Elections
Rwandan President Kagame re-elected for fourth term with landslide 99% win
In a heavily skewed election, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda won a landslide victory with 99.15 percent of the vote. Only two opposition...
Electoral crimes: UK visa ban threats all noise, ineffective- Prof. Akinyemi
A former Minister of External Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, has said the United Kingdom’s threat to impose visa ban and other sanctions against...
Fani-Kayode, at media briefing, attack Arise TV reporter, you are rude
Tempers rose at a news conference called by the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council in Lagos on Tuesday as Ex-Minister, Mr...
EFCC nabs 17 people in Katsina, Kano for vote buying
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has arrested 17 people for alleged vote buying in Katsina and Kano States in...
2023 polls: Police, EFCC, others to go after vote buyers, deploy 400,000 operatives
The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Usman Alkali, said on Thursday that 400,000 personnel of the various security agencies will be deployed during the...
Ahead 2023 polls: Presidential candidates, others on our watchlist, says EFCC
The Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has disclosed that some “top politicians” are on its watch list in the build...
Police High Command orders aerial surveillance on Abuja-Kaduna road, mobilizes for Ekiti, Osun polls
Miffed by the incessant banditry and kidnappings on Abuja-Kaduna highway, the Police High Command said in Abuja that it has strengthened patrol and...
Insecurity: Ahead of Nov. 6 polls, FG threatens to impose state of emergency in Anambra
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh In its bid to ensure maximum security for the November 6 governorship election in Anambra state, the...
Bloody Ekiti poll: Three people felled by bullets
Ekiti State may have returned to the era of bloody electoral violence as at least three voters were killed in March 20...
Alleged rigging of NBA election: Two lawyers hauled up in court
Two lawyers — Sarah Ajibola and John Demide — who were alleged to have conspired to rig the 2018 Nigerian Bar...
Ghana electoral body declares incumbent President Akufo-Addo winner
After putting Ghanaians on the tenterhooks since Tuesday, the Ghana Electoral Commission on Wednesday finally declared incumbent President Nana Dankwa Akufo-Addo of...
U.S. election: Owolewa elected first Nigerian-American congressman
By Boye Ajayi Nigerian national in U.S., Mr Oye Owolewa has emerged the first Nigerian-American to be elected to the...
U.S President Donald Trump urges supporters to vote twice
United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged his supporters to test the US postal voting system and cast ballots by mail...
Breaking: Bayelsa Governor Diri sacked
The Bayelsa State Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Monday nullified the election of Governor Duoye Diri of the Peoples...
Ready, Set, Vote: I’m ready for any form of primary – Akeredolu
The Ondo State governor, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu, has said he is ready for any form of primary election his party, the...
Disputed polls: In one fell swoop, Nigeria’s Apex Court clears eight governor
Supreme Court affirms Makinde, Sanwo-Olu, El-Rufai, five others’ elections In one fell swoop, eight governors have been cleared by the nation’s...
