The Federal High Court (FHC) says its registries in all the divisions of the court will officially be open to lawyers on weekends and public holidays for filing of pre-election cases. The Chief Registrar of FHC, Yahaya Shafa, made this known on Thursday in Abuja in a statement titled: “Notice …
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The Lagos State Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Mr Femi Olaniyi, on Tuesday emerged the consensus governorship candidate of the party for the 2027 governorship election in the state. Olaniyi, a former Chairman of Inter- Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Lagos State, emerged during the party’s gubernatorial primary election …
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday appealed against a Federal High Court’s judgment which nullified its revised timetable and schedule of activities for the conduct of the 2027 general elections. INEC, in a notice of appeal dated and filed on May 25 through its lawyer, Alex Izinyon, SAN, …
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approached the Court of Appeal in Abuja to set aside the judgment that voided the timelines it issued for the 2027 general elections. The Commission also applied for the stay of execution of the judgment, pending the determination of its appeal. In the …
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President Bola Tinubu has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary in 484 wards across the 44 Local Government Areas of Kano State. Newsextra24 reports that Gov. Abba Kabir Yusuf, who served as the state’s collation officer, declared the result at the Kano State Government House. Yusuf announced that …
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The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has formally submitted the name of its presidential candidate, Adewole Adebayo, to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ahead of the 2027 general elections. The party disclosed this in a letter signed by its National Secretary, Olu Agunloye, following its national convention and presidential primary held …
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Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has dismissed the alleged alliance between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM). Wike, the national leader of the PDP, told journalists after inspecting the ongoing 13-kilometre Gomani to Yangoje road project in Kwali Area Council, Abuja, …
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has registered 93,220 new voters in Edo ahead of the 2027 General Elections. Obo Effanga, Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Edo, disclosed this on Friday during a news conference in Benin, as the commission released the timetable for the final phase of …
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has registered 93,220 new voters in Edo ahead of the 2027 General Elections. Obo Effanga, Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Edo, disclosed this on Friday during a news conference in Benin, as the commission released the timetable for the final phase of …
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The National Leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Senator Seriake Dickson, has urged Nigerians to disregard what he described as propaganda surrounding the party’s registration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Dickson, a former Bayelsa State governor, defended the legitimacy of the NDC’s registration, insisting that the process followed …
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