Tag: electoral act

The group said there were several cases of non-compliance and corrupt practices in the off-cycle elections.

The court ordered INEC to ensure “the appointment of independent counsel to investigate cases of electoral violence..."

The lawmakers are also canvassing rotational presidency between the north and south.

The commission says it would soon publish personal particulars of the candidates for Nigerians to scrutinise.

The bill, sponsored by Francis Waive, proposes five amendments to Nigeria's current electoral law.

The lawyer called for the amendment of the Electoral Act.

“We showed incontrovertible evidence that INEC violated the Electoral Act and deliberately sabotaged its own publicly announced processes and procedures ...

The tribunal says the APC and its candidate, Ms Binani, failed to establish the allegation of non-compliance with the Electoral ...

INEC had, earlier on Wednesday, released an amended list of candidates vying in the election without including Mr Sylva’s name.

The Federal High Court in Abuja had on Monday disqualified Timipre Sylva as the APC governorship candidate in Bayelsa State.

The governor asked the appeal court to set aside the judgment of the tribunal delivered on 20 September and an ...

The tribunal in a unanimous judgement delivered for close to 12 hours threw out the petition by the PDP challenging ...

INEC also released the timetable of activities leading to the elections.

The tribunal ordered a supplementary election in some polling units in the constituency.

Atiku’s legal team sparred with the lawyers to Mr Tinubu, INEC, and APC in the final legal fireworks in court, ...

The court ruled that Mr Abdullahi’s name should have been uploaded and published in the list of candidates for the ...

“I’m escalating to the Appeal Court by God’s grace and I’m expecting the court to return my case file to ...

The governor's tenure ends on Monday.

SERAP is seeking “an order of mandamus compelling INEC to promptly, thoroughly and effectively investigate reports of electoral violence..."

This position is coming on the heels of an allegation that the minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, has ...

The police command urged the public to be wary of allowing themselves from getting involved in any action that violates ...

INEC on Monday declared Sheriff Oborevwori of the PDP as the winner of the 18 March governorship election in the ...

The PDP urged INEC to invoke the provision of the Electoral Act to declare the Ogun State governorship and House ...

The IGP said such case files should be forwarded to INEC for the prosecution of the suspects.

INEC Chair, Professor Mahmood Yakubu Competitive authoritarianism is a system that seeks to confer legitimacy on electoral abracadabra through mechanisms ...