By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has said that the country’s electoral process has experienced noticeable improvement in elections conducted after the 2023 General Elections. Prof. Yakubu stated this when the new European Union (EU) Ambassador to Nigeria...
2023 Election
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The 2023 Nigerian general election was a significant milestone in the country’s democratic journey. While it’s debatable whether it was the “best organized” election, several improvements were made to the electoral process. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) introduced new technologies, such as the...
The President of the Court of Appeal , Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, on Monday said 99 panels were set up to sit on election petitions in 2023. Dongban-Mensem, made this known on Monday in Abuja at the opening of a- two-today workshop to review the 2023 Election Petition...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has completed the case file of three electoral offenders out of nineteen currently standing trial in various courts across the country, for electoral offences committed during the 2023 general election. The Director of Voter Education and Publicity...
An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday remanded one Wahab Hameed in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged conspiracy and vote buying during the 2023 Presidential and National Assembly Elections. Justice Ismail Ijelu remanded the defendant after pleading guilty to a two-count charge...
The history of every man, his peaks, and downtime are all summed up in how he stands in times of tribulation. How he defies the odds to triumph and leave behind a statement on the unassailable human instinct that drives every nature-made survivor. It is about...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Chairman, Arewa Youths Awareness on Leadership and Election in Bauchi State, Khamis Musa Darazo, has expressed optimism that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would emerge victorious at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT). He therefore said that as soon as Tinubu wins...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday in Lagos moved to resolve some of the administrative challenges encountered in the 2023 general elections. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this at the post-election review of the 2023 general elections with some administrative secretaries. Yakubu said the meeting...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as part of its on-going review process of the 2023 General Election, met with Collation/Returning Officers to discuss issues of concern about the election, including those raised by some Nigerians with regards to the result management. The...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will begin post-election review of the 2023 general election in July. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja. Okoye said that the decision...
A select meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) held in Abuja on Tuesday to strategise for the future. The meeting was organised also to kick-start reconciliation of members after the 2023 general elections. The party’s acting National Chairman, Amb. Umar Damagum said the meeting...
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has called two additional witnesses to further prove his allegation of malpractice at the Feb. 25 election. The two make a total of 18 witnesses he has so far called out of 100 witnesses planned for the exercise....
A socio-cultural group, Arewa women Foundation, has endorsed the only women contesting for a position of principal officer of the 10th National Assembly, Mariam Onuoha for the deputy speaker of the federal house of representatives. The women on Saturday made this call during the dinner held to celebrate Tinubu...
A Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday grantedan application for extension of remand of afrobeat singer Seun Kuti for additional four days. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Adeola Olatubosun, extended Kuti’s remand until May 23. Mr Simon Lough (SAN), who led a police legal team to the court,...
The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal on Thursday resumed for continuation of hearing in the suit by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The court is presently hearing the application for live coverage of proceedings. Counsel for Atiku and PDP, Chris Uche, said the motion dated...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Imo, Mr Nduka Anyanwu, has called for the zoning of the party’s national chairmanship position to Imo. Anyanwu, the Party’s House of Assembly candidate for Ahiazu state constituency of Imo in the 2023 General Elections, made the call in...
The PDP has restated its confidence in the ability of the judiciary to discharge its duty dispassionately based on the evidence at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on the 2023 general elections. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, said this at a news conference on Tuesday...
The Gombe State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday endorsed the expulsion of Sen. Danjuma Goje, and two others for anti-party activities at the 2023 general elections. The former governor represents Gombe Central at the Senate. The chapter also endorsed the expulsion of Sen. Bulus Amos,...
Just this last weekend, I compared notes with my sources in the Obi and Atiku camps; both of them told me of their plans to stampede the tribunal judges through blackmail, to effect an annulment of the 2023 elections; the most credible elections I have seen in recent times....