Voting has commenced in Zimbabwe as President Emmerson Mnangagwa seeks a second and final term in a country with a history of violent and disputed votes, according to Al Jazeera. The elections, being held on Wednesday, are the second since the removal of longtime repressive ruler Robert Mugabe in a coup in 2017. Twelve presidential candidates are on the ballot, …

The Chairperson of Panel Two of the Election Petition Tribunal (EPT), sitting in Kano, Justice Flora Azinge on Tuesday raised the alarm that some lawyers were attempting to bribe judges in her team. According to her, this was the second time a judge complained about how some lawyers prosecuting election matters before she tried to corrupt the system by offering …

Ahead of the 11th November governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has constituted a special national media/publicity committee to sensitise the people to the party’s policies and programmes. According to a statement on Tuesday by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Barrister Debo Ologunagba, the 12-man committee is pursuant to Section 40 …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) deploy 11,355 Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines for voter accreditation in the 11th November governorship elections in Kogi, Bayelsa, and Imo States. According to The Punch, a top official in the commission, who spoke on anonymity, disclosed this on Sunday. According to INEC, Bayelsa State has 2,244 polling units; Kogi, has 3,508 polling …

The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) on Wednesday said that, contrary to perception, it had nothing to hide regarding the conduct of the 2023 general election. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu stated this at the Post Election Review of the 2023 General Election with media stakeholders in Lagos. Yakubu said there were many …

The five-member panel of the presidential election tribunal has reserved judgement on the petition by the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi against President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressive Congress. Obi, who came third in the election, is challenging Tinubu’s victory. After adopting the parties’ final written addresses, the tribunal reserved judgement to a date to be communicated …

The presidential election petition court has reserved judgement in the petition filed by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Atiku is challenging the outcome of the 25th February election and praying the court to nullify President Bola Tinubu’s victory. Among several issues raised in the joint petition, Atiku and the PDP are alleging that President …

With 24 days to the election into the Governing Council of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, a leading candidate, Mrs. Nkechi Ali-Balogun has stepped up her campaign to return to the Council and emerge as the next president of the professional body. She has taken her campaign to several council across the country and received endorsements from members as …

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has fixed next Tuesday for the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar; and the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, to adopt their final addresses in their petitions against the 2023 election. Both Atiku and Obi are challenging the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu by the Independent National Electoral Commission …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed concern over the possibility of political violence ahead of the off-circle elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi states. The commission said that although the campaign had just started, there are signs of political clashes among opposing political parties and candidates. At a post-election review with Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES), …