A former Nigerian senator, Ayogu Eze, is dead. He died on Thursday aged 66. Mr Eze represented the Enugu North District between 2007 and 2015. He won his elections and served as a senator on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). But he died a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) having … Read more
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and Timipre Sylva, the party’s governorship candidate in the 11 November 2023 governorship election in Bayelsa State, on Monday, seek the disbandment of the state’s election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja over alleged bias. The APC and Sylva alleged that the tribunal, headed by Adekunle Adeleye, was bias in the … Read more
The Convener of the Northern Elders Forum, Abdullahi Ango, says Nigerians must go back to the drawing board as the country’s systems have failed to work.Mr Abdullahi, a professor and former vice-chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, said this at a book launch titled “ Court and Politics”, authored by Umar Ardo in Abuja … Read more
Nigeria’s electoral commission, INEC, has finally provided a detailed explanation as to why Nigerians couldn’t view in real-time the result of the presidential elections on the INEC Results Viewing (IReV) during the 25 February presidential elections that was held last year. INEC provided the explanation in its 526-page 2023 General Elections Report published on its … Read more
Nigerian lawmakers have initiated another round of amendments to the Electoral Act, as the country continues to pursue a “perfect law governing elections in Nigeria.” The Act underwent a comprehensive review in 2021 and was assented to by former President Muhammadu Buhari. The last alteration received commendations from Nigerians, particularly for recognizing the use of … Read more
Twelve new members of the House of Representatives, who were recently elected in the bye-elections across the country, have been sworn in by the Speaker of the House, Abbas Tajudeen. The oath of office was administered by the speaker during plenary on Thursday. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had on Saturday conducted bye-elections and … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mohammed Omadefu of All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of Saturday’s rerun election into the Keana constituency seat in the Nasarawa State House of Assembly.The Court of Appeal in Abuja had in November 2023, declared the 18 March 2023 state assembly election in the Keana constituency … Read more
Officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Saturday, arrested three persons suspected of vote buying in Sokoto State during the by-elections monitoring exercise. The suspects – three males aged 48, 37 and 38 – were caught at Yabo/Shagari Federal Constituency in Sokoto State with the sum of N3,105,400 within … Read more
Fuad Laguda has emerged the winner of the House of Representatives bye-election for Surulere Federal Constituency 1. Mr Laguda of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday. The APC candidate secured a total of 11,203 votes to defeat his major contenders – Adeola Adebanjo Damilola … Read more
The Labour Party (LP) has fixed the cost of its expression of interest and nomination form for the 21 September off-cycle governorship election in Edo State at N30 Million. The party disclosed this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, on Wednesday in Abuja. He said the National Working Committee (NWC) at … Read more
