The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday ordered accelerated hearing in a suit filed by Sen. Adolphus Wabara-led Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Kabir Turaki faction of the PDP against Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Justice Salim Ibrahim gave the order after counsel to the plaintiffs, Chief Gordy …
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Rivers has assured stakeholders of adequate security and transparent electoral process ahead of the June 20 Rivers South-East Senatorial District by-election. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Mr Johnson Sinikiem, gave the assurance during inspection, distribution and collection of sensitive election …
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The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that its Imo State office has registered 11,839 new voters in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration exercise. The commission also disclosed that the registration was suspended in Egbema, in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area, due to security concerns. INEC’s Head of Department, Voter Education …
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National Chairman of Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has outlined measures for the conduct of free, fair and credible elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in 2027. Baba-Ahmed, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, said that the commission must …
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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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