NIGERIA'S Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) is planning to deploy additional machines and ad hoc staff for next year's general elections after being told by the National Assembly to extend the voter registration by 60 days.
In February next year, Nigeria goes to the polls but with voter registration not as...
NIGERIA'S Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) has declared Biodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of yesterday gubernatorial elections in Ekiti State and the new governor-elect.
A native of Ikogosi-Ekiti, Mr Oyebanji, 54, served as the secretary to the Ekiti State government between...
NIGERIA'S main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied reports that it has selected Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State as the running mate to its presidential candidate former vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
Earlier this month, Alhaji Abubakar win the PDP presidential primaries and since then, the...
CHRISTIAN Association of Nigeria (Can) officials have warned Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to both refrain from picking Muslim running mates in the run-up to the 2023 presidential elections.
Over the last fortnight, former vice president Alhaji Atiku and former Lagos State governor Asiwaju Tinubu have emerged...
NIGERIA'S Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) has given all of the country's 18 registered political parties eight days to submit the names of their running mates following the recent conclusion of the presidential primaries.
Over the last week, all the parties have been busy holding summit to elect their...
FORMER Lagos State governor Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is to meet with the All Progressive Congress's (APC) incumbent governors over the next 24 hours and task them with the assignment of picking his running mate as the deadline for submission looms.
Yesterday morning, Asiwaju Tinubu emerged as the APC's presidential candidate...
SENATOR Ademola Adeleke remains on course to stand in the Osun State gubernatorial elections taking place on July 16 after a federal high court in Osogbo declared him the bonafide governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
On March 8, the PDP held its gubernatorial primaries but the exercise led to...
NIGERIA'S Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) has rejected the recent request by the country's 18 registered political parties that it reschedule its election timetable and give them more time to conduct their primaries.
Yesterday, the political parties including the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and...
NIGERIA'S18 registered political parties including the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) to shift its June primaries deadline.
Under its strict election timetable, Inec has given all the parties until...
CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele has failed to get a court order barring him from running for president while still in office after an Abuja high court refused to grant his request asking he be exempt from the rule.
Mr Emefiele, a government appointed, has received his presidential nomination form,...