The ongoing reconfiguration of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines used during the presidential and National Assembly elections on 25 February will end on Monday. The Independent National Electoral Commission had postponed the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections scheduled to hold on 11 March to 18 March in order to be able to reconfigure the BVAS. Consequently, …

The Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council on Sunday reiterated that its supporters would not back down on their planned nationwide demonstration unless the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) grants Labour Party’s lawyers access to materials from the 25 February presidential election. Controversies had trailed the outcome of the presidential election where the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola …

The Niger State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has enjoined the Christian faithful to vote for credible candidates in Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections. Its chairman, Most Rev. Bulus Yohanna, in a statement, said such candidates should be those who will ensure development and peaceful co-existence among the people. Yohanna added that after due consultation with …

A former governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mashood Mustapha has expressed  confident that Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq will win re-election in Saturday’s election. Mustapha, who spoke to reporters in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, during his 60th birthday anniversary prayers, said: “We are going to support the governor to emerge victorious at the poll. By …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that over 170,000 polling unit results of the 25 February presidential and National Assembly elections have been uploaded on its Result Viewing Portal (IReV). The commission also said that the reconfiguration of the Bimodal Voter Registration Systems (BVAS) would be completed by Tuesday in preparation for Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections. …

The National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) Renewal Group has advised opposition parties agitating against the declaration of Sen. Bola Tinubu as president-elect to perish the thought of upturning his victory. In a statement issued on Saturday in Ado-Ekiti, the group described Tinubu’s emergence as president-elect as the best that had ever happened to Nigeria in recent times. Its National Leader, Prof. …

Former presidential spokesman, Olorogun Ima Niboro has called on the people of Delta State and the public at large to ignore the recently “ramped up campaign of calumny” against the state’s All Progressives Congress (APC), and its governorship candidate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, by what he described as the “triple evils“ of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and …

As the gubernatorial election holds next Saturday across the nation, the Lagos State chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on eligible voters among the student populace in the state to vote for Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who they described as “one who is tested and trusted with the best plan for education in Lagos State”. At …

With six days to the rescheduled governorship and state assembly elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been urged to fix all glitches that affected the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines, the INEC Results Viewing (IReV) portal, and other logistics; and also prevent corrupt personnel from being part of the exercise. INEC had scheduled governorship and state assembly …

The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Enugu State, Barrister Chijioke Edeoga has raised an alarm over alleged plans by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state to use armed thugs to frustrate efforts at free and fair governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state on Saturday. He therefore called on the Federal Government to conduct …