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FCT elections expose practical limitations of real-time result transmission ―Amupitan, INEC chair

March 1, 2026March 1, 2026Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Nigeria’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 […]

Reflections on FCT Polls and Voter Apathy, By Simon Kolawole

March 1, 2026Bode DoluLeave a Comment

The February 21 elections into the six councils in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) left me scratching my head on many counts. The All Progressives Congress (APC) won five of the chairmanship positions, leaving the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with one. In 2022, the PDP and APC won three apiece. The African Democratic Congress (ADC), […]

The Recent Elections in FCT, Kano and Rivers, By Reuben Abati

February 24, 2026Bode DoluLeave a Comment

The 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 […]

PDP drags APC to court after five-council win in FCT election

February 22, 2026Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has inaugurated a special legal team to challenge the results of Saturday’s election held across the Area Councils of the Federal Capital Territory. As pronounced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) won five of the six chairmanship seats in the council elections. APC […]

Polls: APC wins five FCT councils, PDP one

February 22, 2026Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has obtained victory in five of the six chairmanship seats contested in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council elections, while the Peoples Democratic Party won the remaining seat. Results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday showed that the APC won the Abuja Municipal Area Council, […]

Why Abure-led LP candidates are not recognised in FCT Council elections ―INEC

January 7, 2026Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it refused to recognise the candidates of Julius Abure-led Labour Party (LP) nominated for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) council polls and by-elections because his tenure has elapsed. in a statement Wednesday, Mrs. Victoria Eta-Messi, INEC Director, Voter Education and Publicity, recalled that on Monday, January […]

Residents of Federal Capital Territory loot NEMA warehouse

March 3, 2024Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Sunday looted a warehouse reportedly belonging to the National Emergency Management Agency over the current economic hardship across the country. It was learnt that the warehouse is situated in the Phase 3 Region of the FCT area of Abuja. The voice of a man who was […]

Keep your happy home off social media ―FCT police spokesperson warns married Nigerian couples

February 5, 2024Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Spokesperson (PPRO) for Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, Abuja, SP Josephine Adeh, has advised married couples to keep their happy homes away from social media. “All these married couples show off love on social media. I don’t want to hear complaints oooo. Keep your happy home off social media. Use the social media […]

“Satan” in the FCT, By Abimbola Adelakun

October 27, 2023Bode DoluLeave a Comment

It is said that the greatest trick the Devil ever pulled on humans was to make them doubt his existence. The quip, dating back to as far back as the 1836 book by John Wilkinson and memorably quoted in a 1995 Hollywood film, The Usual Suspects, is perhaps accurate only as far as Western society […]

FCT and 25% Electoral Vote Threshold, By Erasmus U. Morah

June 30, 2023Bode DoluLeave a Comment

On Saturday, February 25, 2023, Nigeria conducted an election for the position of President, which was widely regarded as the most fiercely contested in the country since 1999. On March 01, 2023, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Bola Ahmed Tinubu, candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner and President-elect. […]

Njideka Iheme, daughter of Supreme Court Justice Mary Odili, sworn in as FCT High Court Judge

November 24, 2021Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Njideka Iheme, the daughter of former Rivers State Governor, Peter Odili and a justice of Nigerian Supreme Court, Justice Mary Odili, has just been sworn in as a Judge of the Federal High Court. The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Honourable Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, sworn in Mrs Iheme and 20 others as Judges of the […]

Grazing routes: FGN has no control over lands in the States under Land Use Act, controls only FCT —Falana

August 23, 2021Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana SAN, has said under the Land Use Act, the Federal Government has no control over land in Nigeria, outside the Federal Capital Territory. The senior lawyer said this on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme in reaction to the committee approved by the President, Muhammadu Buhari, to review 368 […]