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 | 36

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 […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has placed on hold, its earlier decision to present Certificates of Return to Muktar Idris, Governor-elect in Zamfara state as well as State Assembly members-elect. The exercise which would have taken place Wednesday was suspended following a judgment of the appellate court regarding the sponsoring of candidates by the […]

Results of the 312,000 candidates that sat for Saturday’s 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination nationwide have been released, says Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board . The Board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Lagos. Benjamin urged all concerned […]

The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, on Wednesday, withdrew as a member of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. This followed allegations of likelihood of bias leveled against her by the Peoples Democratic Party, and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Although the five-man panel of the tribunal, in a unanimous ruling dismissed […]