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Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has resigned from the All Progressives Congress, APC. Obaseki made this known after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at Aso Rock on Tuesday. The Governor’s resignation is coming after his disqualification from participating in the upcoming gubernatorial primaries in the State. The APC screening committee had disqualified Obaseki due […]

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has joined the Peoples Democratic Party . He collected his membership card at Ward 4, Oredo Local Government. It was gathered that the Governor is moving into the PDP with all the 18 Local Government Chairmen in Edo State together with 12 lawmakers in the State Assembly. Also, Governors of […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced Thursday September 27 as the new date for a rerun after Saturday’s inconclusive Osun State gubernatorial election. REASON FOR RERUN Orolu LGA: 942 votes cancelled Ife South LGA: 547 Votes cancelled Ife North LGA: 337 votes canceled Osogbo LGA : 884 votes cancelled Total Votes Cancelled: 3,498 […]

The National Assembly Joint Committee on Electoral Matters on Monday rejected the Independent National Electoral Commission proposed budget of N189 billion, urging the electoral body to revert to the initial N143 billion earlier submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari. The lawmakers stated this after a closed-door meeting of the Joint Committee chaired by Senator Suleiman […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Bello Matawalle of the Peoples Democratic Party winner of Zamfara state governorship election. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, announced this during a press conference in Abuja on Saturday. He also said the party won in all elective positions in the state. He said this followed the supreme […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party Duoye Diri as the winner of the Bayelsa election. The INEC Chairman who made this announcement at the INEC headquarters in Abuja said the certificate of return will be issued immediately to the winner. Details shortly… count | 37

ABUJA: The Independent National electoral Commission INEC has deregistered 74 political parties out of Nigeria’s 92 parties. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu made the declaration at a news conference Thursday in Abuja. He said the decision of the commission was in line with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as well as the […]

INEC National Commissioner, May Umbo has presented a fresh Certificate of Return to the winner of the Cross River North Senatorial by-election, following the July 30, 2021 judgement of the Tribunal-Appeal sitting in Calabar which declared Jarigbe winner and ordered the withdrawal of Odey’s Certificate of Return. The Senator-elect while speaking with Newsmen, returned all […]

INEC Chairman Prof Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has scheduled the governorship supplementary election in Adamawa State for Thursday 28th March. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Kassim Gaidam, who addressed journalists today, said the commission had arrived at the decision after consultation with security agencies. He disclosed that only voters […]