Elections in Nigeria this year might be nearly over but the war by other means could well receive fresh fire from three state elections this weekend. The year began with general elections in February and March, and is closing with off-cycle elections in Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi on 11th November. Conducting elections for three governors after the major round of …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that there are no registered voters in 38 polling units in Imo State and two in Bayelsa State. The electoral body also noted that of the 2,419,922 registered voters for the November 11 governorship election in the state, only 2,318,919 permanent voter cards were collected. This was contained in a graphical representation …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released an amended list of candidates for the Bayelsa State governorship election. According to the amended list uploaded on the commission’s website on Monday, the names of Timipre Sylva and his running mate, Joshua Maciver of the All Progressives Congress (APC) made the list. The list was signed by the Secretary to the …

With six days to the governorship elections in Imo, Kogi and Bayelsa States, the Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun has deployed undercover agents, who are currently carrying out covert operations to identify criminals’ hideouts and clamp down on them in the affected and neighbouring states. Governorship elections in the three states have in recent years been marred by several …

The Senate on Wednesday approved the appointment of seven of the nominees of President Bola Tinubu as Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The remaining three nominees were not present for screening. The nominees approved are Mr Etekamba Umoren (Akwa Ibom State), Mr Isha Ehimeakne (Edo State), Barrister Oluwatoyin Babalola (Ekiti State), Mr Abubakar Ahmed …

Immediately Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressive’s Congress (APC) in the little hours of Wednesday, 1st March 2023 as the winner of the presidential election held on Saturday, 25th February 2023, I knew it was a closed case for the other two major contenders, Atiku Abubakar …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday revealed that it would conduct elections in all polling units in the state on 11th November governorship election in the state despite rising insecurity. At a press conference in Owerri, the state capital, the INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Sylvia Agu, said that the commission would conduct elections even in …

Former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, who was disqualified by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on 10th October as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 11th November Bayelsa State election, is not on the amended list of governorship candidates released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday. …

A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega has suggested that the chairman of the electoral body should not be appointed by the President. At a two-day retreat organised for senators by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, on Saturday, the scholar also called for amendments …

Ahead of the 11th November governorship in Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo States, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has again raised alarm over the rising cases of fake news and misinformation. The commission stated that fake news was capable of having a negative impact on the management of elections in the country if not nipped in the bud. The National …