The Supreme Court has reserved judgments in over 10 appeals filed on the disputes that arose from the last governorship elections held on 11 November, last year, in Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo states. A five-member panel, presided over by Justice Mohammed Lawal Garba, heard the appeals yesterday and told parties that they would be informed when the judgments are ready. …

Ahead of the September 21 governorship election in Edo state, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC said it has registered 119,206 new voters for the state. Accordingly, the commission also registered 58,708 voters for the November 16 Governorship election in Ondo state. INEC National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun disclosed this in a statement …