•Nigerian soldiers The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has cautioned the police and the Army against militarising the Anambra governorship election or issuing threats capable of scaring voters ahead of Saturday’s poll. Intersociety warned the Nigerian Armed Forces — including the Anambra State Police Co...
•INEC Chairman Prof Mahmood Yakubu and ADC spokesman, Bolaji Abdullahi The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of releasing “statistically implausible” figures from the first week of its Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise, specifically questioning how Osun State recorded ...
An agent of the Peoples Democratic Party was beaten and manhandled at Ozolua Model Primary School, Iguobazuwa East Ward, headquarters of Ovia South West local government area. The name of the agent was yet to be ascertained, reports The Nation. The voters said the agent refused to release their Permanent Voter Cards. It was the […]
Ahead of the 2027 general elections, pro-democracy activists have cautioned against the repeat of a situation whereby nine million voters played the decisive role in the election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2023 presidential poll. Dr. Otive Igbuzor, who spoke yesterday in Abuja at a political dialogue on election credibility threshol...
A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Yiaga Africa, has alleged political parties and candidates in Ondo State have resorted to inducing voters with cash gifts and food items to secure their support ahead of next week’s governorship election. It said its Long Term Observers observed cases of voter inducement during campaign activities in Akur...
•Some Policemen Officials of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC and voters ran for their lives when police officers stormed Elekahia Primary School in Port Harcourt City local government area, yesterday. About 21 Hilux patrol vans with heavily armed officers drove into the school which has 10 polling units, reports Daily ...
Scores of voters in Edo Central today trooped out to participate in the off-cycle governorship election in the state amidst a downpour. Voting commenced at exactly 8:40 a.m. at the Eguare Primary School, Ujiogba in Esan West Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, which hosts three polling units, reports NAN. In spite of the […]
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...
Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court Abuja, today, granted an interim injunction restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission from releasing voters register to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), for the purpose of conducting the forthcoming Local Government elections in the state. Justice Lifu made ...
Around 235 million Pounds (298 million dollars) is expected to be withdrawn from ATMs tomorrow as people fit trips to cash machines around casting their general election votes. This is according to a forecast from UK Cash Access and Cash Machine network Link reported yesterday. The network expects the total to be lower than it […]

