoming council elections in the state, if the party is allowed to participate. He made this remark while addressing journalists at the Nigeria Union ...

The apex court, the Supreme Court has upheld the 2020 decision by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to de-register some political parties The parties re-registered are the ones that failed to win any election in 2019 general elections. In a judgment on Friday, the Supreme Court held among others, that INEC acted in accordance with relevant provisions of the ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State has released guidelines for aspirants contesting on its platform for Chairmanship, Vice Chairmanship and Councillorship positions in July 24 Local Government election in the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the PDP Chairman in Lagos, Adedeji Doherty on Thursday. He said the party has set up a 10-member Election ...

The electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has created additional 1,235 polling units in Imo state in preparation for 2023 elections. According to the Resident Electoral Commissioner Prof. Francis Chukwuemeka Ezeonu, Imo now boasts of 4, 758 polling units in the state. Speaking to newsmen in Owerri on Wednesday, Ezeonu said the polling units were created with threshold ...