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In a statement issued on Monday, African Democratic Congress (ADC) has alleged that its derecognition by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is part of a broader effort to prevent the party from participating in the 2027 general election. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, said the commission’s recent actions — including its refusal […]
Continue ReadingFormer Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has intensified consultations with key opposition figures following the defection of former Kano State governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, to the African Democratic Congress. In a statement posted on his X handle on Wednesday, Atiku said he paid courtesy visits to Kwankwaso and the party’s National Chairman, David Mark, in Abuja, describing […]
Continue ReadingNew political calculations ahead of the 2027 general elections may trigger a shake-up in the cabinet of President Bola Tinubu as some ministers are reportedly weighing resignation to pursue their political ambitions in their home states. Punch reports that at least four cabinet members are already positioning themselves for state-level contests, particularly where incumbent governors […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said the February 21 Federal Capital Territory area council election exposed the practical limits of relying on real-time electronic result transmission in Nigeria. Speaking at the 2026 Electoral Act Townhall in Abuja on Sunday, INEC Chairman Prof. Joash Amupitan explained that the challenges were not primarily technological. “From my […]
Continue ReadingThe elections, held over the weekend, Saturday, February 21, were interesting for the obvious reason that they were clearly the litmus test cases for the Electoral Act, 2026 which was signed into law by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday, February 18, 2026. The President had promised last week that we were “all going to […]
Continue ReadingAn unlikely coincidence of elections in over a period of 45 days period from the middle of September to the end of October 2025 has cast a new light on the state of democratic governance in Africa and now threatens to unscramble the ritual hollowness that has become the fate of elections on the continent […]
Continue ReadingFormer presidential candidate on the platform of Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 Nigerian general elections, Mr. Peter Obi has formally rendered account (financial statement) of his presidential campaign spending to Nigerians and the world. See the post below: The OBIDATTI Campaign Finances. Nigerians donated N575,976,994.Peter Obi donated N800,000,000. He has now rendered an account […]
Continue ReadingOpeyemi Bamidele was the candidate of the Labour Party in the June 21, 2014 governorship election in Ekiti State. He thought he had worked hard enough to earn a victory but on the D-Day, he learnt a lesson profound enough to last him a lifetime. At exactly 7a.m. on the day of the election, a […]
Continue ReadingI confess that last Wednesday, I feared I may be a masochist. I do not know what else one diagnoses after he spent most of 10 hours listening to the Presidential Election Petitions Court. I mean, I had other things to do, and I should have moved on to them the moment I learned that […]
Continue ReadingBishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, Nigeria, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, has said that it does not make sense to swear in people into office when their electoral victories are being challenged in court. Onaiyekan shared this thought during an interview with Channels TV on Thursday, April 4. Onaiyekan said: “There are cases in […]
Continue ReadingThe prevalence of the comic spirit is one of those distinctive features of Nigerian life and society – one of those things that make us who we are – our capacity to turn every season, every occasion, serious, not so serious, even sombre, into an opportunity for mirth, that is – plain rambunctious, defiant or […]
Continue Reading“The ides of March are come,” Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar says in utter derision and dismissal of a life-and-death warning. And the soothsayer replies “Ay, Caesar; but not gone.” And truly, they were not gone. The 2023 elections should be over by now but they are not. There are people everywhere mocking poets and prophets. Clouds […]
Continue ReadingNigerians must not lose their sense of expectancy in the face of electoral disappointments. Last Monday, a friend sent me videos of some Nigerians tearing their international passports into shreds. My response to her was spontaneous: “Clinical depression may have set it. So, so sad. Well, I don’t have another passport/country yet, so I won’t […]
Continue ReadingNigerians looked forward to their just concluded State elections – Gubernatorial and State Houses of Assembly – held on Saturday March 18, with fervent hope that their expectations would be met. They had managed to survive the Presidential and National Assembly elections of February 25 which resulted in controversy, protests, and two of the major […]
Continue ReadingAt least 17 people were killed in various acts of electoral violence in Lagos, Rivers, Delta, Cross River, Niger, Akwa Ibom, Osun, and Benue states as violence, apathy, and disenfranchisement of voters marred Saturday’s governorship and state House of Assembly elections. Explaining the low turnout of the voters, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Pastor, Apostle Johnson Suleman has said that the two elections recently conducted in Nigeria have proven that the Permanent Voters Card (PVC) used to cast votes during elections is useless. The clergyman stated this while preaching in his church today March 19. He mentioned that Nigeria is not in any way practicing democracy but […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reached a decision to postpone the governorship and state assembly elections. The elections, initially scheduled to hold on March 11, has now been postponed to March 18, 2023. The postponement is due to the inability of the commission to promptly commence reconfiguration of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Baba, has disclosed that police recorded and responded to 185 major incidents after it arrested 203 electoral offenders during the presidential and National Assembly elections held on Saturday, February 25, 2023. Baba also noted that the cases are currently at various stages of investigation at the Nigeria Police Electoral […]
Continue ReadingActivist, Mma Odi, has said that any observer group that scores INEC high in the conduct of the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly election is a Yahoo-Yahoo observer and an enemy of Nigeria. Speaking on AriseTV Sunday afternoon, Oma said: “Any observer group that says INEC performed well with any grammer they used on […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba has warned that some separatist agitators under the aegis of Oduduwa Nation are amassing weapons in an attempt to disrupt the February 25 and March 11 general elections in the Southwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria. The IGP disclosed this during a meeting with strategic police managers at […]
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