Ahead of the September 21 governorship election in Edo state, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC said it has registered 119,206 new voters for the state. Accordingly, the commission also registered 58,708 voters for the November 16 Governorship election in Ondo state. INEC National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun disclosed this in a statement …

Former US president Barack Obama has told allies that Joe Biden needs to reconsider his reelection bid, the Washington Post reported on Thursday. Obama believes that Biden’s path to victory has diminished and that the 81-year-old should “seriously consider the viability of his candidacy,” the newspaper said, citing people briefed on his thinking. It said there was no immediate comment …

The candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 governorship election in Enugu State, Hon. Chijioke Edeoga, has called on the Attorney General of the Federation to initiate the moves that will vest the conduct of local government elections in Nigeria on the Independent national Electoral Commission (INEC). Edeoga who said such an initiative can only happen by a reform …

Sixteen political parties in Osun State have announced their intention not to participate in the forthcoming Local Government elections in the state. Political parties involved are; Action Alliance, African Democratic Congress, Accord Party, Social Democratic Party, African Action Congress, New Nigeria Peoples Party, Allied Peoples Party and the Peoples Redemption Party Others are; All Progressives Grand Alliance, Zenith Labour Party, …

A former speaker of the Osun House of Assembly, Prof. Mojeed Alabi, has blamed the politics of “stomach infrastructure,” for the low delivery of good governance in the country. Alabi asserted while delivering the 40th anniversary lecture of Ede Unique Club, in Ede town. He said that the politics of stomach infrastructure, which entails public office seekers giving handouts to …

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has cleared 37 contestants vying for various positions in its forthcoming election. According to a document cited by newsmen on Sunday in Abuja, 12 others were disqualified from the poll, with those affected having the right to appeal to the National Officers Election Appeal Committee. The election is scheduled for 20 July, and all registered NBA …

The media team of Edo State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Asue Ighodalo has distanced itself from the process which led to the Impeachment of Comrade Philip Shaibu as Deputy Governor of the state. After falling out of favour with his principal  Governor Godwin Obaseki, Shaibu was impeached on grounds of constitutional breaches by the state …

The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) has announced results of the council poll held on Saturday, April 27, where the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state won all the chairmanship seats in 33 local government areas of the state. OYSIEC chairman, Aare Isiaka Olagunju (SAN); the Commissioner of Police in the state, Adebola Hamzat; and other security …

The Gombe State Government on Friday announced that monthly sanitation scheduled every last Saturday of the month will not be held tomorrow over the local government election. Disclosing this in Gombe, the state capital, Commissioner for Water, Environment and Forest Resources, Mohammed Fawu, called on residents to keep their surroundings clean, stressing that they shouldn’t wait for the general allotted …

The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) began a two-day training for ad-hoc staff ahead of this Saturday’s local government election in the state on Monday. The body also announced that the distribution of sensitive materials will commence, on Thursday with local government areas in the Oke Ogun axis, while other local government areas in Ibadan, the state capital, are …