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), …

The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal has set aside the judgement of a Federal High Court which ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to directly and electronically upload the election results of the Governorship and State of Assembly elections from the polling units to the INEC Results Viewing Portal (IReV). Channels Television obtained a copy of the …

The presidency on Saturday insisted that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in last February’s presidential poll, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu won “a free, fair and credible election”. It described the ballot as the “most transparent election ever conducted in Nigeria since 1999”. In response to the alarm raised on Friday by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it plans to review its result management system following complaints about the 2023 general elections. The commission said its result management system had been a subject of litigation. The During the post-election review meeting with Collation and Returning Officers on Friday in Abuja, INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu said that the …

An official of the West African Examination Council (WAEC), who appeared at the Ogun State election petition tribunal on Thursday, told the panel that “the requested certificate is not here with me”. The examination council had been subpoenaed by the tribunal to produce a duplicate of Governor Dapo Abiodun’s WAEC certificate. The official, Mr. Olufemi Olaleye, appeared before the tribunal …

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, declined to extend its interim order, issued on 10th July stopping the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Inspector General of Police (IGP), and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) from prosecuting the suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Barrister Hudu Yunusa Ari, pending the hearing and determination of …

The Presidential Election Petition Court on Friday reserved judement in the petition of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) challenging the conduct of the 25th February election wherein Asiwaju Bola Tinubu was elected president. The party is seeking the disqualification of Tinubu on the grounds of unlawful nomination of the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima. Respondents in the suit are the …

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from prosecuting the suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Barrister Hudu Yunusa-Ari, over his declaration of Senator Aisha Dahiru (popularly called Binani) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as governor in the 18th March poll. Justice Donatus Okorowo made the order after counsel to …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has filed a six-count charge against a suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Adamawa State, Barrister Hudu Yunusa-Ari. The charges were filed at the High Court in Yola, the state capital, according to INEC’s spokesman, Barrister Festus Okoye. In a statement on Thursday, Okoye said the electoral body took the action after reviewing the …