•APC national chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has dismissed the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)’s ambitions of winning elections in Anambra State, asserting that the APC lacks the political structure needed to succeed in the state. APGA National Chairman, Barr. Sly Ezeokenwa, made this statement in...
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has congratulated Nigerians who have won elections in foreign countries. Four Nigerians, a United States-born Nigerian, Dr Oye Owolewa (District of Columbia), Chiaka Barry, (Ginninderra District, Australia), Segun Adeyina, (Georgia, USA) and Yemi Mobolade, (Colorado Springs, USA) won elections into...
•Donald Trump and Harris Kamala Some early voting has commenced in all seven swing states in the 2024 Presidential election in the United States. By Monday, 17 million Americans had already cast a vote and there are initial indications that Republicans are showing up to the polls or returning absentee ballots with more gusto than […]
•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 […]

