The 2023 elections in Nigeria have triggered a strange metamorphosis that has given rise to the emergence of many innocent traitors. Hiding behind their tiny fingers, these mutants have orchestrated heinous social and political wrongs, yet convinced that their opinionated academic robes were enough transfigurative garbs that could turn self-righteousness into enduring common good. The truth is this, we are …

For Nigerians, these are not the easiest of times. Happy faces are rare, because the mood is indignant. Adults – male and female – have stripped naked inside banking halls, demanding their cash. Fights break out routinely on queues before ATMs that dispense only miserly amounts. Small businesses have quietly folded up, at least in the meantime, because of low …

If anyone had prophesied the retention of Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in that office to which he was appointed late 2015 by Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s president, beyond 2019, he would have been pilloried as a false prophet. Yakubu, a professor of political history and international relations, was on the staff of the Nigerian Defence …

Ayo Ademiluyi, one of the well-known lawyers leading the charge for justice for the EndSARS protesters in Lagos, filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in federal court in Lagos yesterday for failing to upload his name as the winner of the February 25 Eti-Osa Federal Constituency election and the candidate of the Labour Party (LP). Addressing …

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, …

After receiving his Certificate of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is now looking forward to his inauguration on 29 May in Abuja. The intervening period is the second phase of Tinubu’s presidential project where, you can be sure, a lot of consultations are going on side by side with strategic visits. Phase …

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. …

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 Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will appeal the court judgment that asked the commission to accept the use of the Temporary Voter’s Card (TVC) in this year’s general election. In a tweet via its verified handle @inecnigeria, the commission said: “INEC has been served a copy of the judgment delivered today (yesterday) by the Federal High …

The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to directly and electronically upload from the polling units to the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV) the results of the governorship and state House of Assembly elections in Lagos State. Delivering judgment on Wednesday in a suit filed by the Labour Party and 41 others, in …