Tag: Independent National Electoral Commission

The NSA said President Muhammadu Buhari has given the go-ahead to all security agencies to deal decisively with individuals or ...

West Africa is also in need of a successful election to counter the prevailing gloom of four attempted coups this ...

Sani Sha’aban had on June 20 sued Mr Sani and others, alleging that the primary that produced him as a ...

INEC says it has so far identified 23 Registration Officers involved in perpetrating unethical behaviour during the CVR exercise and ...

“Next year’s elections are like no others.”

The APC does not have a governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom.

Nigeria's two dominant parties, APC and PDP, have less than 6 per cent of their parliamentary candidates as women.

The shutting down of the broadcast stations has generated public outrage

The party said it would await the court of appeal verdict.

"There are 18 political parties in the race to produce the next president to be elected by 95 million voters. ...

Mr Kwankwaso said his party has asked a court to compel INEC to accept Rufa'i Hanga as its candidate for ...

A group of civil society organisations had faulted the nomination of five of the new RECs for allegedly being partisan ...

INEC had earlier said that Labour Party did not submit its list of candidates before its deadline.

Mr Tinubu left the country for the UK unannounced on 24 September.

The era of offering tokenism as dividends of democracy is over. Nigerians look forward to a president next year who ...

In the list released by INEC on 20 September, Mr Gbillah was listed as a senatorial candidate of the Labour ...

Mr Oyetola told the tribunal that the winner of the poll was not qualified to contest the election.

Another judge at the Federal High Court, Abuja, Justice Emeka Nwite, had, on 15 September, ordered the INEC to accept ...

“It is crystal clear that Atiku’s latest bid for Nigeria’s top job has hit the rocks..."

Mr Umahi is listed as the APC senatorial candidate for Ebonyi South while former Governor Egwu is the PDP candidate ...

The plaintiffs want to “complete the registration process, so that they can obtain their permanent voter cards (PVCs), and exercise ...

The judge held that the party's rule is subservient to the Electoral Act.

INEC said the exercise, which will be launched through INECPRES, will be opened to others except collation/returning officers.

An official said a staggering amount of the uncollected PVCs belonged to women, who are important participants in elections.

The group said INEC has failed to fully comply with Section 19 (1) of the Act which deals with the ...