Elections

According to the collation officer, a total of 482,990 voters were accredited out of the 2,112,793 registered voters in the state. The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has won Enugu State in the presidential election which took place on Saturday. According to the result declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission collation […]

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has announced the removal of Naja’atu Muhammad as the North-West coordinator of the Commission for election duty in the February 25 and March 11 general polls. PSC spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, in a statement on Monday, said the commission is committed to free and fair elections and will contribute its quota […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said 240 polling units across the country do not have any registered voters, which will impede conduct of the general elections in those locations. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the disclosure after a meeting with political parties held in Abuja on Monday. Yakubu recalled that the […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is almost 90 per cent ready for the conduct of the 2023 general election. Mr Auwal Mashi, the Kaduna INEC Administrative Secretary said this on Thursday at a stakeholder meeting in Mellinium Hope, Kaduna. Mashi said that the commission held a successful mock accreditation to ascertain the […]

The former deputy governor of Lagos State, Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to publish the list of all unclaimed Permanent Voter Cards. The PUNCH had reported that the commission’s Public Affairs Officer in Lagos, Mrs Adenike Oriowo, put the number of uncollected cards at 963,884 as of October 21, 2022. […]

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu is in the United Kingdom to rest ahead of the campaign season. This was the comment of a member of the APC Presidential Campaign Council Ayo Oyalowo during his appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today.   “The man, like I said, needed a few days off […]

The Supreme Court on Friday struck out President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney General of the Federation’s suit challenging Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act. The case was expunged on the grounds that it lacks the jurisdiction to entertain the suit and is an abuse of court process. Earlier, a notice for the judgment delivery […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has bowed to pressure from Nigerians to extend the deadline for voter Registration, POLITICS NIGERIA has gathered. The ongoing continuous voter registration (CVR) exercise was initially slated to end at the end of June, 2022. Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters, Hon. Aishatu Jibril Dukku, […]

The governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has ruled out vying for any post in the forthcoming general but said only President Muhammadu Buhari can make him rescind the decision.  He said this on Wednesday in reaction to speculations that he will be the running mate to the former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi […]

The pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has backed calls for the South East to produce the country’s next president, questioning those who think the region does not deserve the seat. The leader of the group, Ayo Adebanjo, said this on Wednesday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, hinging his argument on federal character and equity. […]