Independent National Electoral Commission

A vacation judge, Justice Abdul Nicodemus Awulu, sitting at the High Court of Justice headquarters, Lokoja, Kogi State, has declined the ex-parte application filed by Mustapha Mona Audu to stop the governorship primary election of the All…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State on Thursday prayed the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Umuahia, to dismiss the petition filed by Dr. Alex Otti, of the All Progressives Grand…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has shifted its governorship primaries in Bayelsa State earlier scheduled for August 29 to August 31st. The postponement was contained in a letter addressed to the Chairman of the Independent National…

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, has urged international bodies to prevail on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security forces to be neutral in November 16 Governorship election. Dickson was quoted by…

The presidential election petition tribunal, sitting in Abuja, has dismissed the petition by the Hope Democratic Party (HDP) and its candidate, Ambrose Owuru, against the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential…

Governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has called on the United States Mission, in Nigeria, and the international community to prevail on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), security forces and other key agencies…

The performance of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the conduct of the general elections earlier this year in the country is still under scrutiny, months after the results were announced and winners sworn in. To some,…

Following the court order, which will keep him in detention for the next few weeks, Akani Alaka looks at the life and activism of Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of African Action Congress and convener of #RevolutionNow. Under…

Following the resignation of Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Cross River State, Mr. Frankland Briyai to join partisan politics, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for a clean up of the Independent National Electoral…

The former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega, has been appointed as chairman of the Committee on Internationalisation of Admissions into tertiary educational institutions in Nigeria. This…