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Ahead of the June 20 governorship election in Ekiti State, the All Progressives Congress in the state has said that it will deviate from the usual jamboree-style campaigns but devise a robust drive to achieve its goal. APC State Chairman, Sola Elesin, said that the party would soon inaugurate its …

Three major opposition political parties are absent from the ballot in Saturday’s bye-election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kano State. FILE: A ballot box The affected parties are the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), and a coalition involving the African Democratic …

Nigerian activist, Aisha Yesufu has called out UK’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Catriona Laing for telling Nigerians to be proud of the presidential election, Newsextra24 reports. In a video she shared on Twitter, Aisha Yesufu recalled how Catriona said she was fascinated by the presidential election. She sarcastically “congratulated” the UK …

The vice-presidential candidates of the Labour Party, LP, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Datti Baba-Ahmed and Ifeanyi Okowa respectively, have asked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to cancel the general election. Baba-Ahmed and Okowa made this demand while addressing a joint press conference at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in …

The much-awaited Nigerian presidential election is here and will be kicking off in less than 24 hours. Nigerians will head to the polls to elect President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor. Being the world’s first big election of 2023, the election’s impact will reverberate worldwide, as Nigeria remains Africa’s biggest economy and …

The Bauchi State Government, on Thursday, declared a two-day break for all public schools ahead of Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections. This was disclosed by the state Commissioner for Education, Hajiya Jamila Dahiru, during a news conference in Bauchi. The commissioner further informed that there would also be a …

Ahead of the 25 February presidential election, most Nigerians said they do not trust the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct free and fair elections. According to the latest survey by the Afrobarometer, a significant number of Nigerians believed that elections are the best method to choose their leaders …

FOLLOWING the recent upsurge in violent attacks on campaign rallies of political rivals and properties of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, a former Financial Secretary of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, Mr Fred Ohwahwa has urged politicians in the country to see the forthcoming general elections as a civic duty and not a …

Former Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism and Chieftain of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in Niger State, Mr Jonathan Vatsa has expressed fears over the possibility of elections being held in Niger state next year due to the increasing spate of insecurity that has left several people displaced. …

The candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 16 Kogi State governorship election, Musa Wada, has described the election as a coup against the people. Wada, at a news conference in Abuja on Monday, vowed to challenge the victory of Governor Yahaya Bello at the election petition …