Leadership of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has challenged the court ruling affecting the party’s registration, filing both an appeal and an application for a stay of execution as it moves ahead with preparations for the 2027 general elections. In a statement on Tuesday, the party’s National Leader, HSD...
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Nigeria Democratic Coalition (NDC) has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of denying it the access code needed to upload the names of its candidates to the commission’s nomination portal, a development the party says contributed to its current legal predicament. The allegation comes as the NDC prepares...
Former Vice President of Nigeria and Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar has described the attempt to deregister the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), through judicial means, as evidence of the desperate determination of President Bola Tinubu to impose a de facto one-party state in Nigeria,...
With the 2027 general election drawing closer, the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has activated its online portal for political parties to upload names of candidates for various elective positions. The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), said it is fully prepared to meet the deadline. Speaking to journalists, the...
Arewa Youth Forum (AYF), representing millions of youth across northern Nigeria, has commended the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, SAN, for his leadership of the Commission and the marked improvement in the conduct of recent elections, pledging the Forum’s full support and active...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued Certificates of Return to winners of the bye-elections held on 20 June 2026 across Rivers, Enugu, Nasarawa, Ondo and Kano states. The certificates were presented on behalf of the INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, SAN, by Supervising National Commissioner for Rivers State,...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has distanced itself from a document circulating on social media claiming to be an official public notice containing the names of candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Federal House of Representatives elections in Lagos State ahead of the 2027 General Election. In...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Rabiu Garba Aiki of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the Zuru State Constituency by-election in Kebbi State. Announcing the result at the collation centre, the Returning Officer, Professor Muhammad Bashar Danladi, said Aiki secured 4,871 votes. His closest challenger, Aliyu...
Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Ekiti, Dr Bunmi Omoseyindemi, has commended voters and election officials for their peaceful and professional conduct across the state. Omoseyindemi told journalists after monitoring the governorship exercise in the state on Saturday that the election was largely peaceful. “We never...
Ilawe-Ekiti on Saturday experienced low voter turnout in the ongoing governorship election in Ekiti. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who moved round the town, also observed that some residents were busy with their commercial activities, while others were actively engaged in house chores. NAN also noted that...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the successful conclusion of the collection of Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) ahead of the Ekiti State Governorship Election scheduled to hold on Saturday, 20th June 2026. Following the suspension of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise in the State on Thursday, 15th...
The Court of Appeal has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to suspend the implementation of a Federal High Court judgment that directed the deregistration of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Accord, and three other political parties. The appellate court’s decision, delivered on Tuesday by a unanimous three-member...
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, SAN, has explained why the Commission filed appeals against two recent Federal High Court judgments that questioned aspects of its Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the 2027 General Election, stating that the absence of coordinated electoral timelines...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that one of its staff members with legitimate access to its Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) database is now at the centre of an investigation into the unauthorised disclosure of a voter record belonging to a candidate in a recent party primary in...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has appealed the verdict of the Federal High Court which declared some provisions in its 2027 election guidelines null and void. The electoral body is asking the Court of Appeal to set aside the judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which nullified part...
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has welcomed the ruling of a Federal High Court in Abuja on the deadline for party primaries, among others. In a statement released in Abuja on Thursday evening, signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party said it views the ruling as...
Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, on Thursday, 21st May 2026, attended the Election Stakeholders’ Meeting and Signing of the Peace Accord ahead of the forthcoming Ekiti State Governorship Election held in Ado-Ekiti, where he reaffirmed the readiness of the Nigeria Police Force to ensure a peaceful, secure,...
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has emerged as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2027 general election after securing 459,393 affirmation votes at the party’s primary election held on Thursday in Kaduna. Sani, who contested unopposed, received overwhelming endorsement from delegates and stakeholders across...
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan on Wednesday asked security agents not to spare anybody found to be engaged in vote buying or vote trading, saying such persons should be arrested and prosecuted in accordance with the law. Prof. Amupitan, who spoke while presenting...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Joash Amupitan, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), “to promptly, thoroughly, impartially, independently, transparently and effectively investigate the allegations that governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) diverted N800 billion for political and campaign purposes.” SERAP urged...