Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)

Just in: Appeal Court sacks Enugu PDP Rep, returns Agbo of LP

The Court of Appeal in Enugu has upheld the ruling of the House of Representatives Tribunal, sacking Rep. Simon Atigwe of the People’s...

Just in: Edo governor-elect, Okpebholo, deputy, get certificates of return

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented Certificates of Return to Edo State’s Governor-elect, Sen. Monday Okpebholo, and his deputy, Rep. Dennis...

Court restrains PDP govs, others from disbanding pro-Wike excos in Rivers

Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has issued a restraining order against the People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) governors, the...

Edo guber poll credible, say accredited observers

A coalition of 51 Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)-accredited observers has given the Edo State governorship election a thumbs up, declaring it transparent,...

Just in: PDP rejects Edo governorship election results

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has officially rejected the Edo State Governorship election results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). During...

Breaking: APC’s Okpebholo dusts PDP, LP, wins Edo guber poll

Sen. Monday Okpebholo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, has emerged victorious in the September 21 Edo State governorship election. Okpebholo polled a...

Edo poll: PDP’s Ighodalo, APC’s Okpebholo in neck and neck as INEC uploads results

The Saturday, September 21, Edo governorship poll has left the candidates of the People’s Democratic Party, Asue Ighodalo, and his All Progressives Congress...

Edo poll: Ex-Pres. Jonathan to INEC, security agencies: Be neutral

Ahead of Saturday’s Edo governorship election, former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged political stakeholders, including the electoral commission and security agencies, to maintain...

Edo poll: INEC begins distribution of sensitive materials

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday morning commenced the distribution of sensitive materials to the 18 local government areas in Edo...

Edo 2024: Appeal court upholds Ighodalo’s candidacy, dismisses Esene, Ojezua’s suit

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed an appeal by Arthur Esene and Anselm Ojezua, governorship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party...

Ogun INEC Commissioner slumps, dies in Abuja after meeting

Mr. Niyi Ijalaye, the Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for Ogun State, is dead. Ijalaye slumped and died...

Supreme Court rejects Ajaka’s request for full panel in Kogi guber dispute

The Supreme Court has rejected Mr. Yakubu Ajaka’s request to suspend his appeal pending the constitution of a full panel to hear a...

FHC judgment on Rivers lawmakers: Pro-Fubara lawmakers head to Supreme Court

The Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly and a loyalist of Gov. Siminalayi Fubara, Mr. Victor Oko-Jumbo, has confirmed that an...

Court annuls Edo PDP governorship primary election

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday nullified the People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) governorship primary election in Edo State, which produced Mr....

Protesters torch INEC office in Benue

A group of youths in Benue State’s Ukum Local Government Area, demonstrating against the surge in banditry, has set fire to the Independent...

FCT Area Councils’ Chairmen to remain in office until 2026, says INEC

Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has clarified that the incumbent Area Council Chairmen in the Federal Capital...