Presidential Election: INEC’s Plea To Reconfigure BVAS, Granted By Appeal Court

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been granted its request by the Court of Appeal in Abuja to allow it reconfigure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation (BVAS) machines used during the February 25, presidential and National Assembly elections. The appellate court had upon two separate ex parte applications on March 3, granted leave to presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar and Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party to inspect the election materials used by...

IWD23 REPORT: Women still largely under-represented in Nigerian politics

As the world celebrates the 2023 International Women’s Day (IWD), it is important to take a look at women’s participation in politics in Nigeria. First observed in 1911, the IWD is marked yearly on March 8 to draw attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights and violence, and abuse against women. Since 1999, when Nigeria returned to democratic governance following years of military rule, no woman has been elected as president, vice president...

BREAKING: Court grants INEC request to reconfigure BVAS

The Presidential Election Petition Court sitting at the Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Wednesday, granted the request of the Independent National Electoral Commission to reconfigure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System it used for the presidential election. The court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of justices, held that preventing the electoral umpire from reconfiguring the BVAS would adversely affect the forthcoming governorship and State Assembly elections. It dismissed objections by the Labour...

INEC announce winners of National Assembly polls

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released a compiled list of the winners of the National Assembly polls. The National Assembly election was held alongside the presidential election on Saturday, February 25, 2023. The chairman of the INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu declared Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the presidential election on Wednesday, March 1. On Tuesday, the electoral commission released a list of the senators-elect and the...

2023 Gubernatorial/HoA Elections : Police ban use of pets, dogs, others at polling units

Ahead of the Saturday’s gubernatorial and State House of Assembly elections across the country, the Nigeria Police has banned the use of dogs and other pets at polling units. According to report from police source, the law enforcement agency described the act as criminal and condemnable, stressing that  it  deemed it necessary to educate and caution Nigerians on the use of pets, especially, dogs, at the polling units on election day, as such act runs...

Edo: ASUU debunks rumour about resolving salary crisis at Ambrose Alli Universit

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), chapter of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, has debunked rumour that the salary crisis in the Edo State-owned University has been resolved. Dr. Cyril Onogbosele and Dr. William Odion, chairman and acting secretary, respectively of the University’s chapter of ASUU in a statement they jointly signed on Tuesday stated that the claim was contrary to the wide-spread speculation in the social media, which indicated that the Edo State Government...

Presidential/NASS Elections: Northern group berates INEC over poor performance

A northern group, the Conference of Northern States Civil Society Networks has berated the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for performing below  expectation in the February 25th presidential and National Assembly elections. Ambassador Ibrahim Waiya, the chairman of the Conference, while briefing journalists in Kano, charged the electoral umpire to brace up to the challenges and perform better during next Saturday’s governorship and state Assembly elections in Nigeria. The chairman of the conference noted that...

Governorship/HoA Elections: Elect credible candidates, CSO group charges Edo People

The Edo State chapter of the Organised Civil Society Organisations (OCSO) has charged Edo State residents  to vote only credible candidates in the forthcoming governorship and House of Assembly elections. The group noted that it is another opportunity to elect credible candidates that would represent their interest in the state House of Assembly in the next four years. While addressing a world press conference in Benin, Marxist Kola Edokpayi who spoke on behalf of the...

APC/PCC asks Atiku, to stick to his decision to seek redress in court

Following protest to the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has asked the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar to stick to his decision to seek redress in court and avoid constituting obstacle to road users in the guise of pursuing a stolen mandate. It would be recalled that leaders of the PDP had on Monday marched...

Address challenges of March 11 election ahead of exercise, U.S. ambassador tells INEC

Mary Beth Leonard, the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, has told the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to address challenges that can be resolved of the March 11 gubernatorial election and House of assembly elections before the exercise. She urged the electoral umpire to also undertake a broader review of the problems that transpired during the last presidential and National Assembly elections and find ways to fix them. The remarks came through a statement, titled:...

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