The gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections in Lagos State have been marred by unprecedented low turnout, intimidation, violence and suppression of voters across the state. Analysts agree that it is not surprising, stressing that the action of the electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the first leg of the 2023 general elections is largely responsible. Again the lukewarm attitude of the security agencies in dealing decisively with electoral offenders and the activities...

The former Military Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubarkar (retd) and former Governor of Niger State, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu have said that the low voter turnout in the governorship and House of Assembly elections can be traced to the outcome of the presidential and National Assembly elections. The duo maintained that the electorate lost confidence in the process because of what happened on the 25th of February, during the precedential and National Assembly elections....

The Governorship and State Elections were generally peaceful across Adamawa State under tight security, there was an impressive turnout of voters in some polling units while others recorded low turnout. Voting commenced on time due to the earlier arrival of election materials and INEC ad-hoc staff as some voters arrived at polling units as early as 7:am. People also complied with the restriction of vehicular movement as directed by security agencies throughout the elections. There...

Ahead of the Saturday’s State House of Assembly polls in Anambra State, the Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC) in Anambra State has banned Point of Sale( POS) machines in polling units across the state. Anambra State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Queen Elizabeth Agwu, announced the ban on Friday. She warned the state ruling All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Labour Party (LP), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the All Progressive Congress (APC) and other political parties...

Brigadier General YD Ahmed, the Director General (DG) of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has harped on the safety of corps members who are to serve as electoral officers during the March 18, gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections. Ahmed made the remark on Friday during his separate advocacy visits to the Bauchi State Director, Department of State Services (DSS), Malam Hussein Bukani Abdullahi, Brigade Commander, 33 Artillery Brigade Bauchi, Brigadier General E Egbe,...

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA), has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to keep faith with its promise by ensuring a better outing than the 2023 presidential and National Assembly elections. Faith Nwadishi, the Executive Director of CTA, while speaking at a press conference in Asaba, Delta State, said the need for improvement in the previous election was imperative to avoid further post elections litigation. The  NGO charges security agencies...

Ahead of the governorship and House of Assembly polls on Saturday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has deployed its teams of personnel across the states in the country to monitor the elections. A press statement on Friday signed by the Spokesperson of the Commission, Wilson Uwujaren, stated that, the teams led by senior officers began arriving at their assigned locations earlier Friday, March 17, with a number of them holding consultations with other...

Two Nigerian tech experts have created an online platform for the collation and transmission of the results of the ongoing general election directly from polling units. The platform known as Collate Africa was created by Oo Nwoye, the founder and executive director of TechCircle and Ozo Omosigho. Nwoye, in an interview on ARISE TV yesterday, said Collate was designed to allow Nigerians independently and anonymously upload the election results from the 176,846 polling units across...