A group of election observers, who monitored the recent governorship election in Edo State, has submitted a petition to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC)  accusing officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of misconduct. The observers, mainly lawyers under the Tap Initiative, specifically called for the arrest and prosecution of senior INEC officials, alleging …

A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) accredited to observe the 2024 Edo State governorship elections has raised concerns over the transparency of the results collation process. In a joint statement on Sunday in Benin City, the state capital, the CSOs cited several reports of disruptions at ward and local government collation centres. They pointed to incidents allegedly involving the …

The Presidency has dismissed the report of the Electoral Observation Mission (EU-EOM), which monitored Nigeria’s general elections held last February and March. In a report presented last Tuesday in Abuja by the Chief Observer of the mission, Mr. Barry Andrews, EU-EOM made 25 recommendations, having reported that, although the elections showed Nigerians’ commitment to democracy, it also exposed enduring systemic …

The African Union Commission announced on Tuesday that it would be sending a 90-strong observer mission to Nigeria for this month’s elections. Africa’s most populous country goes to the polls on 25 February for the presidential and National Assembly elections but has been plunged into crisis in the run-up to the vote with dire shortages of cash and fuel. The …

The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) has said that 100 observers would be deployed for the 2023 polls in Nigeria. At the inauguration of the EU EOM to Nigeria 2023 in Abuja on Monday, the Chief Observer, Barry Andrews said that the EU EOM was deployed by the EU following an invitation from the Independent National Electoral Commission …