The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Mr. Peter Obi has hinted at contesting the 2027 presidential election. While applauding the Nigerian youths for their support during the 2023 presidential election, he criticised the Supreme Court for affirming President Bola Tinubu’s election. At a world press conference in Abuja on Monday, Obi claimed that the Supreme Court’s judgement broke …

The Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun has ordered the distribution of 220 operational vehicles for security management in anticipation of the gubernatorial elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States. In a post on Sunday on the official X handle of the Nigerian Police, the Force Public Relations Officer, Assistant Commissioner Olumuyiwa Adejobi said the vehicles included water cannons, armored …

The Chairman of the National Peace Commission (NPC), General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd.) has announced that parties and stakeholders involved in the Imo, Kogi and Bayelsa governorship elections would sign a peace accord next Wednesday. In a statement on Saturday in Abuja, the former Head of State, said: “The NPC hereby wishes to announce the signing of peace accords on Wednesday, 8th …

President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, in Abuja, appealed to all candidates participating in the 11th November governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States, as well as the electorate to ensure free and fair elections. The President presented the flags of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the party’s standard-bearers in the upcoming elections. They are former Governor, Chief Timipre …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday revealed that it would conduct elections in all polling units in the state on 11th November governorship election in the state despite rising insecurity. At a press conference in Owerri, the state capital, the INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Sylvia Agu, said that the commission would conduct elections even in …

The Kano State High Court has issued a restraining order against the incorporated trustees of the National Council for Women Society (NCWS), and six other defendants from conducting elections for its executive members. The order holds until the hearing and determination of a motion on notice. The presiding judge, Justice Aisha Ya’u granted the interim injunction on Tuesday evening after …

It has been established that 108,000 registered voters will not vote during the 11 November governorship election in Kogi State, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Gabriel Longpet, has disclosed. The figure represents the number of registered voters who did not show up during the four-week window INEC opened for the collection of Permanent …

Former President Muhammadu Buhari has hailed the judgement of the Supreme Court that dismissed the petitions filed against his successor, President Bola Tinubu’s election. Buhari said the judgement is a relief to him and many Nigerians. The apex court on Thursday dismissed the petitions filed by the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the Supreme Court judgement affirming the election of the 2023 presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as President as disappointing. The apex court upheld the judgement of the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) affirming the result announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji …

The Adamawa State Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Yola, the state capital, has fixed Saturday, 28th October to hear a case challenging the handling of the last governorship election in the state. The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Aishatu Ahmed (better known as Binani) had instituted the case questioning the decision of the Independent National Electoral …