The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that there would be a mock accreditation exercise in Lagos State to test the functionality of the Bi-modal Voter Accreditation System (BIVAS) ahead of the 2023 general elections. The electoral body in a press statement on Wednesday from the office of the Resident Electoral Commissioner, INEC Lagos State, Olusegun Agbaje reads, “This is to announce to the general public particularly the residents of Lagos State that the...

…says he will appeal Awka Court  judgment ‘delivered without jurisdiction’ The Labour Party (LP) standard-bearer for the Anambra Central Senatorial race, Senator Victor Umeh, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Uche Ekwunife, have no locus standi to question his nomination by LP. Umeh, a front-runner in the senatorial contest stated this in a statement he titled: “My purported disqualification from the Anambra Central District Senatorial Race”, issued in reaction to...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the Federal Government, security agencies and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to disband the Jagaban Army, to be able to achieve a peaceful election in 2023. PDP made this known on Arise TV on Wednesday when Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP presidential campaign spokesperson and immediate past National Spokesperson of the party, was a guest at a programme, Morning Show. According to Ologbondiyan, the party had raised the...