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2023 elections: NBC sanctions 25 broadcast stations, cautions against announcing unofficial results

NBC’s Director General, Mr Balarabe Ilelah, disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja attended by the representatives of some media organisations. Ahead...

Governorship, State Assembly elections more complicated than presidential poll, says INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the March 18 gubernatorial and state houses of assembly polls will be more complicated than...

Supreme Court sacks ex-Kano Gov. Shekarau as senator-elect

Barely 14 days after his election as senator, a former governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, has been disqualified by the Supreme Court....

INEC postpones March 11 governorship, state assembly polls to March 18

Amid speculations about the possible postponement of March 11 governorship and state assembly elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has shifted the...

Atiku in epic legal battle to reclaim mandate, assembles Gadzama, Ozekhome, 17 other SANs

In his avowed commitment to “reclaim the mandate of the Nigerian people”, the Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar...

Nigeria: February 25 And The Aftermath

by Reuben Abati Nigeria held its Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday, February 25, 2023 across all the 36 states of the...

Clarify How Governorship/State Assembly Polls Results Will Be Transmitted, WHISTLER Tells INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been asked to speak up on how it intends to collate and transmit results of this...

Ahead of March 11 guber poll, Sokoto Resident Electoral Commissioner suspended

“The administrative secretary is directed to take full charge of INEC, Sokoto State office with immediate effects"

Atiku hits the streets in Abuja, protesting outcome of Feb. 25 presidential poll

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, his running mate, Delta Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa and other party chieftains on...

Tinubu did not satisfy constitutional provisions of securing 25 per cent in FCT, says Prof. Ozekhome (SAN)

The Independent National Electoral Commission’s declaration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the President-elect has drawn the ire...

In spite of malfeasance by INEC officials, NBA scores conduct of Feb. 25 presidential poll “high”

Despite reported complaints, pockets of infraction, and disputations by political parties, the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Yakubu Maikyau (SAN)...

Feb. 25 polls: INEC Chairman vows to punish officials involved in electoral malpractice

Eight days after the alleged flawed polls of February 25, the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has finally...

Seven states recant, discontinue suit on nullification of presidential election

In a dramatic twist, seven states on Friday applied to Supreme Court to discontinue a suit they filed on Wednesday to nullify the...

Disputed Feb. 25 presidential poll: PDP, LP get Appeal Court’s nod to inspect election materials

After instituting a suit against INEC’s declaration of APC’s Bola Tinubu as President-elect, the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Friday granted...

February 25 presidential poll largely flawed, will challenge it in court, vows Atiku

Like the Labour Party, the Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has written off the February 25 poll, describing...

NPA MD, Bello-Koko felicitates President-elect Bola Tinubu

In a congratulatory message sent to Tinubu on behalf of the Board, management and staff of NPA, Bello-Koko said his victory at the...