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The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has said that it will go ahead with its congresses in spite of INEC’s recent decision to disrecognise David Mark as the national chairman of the party Bolaji Abdullahi, the national publicity secretary of the party stated this on live television. He said: “When we said Bola Tinubu wants to […]
Continue ReadingWith INEC’s overtly partisan, intentionally illegal, and possibly remote-controlled withdrawal of recognition for the David Mark-led ADC, Nigeria has officially reverted to full-on Abacha-era suffocation of even the wispiest pretense to competitive electoral politics. Lawyers have said that the judgment of the appeal court, which INEC invoked as a convenient crutch to carry out a […]
Continue ReadingAfrican Democratic Congress (ADC) has rejected the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC’s) interpretation of the Court of Appeal ruling on the party’s leadership dispute. The party claimed that the interpretation is contradictory and influenced by external pressure. National Spokesperson of ADC, Bolaji Abdullahi, made the position known in a statement issued on Wednesday, in reaction […]
Continue ReadingFormer Independent National Electoral Commission’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (INEC) (REC), Mike Igini, on Thursday described the 2026 Electoral Act as a tragedy and a major regression capable of undermining credible elections in the country. This comes as the INEC chairman, Prof Joash Amupitan, insisted that strict adherence to the Electoral Act remained the most effective […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has upheld the judgment of the Federal High Court restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising the outcome of the Peoples Democratic Party’s national convention held in Ibadan, Oyo State. The appellate court, in a unanimous decision delivered by a three-member panel led by Justice Uchechukwu […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that the 2027 presidential and National Assembly elections will hold on February 20, 2027, with governorship and state Houses of Assembly polls scheduled for March 6, 2027. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, disclosed the election timetable at a news conference in Abuja on Friday. “This action […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed the fresh suit filed by a factional National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Samuel Anyanwu, after he applied to withdraw the matter. At the resumed hearing, Anyanwu’s lawyer, U. C. Njemanze-Aku, told the court that the suit had been overtaken by events. […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is set to receive a large sum of N1,013,778,401,602 in the 2026 budget presented to the National Assembly by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The allocation, one of the largest in INEC’s history, comes as Nigeria gears up for the 2027 general elections. Details of the 2026 Appropriation Bill, released […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’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 […]
Continue ReadingNow that the names of ambassadorial appointment nominees include the immediate past Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, it has become pertinent to ask the newly appointed successor, Prof. Joash Amupitan, where his loyalties lie. Does he take his appointment as an opportunity to entrench Nigeria’s democracy, or is he working […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected a correspondence signed by the acting chairman of the Samuel Anyanwu faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying it failed to meet the requirements of the law. Reports say Abdulrahaman Mohammed and Senator Samuel Anyanwu had written to the commission seeking to postpone the Ekiti Governorship […]
Continue ReadingIndependent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says over 95 per cent of results from the Saturday Anambra governorship election have been successfully uploaded on its Result Viewing Portal (IReV). Checks by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the commission’s portal indicated steady progress in result transmission from polling units across the 21 local government areas […]
Continue ReadingLast week, October 7, the announcement was made of the exit of Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, Chair of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), 2015 – 2025, and his replacement in acting capacity by Mrs. May Agbamuche-Mbu, Chairperson of Legal Services, Clearance, and Complaints Committee (LSC &CC) – she is now likely to hold the record […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that 14 political associations have scaled the first hurdle in their bid for registration as political parties, while 157 others failed to meet the requirements. The decision was taken at the commission’s regular meeting on Thursday, during which it also reviewed preparations for the upcoming off-cycle governorship […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday officially recognised the David Mark-led leadership of the African Democratic Congress. This development followed a period of internal restructuring within the party, which culminated in the emergence of new national officers aimed at repositioning the ADC ahead of future electoral contests. Alongside Mark, other principal officers now […]
Continue ReadingThe by-elections held across the country last Saturday in 16 constituencies across 12 states, in terms of the organization, the process and outcomes would seem to confirm one painful truth, namely that Nigeria’s democracy is still inchoate, tentative, fledgling, and that we are not yet anywhere near the target of democratic consolidation in Africa’s largest […]
Continue ReadingNational Opposition Coalition Group, led by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and ex-Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has formally applied to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the registration of a new political party—the All Democratic Alliance (ADA). The application, dated June 19, was acknowledged by INEC on Friday, showing the coalition’s determination to […]
Continue ReadingOn May 9, 2025, Nigeria’s Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) released the results of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The outcome shocked the nation as over 1.5 million of the 1.9 million candidates, that is 75%, who sat for the exam, reportedly scored below 200, the popularly acclaimed cut off mark for […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed reports suggesting it has officially recognised certain individuals as leaders of the Labour Party (LP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). INEC, in a statement issued on Thursday via its X handle, described the media reports as “false and misleading,” clarifying that no final decision has been […]
Continue ReadingIn a landmark judgement that could deal with those who lend themselves to electoral malpractices in Nigeria, the Court of Appeal in Calabar last week upheld the conviction of Peter Ogban. The professor of soil science at the University of Calabar was the returning officer in the 2019 Akwa Ibom North West senatorial election, which he attempted […]
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