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 …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been tasked to rectify all the lapses observed in the 25 February national elections and use same to conduct a hitch-free state polls this Saturday. The call was made a group of elder statesmen under the aegis of The Compatriots. In a post-election statement signed by its Chairman, who is also former Governor …

Dr Amoniia Lulu-Briggs, the husband of the Port Harcourt City Local Government Area (PHALGA) Collation Officer for the 25 February presidential election, has raised an alarm over continued threats to the life of his wife. Lulu-Briggs said his wife, Prof. Omiete Lulu-Briggs had been receiving several threatening calls and messages from unknown persons after the election for standing by the …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged the Presidential Election Petition Court to vary the orders that were granted to the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Mr Peter Obi to inspect materials used for the last presidential election. In a motion on notice filed last Friday, INEC is praying the …