•Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo Ghana’s parliament adjourned indefinitely yesterday following a legal dispute over the speaker’s decision to declare four parliamentary seats vacant. The decision, announced by speaker Alban Bagbin, effectively halts all legislative activity less than two months before the country’s general elections and could ...
•House of Representatives A bill seeking to amend the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to allow for independent candidacy has been re-introduced at the House of Representatives. The bill which is sponsored by the Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Rep Akin Rotimi (Ekiti, APC), was passed for first reading yesterday, r...
•Prof. Mahmood Yakubu (right) The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu alongside members of the commission on Thursday held an extraordinary meeting with political parties leaders at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. The meeting focused on the Commission’s preparations for the upcoming Edo and ...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives will on resumption from the 8-weeks annual recess commence debate on the general principles of a bill seeking to conduct elections to the offices of President, State Governors, National Assembly, State Houses of Assembly and Local Government Area Councils simultaneously. According to the b...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) today, Tuesday, August 6, released the final figure of registered voters in Edo and Ondo states ahead of the September 21 and November 11 governorship elections in the two states. The final figure showed that 2,629,025 persons registered to vote in Edo State, while 2,053,061 registered to vo...
•Governor Aiyedatiwa Human rights lawyer, Tope Temokun, has instituted a suit before an the Ondo State High Court to compel the state Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC) to conduct elections into the Local Government Areas in the state. Defendants in the suit are ODIEC, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa and Attorney-General of the state, reports ...
•Nigeria’s Supreme Court More states of the federation have affirmed dates for the conduct of local government elections in their domain. The move is seen as a bid to put the states in a good stead to evade any possible hammer in the wake of the July 11 ruling of the Supreme Court on local […]
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said 134 observer groups would be eligible to monitor the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo slated for September and November, respectively. Sam Olumekun, National Commissioner & Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, who disclosed this in a statement further revealed ...
The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has approved the inauguration of new Governorship Election National Campaign Councils ahead of the Edo and Ondo states elections. The inauguration is set to take place tomorrow, Thursday, June 27, with plans to ensure victory in the upcoming elections. This was disclosed in a state...
•Chekwas Okorie Founding National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Chekwas Okorie, has said that Nigeria is in a precarious situation, stating that the insecurity in the country might bring the country to its knees. In an interview with Saturday Sun, Okorie, described the 1999 constitution as ‘obnoxious’, adding th...
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