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The Independent National Electoral Commission released its official list to end months of bitter internal feuding within the National Democratic Congress. Factional leaders quickly dropped their rival claims as legal clarity took hold. Former Bayelsa State governor Seriake Dickson now commands unified support across party ranks. Disgruntled candidates abandoned court challenges to rally behind his…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reaffirmed that the Nigeria Police Force remains the constitutionally designated lead agency for election security, insisting that military deployment during elections must remain an exceptional measure as preparations intensify for the 2027 general elections . The electoral commission urged the Armed Forces to maintain strict political neutrality…
Barely a year to the 2027 general elections, the African Democratic Congress, ADC, has thrown a direct challenge at two institutions meant to stand above partisan politics, accusing the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the Nigeria Police Force of drifting toward the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The party’s grievance, set out on…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday restored the registration of the African Democratic Congress and four other political parties, vacating a Federal High Court judgment that had directed the Independent National Electoral Commission to strike them off the register with preparations for the 2027 general elections already under way. A three member…
Barely three weeks to the Osun State governorship election, an armed attack on officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Odo Otin Local Government Area has sharpened concerns over security and the credibility of the electoral process in the state. The Osun State Police Command confirmed that about ten suspected hoodlums…
The window for voter registration is rapidly closing across the country. The Independent National Electoral Commission has reminded citizens that the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration exercise ends this Sunday, July 26. Electoral officials emphasized that no further deadline extensions will be granted ahead of upcoming off-cycle polls and future general elections. The commission urged eligible…
Three weeks before Osun State votes for a governor, a claim by former Governor Rauf Aregbesola that he completed eight years in office without owning a house of his own has pushed the question of personal probity to the centre of an already crowded campaign, and revived scrutiny of an administration whose fiscal record remains…
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT), Senator Mao Ohuabunwa, has declared that the party has moved beyond the period of uncertainty caused by prolonged litigation and is now focused on rebuilding ahead of the 2027 general elections. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Ohuabunwa expressed confidence that the…
The New Nigeria People’s Party has declared a decisive turn in its protracted internal war, announcing that the Independent National Electoral Commission has restored its original logo on its portal and affirmed the National Working Committee headed by Dr Major Agbo, even as the party uploaded a placeholder presidential candidate ahead of the…
Barely four weeks before Osun State returns to the polls, the founder of Adeleke University, Ede, Dr Deji Adeleke, has redrawn the familiar map of Nigeria’s electoral integrity debate, arguing that the corruption that undermines the ballot begins not at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) but in the hands of…
