The FCT Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has pegged Expression of Interest forms and nomination forms for the 2026 Area Councils elections at N20 million for Chairmanship candidates and N2.5 million councillorship seats respectively. This was contained in a statement published on the APC’s official X (formerly Twitter) handle on Tuesday by the party’s National Organising Secretary, Sulaiman …

Ahead of the 2027 general elections, Nigerians have called for deepening technology use by legitimising the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Result Viewing (IRev)’s portal as part of electoral law and sanctions for electoral offenses. Participants during a radio programme, Public Conscience, produced by the Progressive Impact Organization for Community Development (PRIMORG) on Wednesday in Abuja, asserted that resolving ‘technical …

The Presidency has observed, with dismay, the increasing number of billboards in some cities promoting the 2027 campaign for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima. Worth noting is that some of these billboards with pictures of the President and his wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, emblazoned on them are springing up in Abuja and Kano in particular. While …

The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) has scheduled fresh local government elections for Saturday, 9 August 2025, following the nullification of the previous polls by the Supreme Court. Announcing the new date on Wednesday during a stakeholders’ meeting in Port Harcourt, RSIEC Chairman, Justice Adolphus Enebeli (rtd.) explained that the decision was in compliance with last Friday’s Supreme Court …

Former Governor of Imo State, Achike Udenwa, has claimed that elections in Nigeria can be bought by politicians with enough money, alleging that key institutions, including the Independent National Electoral Commission, the police, and the army, can be influenced. Udenwa made this assertion while speaking on Edmund Obilo’s State Affairs podcast, where he lamented the role of money in Nigeria’s …

The House of Representatives has proposed an open-secret ballot system for the election of presiding officers for the federal and state legislatures. The proposals are contained in two bills sighted by Daily Trust, which are before the Constitution Review Committee headed by the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu. The bills sponsored by Rep. Mansur Manu Soro seek the alteration …

Ad hoc staff recruited by the Independent National Electoral Commission  (INEC) for the 1 November governorship election in Ondo State have accused the commission of failing to pay their allowances, 22 days after the poll. The workers, numbering over 17,000, expressed frustration over the delayed payments despite promises made by INEC to disburse their allowances shortly after the election. One …

Ghana counted ballots on Saturday after a tight election with the ruling party’s Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia trying to shake off anger over economic woes and rebuff a challenge by opposition party candidate ex-president John Mahama. Ghana’s struggling economy dominated the election, after the west Africa gold and cacao producer went through a debt default, high inflation and negotiations for …

The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Bamidele Akingboye and the deputy governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Hon Dayo Awude, have rejected the results by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declaring Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa, as the Governor- Elect. Aiyedatiwa, who was the candidate of the All Progressive Congress was declared winner of the last Saturday’s governorship election …

The candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Myson Nejo has condemned the conduct of the just-concluded Ondo State governorship election, alleging that the election was characterised by vote trading. He attributed his loss in the election to his refusal to trade votes for money. Nejo, who stated this on Sunday, in a telephone interview with our correspondent, said that despite …