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Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said the nation was not getting accurate vote counts during elections due to the involvement of those he described as ‘ghost voters.’ He also said it is better and more honourable for the chairman and other officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission to resign rather than yield […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday rejected the request of the embattled National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Samuel Anyanwu, to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from giving effect to his removal as the party’s secretary. Instead, the Presiding Judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo, directed Anyanwu to notify […]
Continue ReadingEdo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal now sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, on Thursday adjourned proceedings to Monday, February 10, for the Edo State Governor, Monday Okphebholo, to open his case. This development is sequel to the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission, which was scheduled to present its promised five witnesses starting Thursday, February […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s House of Representatives is expected to commence debate on the general principles of a bill seeking to mandate the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to grant powers to conduct Presidential and Gubernatorial Debates for candidates seeking election into the office of President and Governor of a State, respectively. The private member bill sponsored by […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Ondo State, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has been declared the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state. The governor was returned elected by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after winning the governorship poll in all 18 Local Government Areas of the state. Aiyedatiwa, who won in Ese Odo Local Government Area in […]
Continue ReadingActivist and now a Nigerian lawyer, Deji Adeyanju has commented on the United States presidential election result and that Nigerian Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) can still help the losing Democratic Party to win. As results from the US presidential election are tilting towards Donald Trump winning, Adeyanju said the only body that can help […]
Continue ReadingResident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for Ogun State, Barrister Olaniyi Ijalaye is dead. The Ogun REC slumped and died in Abuja on Monday evening after a meeting of RECs at the Commission’s headquarters. A source who spoke on condition of anonymity revealed that the former Resident Electoral Commissioner had […]
Continue ReadingFormer Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and Bishop Mathew Kukah, the founder of The Kukah Centre (TKC), have attributed political corruption to dishonest poor Nigerians, INEC and other institutions. Mr Ganduje insisted that blaming politicians and public officeholders would not solve the problem of weak institutions in Nigeria. This was stated at a high-level meeting with national […]
Continue ReadingThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has released a Press statement asking Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct fresh elections to fill the 27 state constituencies vacant seats of the defected lawmakers. See the PDP’s Press statement below: December 11, 2023 Press Statement Rivers State Assembly: PDP Demands INEC to Conduct Fresh Elections in […]
Continue ReadingFormer Chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has said that the commission needs to be unbundled by the national assembly to be more effective. Jega who said this at a Citizens Town Hall on Electoral Reform organised by Yiaga Africa, European Union (EU) in collaboration with the National Assembly joint committees […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja berated the Independent National Electoral Commissioner, INEC, while accusing it of being partisan. The appellate court on Friday, Nov. 24, slammed the Commission for appearing before it to act in favour of a party in an election dispute, by disowning documents that it not only issued, but also […]
Continue ReadingLagos lawyer and rights activist, Femi Falana SAN, has on Sunday, called for a review of the judgments delivered by the Court of Appeal which sacked three state governors. Falana made the call during an interview on Channels Television’s ‘Sunday Politics’ programme, Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Abba Yusuf (Kano), Dauda Lawal […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu presented an alleged forged degree certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) when he filed his paperwork to lead Nigeria in June 2022, Peoples Gazette has reported. Official repudiation of Mr. Tinubu’s certificate — the only academic qualification he presented to the electoral office — came at a deposition of school […]
Continue ReadingFormer Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s media aide, Laolu Akande, believes the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) inability to electronically transmit results of the presidential poll has broken Nigerians’ trust in the agency. INEC had in the lead up to the February 2023 exercise repeatedly said it would transmit polling unit results to the INEC Result […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday, closed its defence in the petition by Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), after calling just one witness in defence of the February 25 presidential election that produced Bola Tinubu as President. Although, INEC at the Monday’s proceedings, told the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) that […]
Continue ReadingMathematics Professor at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria, Eric Uwadiegwu Ofoedu, testified on Friday, June 16, 2023, before the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC), that a total of 2,565,629 accredited votes were not reflected in the final results of the February 25 presidential election, as announced by the chairman of the Independent […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), sitting in Abuja, has disclosed plans to merge the three separate petitions seeking to nullify the outcome of the 2023 presidential election by virtue of paragraph 50 of the First Schedule of the Electoral Act to merge all the petitions and decide them together. This view was supported by […]
Continue ReadingFollowing two contradictory high court rulings over leadership of the Labour Party (LP) in Nigeria, the Julius Abure and Lamidi Apapa factions of the party have been at loggerheads over who is the recognised National Chairman of the Party. The power tussle snowballed into holding factional primaries to produce candidates who will participate in the […]
Continue ReadingFormer aide to ex-Nigerian president, Mr. Reno Omokri as described President elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as a political scholar which PDP need to study and learn from in order to defeat his political base. Reno share this thought on his official Twitter Page where he wrote: “Tinubu has been preparing for 2023 since 1998. He […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Ahmadu Fintiri as the winner of the Adamawa State governorship election. The Returning Officer, Muhammed Melee, declared incumbent Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner on Tuesday after polling 430,861 votes to defeat his major counterpart Aisha Binani of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who polled […]
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