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 …

The Chairman of Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission, Mr Babatunde Osibodu, has reassured the public of the commission’s commitment to conducting a transparent local government election slated for November 16. Osibodu, according to a statement on Saturday, made this commitment while speaking in a radio programme at Ijebu-Ode. The OGSIEC boss said that he would adhere strictly to the guidelines, …

The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has condemned the exorbitant nomination fees demanded by State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs) for local government polls, describing it as a violation of the 1999 Constitution and Electoral Act 2022. The council spoke on Saturday ahead of local government polls in several states, including Kaduna, Kano, and Jigawa. IPAC’s National Chairman, Yusuf Mamman Dantalle, slammed …

The leadership of the Labour Party has headed for the Supreme Court to seek the nullification of the November 11 Imo Governorship poll after its appeal for a fresh election was thrown out by the appeal court. The opposition party said it perceived bias in the judgments despite presenting evidence to back its claim of over-voting in the election that …