General apathy and late arrival of electoral material marred the 2024 Local Government Election in Onitsha North, Onitsha South, Anambra East and Nnewi North Local Government Areas of Anambra State. Complaints of late arrival and lack of voting materials by some people who were interested in voting, while others who were neither interested nor waiting for the officials and electoral …

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, on his victory in the Edo State governorship election held on Saturday. Okpebholo was declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday, having emerged victorious over his rivals in the keenly contested election. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Information …

A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room (NCSSR), has said that it observed “widespread instances of blatant vote buying and selling across several polling units” in the ongoing Edo State governorship election. “Situation Room observers reported widespread instances of blatant vote buying and selling across several polling units, despite the huge presence of security …

The Abia State Independent Electoral Commission (ABSIEC) has fixed 2 November to conduct elections in the local government areas of the state. ABSIEC Chairman, Prof. George Chima, announced the date and timetable on Saturday in Umuahia, during a meeting with political parties and other stakeholders in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the chairmanship and councillorship elections …

The candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Barrister Olumide Akpata lost his polling unit to the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP), Dr. Asue Ighodalo. According to the results released on the portal of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) also showed that the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) Senator Monday Okpebholo and Asue Ighodalo are leading in their strongholds which are Edo …

The Chairman, Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, OSIEC, Mr Hashim Abioye has disclosed the All Progressives Congress, APC, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as well as other political parties have 48 to undue infractions in the nomination of its candidates. He also disclosed that candidates of the APC, the Allied Peoples Movement and the Action Peoples Party, APP, who were …

Exactly two months to the governorship election in Ondo State, hundreds of members of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress. The Independent National Electoral Commission would be conducting the governorship election on 16 November, while all 16 political parties that would be participating in the forthcoming election had begun campaigning. Receiving …

Eight days to the Edo State governorship election, Yiaga Africa has expressed concern about the possibility of violence during the election as a result of its pre-election observations and therefore called on security agencies to be on guard, the political parties to campaign on issues and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be fair to all parties in the …

Algeria’s incumbent President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, has been re-elected with almost 95 per cent of the vote, the country’s electoral authority ANIE said Sunday. “Out of 5,630,000 voters recorded, 5,320,000 voted for the independent candidate Abdelmadjid Tebboune, accounting for 94.65 per cent of the vote”, ANIE head Mohamed Charfi told reporters in the capital Algiers. Tebboune, 78, was heavily favoured to …

The Kebbi State Independent Electoral Commission, on Sunday, declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of Saturday’s local council polls in the state. The Chairman of the electoral commission, Alhaji Aliyu Muhammad-Mera, who announced the poll results in Birnin Kebbi on Sunday, said the APC won all the 21 chairmanship seats and 225 ward councillors. Muhammad-Mera said that …