The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has assured that the results for 11th November Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi governorship elections would be uploaded on the INEC Result Viewing (IReV) portal. Yakubu, who was in Kogi State on Saturday to monitor the mock accreditation exercise, told newsmen at Ward 009, LEA School, Ganaja village in …

Saturday, 30th September 2023 was like no other in the political calendar of Ogun State. Although it was the day the state Governorship Election Tribunal delivered its verdict on the petition of Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu and the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) against the reelection of the state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, the events following it symbolically brought the metaphor of …

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, who contested last February’s presidential election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said in Abuja on Thursday that he vigorously challenged the academic record of President Bola Tinubu because of his “quest for the enthronement of truth, morality, and accountability in our public affairs”. Atiku, who is in the Supreme Court …

A political campaign rally in Koton-Karfi area of Kogi State ahead of the 11th November governorship election turned bloody on Friday with a woman reportedly killed and others injured. Supporters of the All Progressive Congress (APC), the governing party in the state, clashed with those of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) when the latter’s governorship candidate, Alhaji Murtala Yakubu Ajaka …

The Kaduna State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Thursday dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the 2023 election, Isah Ashiru against the victory of Senator Uba Sani of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who has been the state governor since 29th May. In a dissenting judgement of two against one, the panel, …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has raised the alarm that the growing level of violence and insecurity in Imo and Kogi States, is not only “unacceptable, unnecessary and worrisome”, but also capable of scaring potential voters. The INEC National Commissioner and member Information and Voter Education Committee, IVEC, Mallam Mohammed Kudu Haruna, raised the alarm yesterday, at a one-day …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the Edo State governorship election would be held on 21st September 2024, while that of Ondo State would be held on 16th November of the same year. Governor Godwin Obaseki ends his two terms of four years each on 11th November 2024, while his Ondo State counterpart, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu will …

Palpable excitement enveloped Alausa — the seat of power of the Lagos State Government — on Monday, following the judgement of state Election Petition Tribunal, which came in favour of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The tribunal, which sat for about 10 hours, dismissed two petitions filed against Sanwo-Olu’s victory in the 18th March election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission …

The Lagos Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, on Monday, dismissed the petitions brought by Mr. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and the Labour Party (LP); and Mr. Olajide Adediran (well known as Jandor) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), challenging the victory of Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in last 18th March election. Two days after the 18th March poll, …

For disputants of last March’s governorship election in Lagos State, it’s judgement today at the Election Petition Tribunal. The governorship candidates of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour; and his counterpart of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olajide Adediran (well known as Jandor) had challenged the declaration of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu …