POLITICS

  The Rivers State presidential election coordinator for the Peoples Democratic Party, Abiye Sekibo, on Monday alleged infringement on the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022 on the use of electronic transmission of results. Sekibo appeared at the Presidential Election …

The Presidential Election Petition Court on Monday refused a request for a live broadcast of its proceedings, stating that the application lacked merit. The five-member panel of the court headed by Justice Haruna Tsammani, held that Nigeria’s judicial policies and …

  DSS to work with sister agencies for Buhari’s handover Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday, denied media reports that it would participate fully in the inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on May 29. In a statement by …

  The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, says since 1993 when he began gunning for the President seat, he has done so without any controversy unlike the All Progressives Congress candidate, Bola Tinubu, who is contending …

  The Labour Party has dissociated from a viral letter signed by the self-acclaimed factional national chairman of the party, Lamidi Apapa, asking the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to dismiss all cases by the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi against …

  The Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday ordered the Resident Electoral Commissioner for Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa-Ari, to stay away from the commission’s state office. INEC’s action was premised  on Yunusa-Ari’s declaration of the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, …

The election petitions tribunal in Oyo State has received two petitions challenging the emergence of Governor Seyi Makinde as the winner of the March 18 governorship election in the state. The secretary to the tribunal, Mr Ibrahim Sada, told the News …

The House of Representatives members-elect of the Peoples Democratic Party, the Labour Party and other opposition parties have formed an alliance ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, with the aim of determining the leadership of the parliament. …

  The camp of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has disclosed that they were officially served on Tuesday with copies of the petitions filed at the election tribunal by Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi and his counterpart in the …

  The Federal Government, on Tuesday, gave the assurance that the transition of power from the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, would be smooth and peaceful. This was as the government said the refurbishment …

  Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has slated Saturday, April 15, for supplementary governorship, national and state Assembly elections. National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, who disclosed this in a statement, explained that the electoral …

The British High Commission has said the UK Minister of State for Development and Africa, Andrew Mitchell MP, is prepared to take action against those who engaged in or incited electoral violence during the just-concluded general elections. The commission said …

  The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has stated the Senate will investigate the 19 Constitution Alteration Bills rejected by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Lawan made this known during plenary on Tuesday. The National Assembly had in January …

  Four presidential candidates on Tuesday approached the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja with separate petitions, seeking the nullification of the declaration of  Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress as winner of the February 25 presidential poll. The …

  The governorship candidate of Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, yesterday, said that what happened in Lagos on March 18, 2023, was far from democracy but ‘Agberocracy.’ Rhodes-Vivour, who spoke, while reacting to the declaration of Babajide …

  Former governor of Enugu State, Chimaroke Nnamani, has lost his return bid to the Senate. He was defeated at the weekend by Labour Party (LP) candidate, Sir Kelvin Chukwu, who will be representing Enugu East in the upper legislative …

  The candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) Abbas Kabiru Yusuf has been declared the winner of the gubernatorial election in Kano. Yusuf was declared the winner after defeating his closest rival and candidate of the ruling All …

  The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, on Monday evening admitted that the conduct of the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly poll was not ‘perfect.’ Adamu made the statement while giving his speech at the …

  The Independent National Electoral Commission has postponed the governorship and state assembly elections scheduled to hold on March 11 by one week. The elections will now hold on March 18, 2023. This was made known in a statement signed …

  The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, have refused to concede defeat in the February 25 presidential election, vowing to recover their mandate in court. The two candidates rebuffed …