2023 election will be the best ever – INEC Chairman; says it’ll be credible, verifiable
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, displayed mountain-high confidence when he said, Friday, that the 2023 general election will be the best ever conducted…
Court nullifies Zamfara PDP Governorship primaries, orders another
By Ishaq Zaki The Federal High Court in Gusau, Zamfara, has nullified the governorship primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that produced Dauda Lawan-Dare as the party’s governorship…
2023: Candidates to sign 2 peace accords
September 16, 2022 The National Peace Committee (NPC) has invited political parties, presidential candidates in the 2023 presidential election and their spokespersons to sign peace accords that will commit them…
Akpabio: INEC lists options open to it; says judgment yet to be received
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday said it is yet to receive the recent court judgment on the former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio. The commission…
Femi Fani-Kayode and Tinubu’s hollow strategists, by Steve Osuji
They are not exactly pen for hire, they are consort journalists. Well kept and used by their master for his purposes. They have no qualms, they have little compunction, they…
You’ve been a sleeping president, PDP hits Buhari over performance claim
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed President Muhammadu Buhari’s self assessment of having performed “extremely well”, saying he has been a “sleeping president” under whose watch Nigeria has degenerated…
New PVCs ready by October as INEC records 1.1m invalid voter registrations in 7 months
INEC has detected many double, multiple and ineligible registration in the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) held between Jan. 1 and July 31. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman,…
Amaechi is a ‘total failure’, he can longer enter Aso Rock – Wike mocks
Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Monday rekindled the old rivalry with his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, on Monday, dismissing the former Minister of Transportation as a “total failure” who no longer…
Obi-Datti movement: Taraba, Ondo on lockdown as thousands march for Peter Obi
Followers and supporters of the Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and his running mate, Yusuf Datti Ahmed, otherwise known as the Obi-Dients or Obi-Datti movement practically shut the streets…
2023: NNPP drags INEC to court, seeks disqualification of APC candidates in Kaduna
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before Justice Hadiza Shagari of a Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna. The party is challenging…