Nigeria’s first federal election upon independence ended disastrously, with the United Progressive Grand Alliance (UPGA) refusing to participate in the elections on the ground of irregularities. On the eve of the poll, the major alliance of southern political parties, backed by the ceremonial President, insisted on a postponement of the election as the ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called on the National Assembly to implement stricter regulations prohibiting individuals from carrying large sums of cash at polling stations on election day. The proposal, aimed at tackling vote-buying and electoral malpractice, was discussed over the weekend during a consultative meeting in Abuja. INEC’s Director of Litigation ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is currently prosecuting 774 individuals accused of electoral offences during the 2023 general elections, Chairman Mahmood Yakubu disclosed today. Yakubu made the revelation during INEC’s quarterly consultative meeting with the media in Abuja, reaffirming the Commission’s commitment to improving electoral integrity. Yakubu highlighted the recent Ondo governorship election as ...

  A High Court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has sentenced Professor Ignatius Uduk to three years imprisonment over his involvement in electoral fraud during the 2019 general elections. Prof. Uduk, who served as the Collation/Returning Officer for the Essien Udim State Constituency, was convicted on two out of three counts after a legal battle ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is considering a policy to recover and destroy Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) uncollected for over a decade. This proposal is among 208 recommendations from the review of the 2023 general elections, addressing over six million unclaimed PVCs, some dating back to 2015. INEC also plans to modernize voting processes, ...

    The Court of Appeal in Abuja has nullified a Federal High Court ruling that barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from releasing the voters’ register to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) for local government elections, which have since been conducted. Delivering the judgment, the special panel led by Justice Onyekachi ...

    President Bola Tinubu has called on candidates unhappy with the outcome of the Ondo State governorship election to pursue their grievances through the courts. This statement came after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared incumbent Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the election winner. Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu’s special ...

Lawyer Deji Adeyanju has taken a jab at Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), following the electoral defeat of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris. In a post on X, Adeyanju suggested Yakubu could intervene in the U.S. election results, sarcastically commenting that INEC should “switch off the US electoral server or ...

Human rights lawyer and activist, Deji Adeyanju, has advised former presidential candidates Atiku Abubakar, Rabiu Kwankwaso, and Peter Obi to reconsider their ambitions for the 2027 election, suggesting they stand little chance of defeating President Bola Tinubu, even if united. In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday, Adeyanju remarked, “It is better for ...

Atedo Peterside, founder of Stanbic IBTC Bank and president of ANAP Foundation, suggests that the ongoing Edo State election petition may play a pivotal role in defining the tenure of Nigeria’s new Chief Justice. In a recent interview, Peterside shared concerns over alleged irregularities reported during the Edo State election, particularly around voter turnout discrepancies ...

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled the Anambra governorship election for November 8, 2025. INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu announced this during a consultative meeting with political parties in Abuja on Thursday. Yakubu emphasized that, according to electoral law, the election notice must be published no later than 360 days before the ...

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has called for calm following the announcement of the September 21 governorship election results by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). On Sunday, September 22, INEC declared Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner, securing 291,667 votes, while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Asue Ighodalo, ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Edo State governorship election held on Saturday, September 21. INEC’s Returning Officer, Prof. Faruk Kuta, revealed that Okpebholo secured 291,667 votes, defeating Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Asue Ighodalo, who garnered 247,274 votes, and ...

All over the world, electoral reform is an integral part of democratic development aimed at improving the electoral process by upholding the electoral rights of citizens and by operationalizing key principles such as transparency, inclusiveness, impartiality, and integrity. Nigeria operates the Legislative Three Reading Model (TRM) in enacting legislation, with a linear yet complex process ...

    The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed an appeal seeking to disqualify Asue Ighodalo as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate for Edo State. A three-member panel, led by Justice Hamma Barka, delivered the ruling on Friday, dismissing the appeal marked CA/ABJ/CV/863/2024. The appeal was filed by Arthur Esene and Anselm ...

  The Joint Committee on Electoral Matters has put forward a proposal to reduce the salaries of legislators by 30% and those of executive members by 40% in a bid to cut government costs. This proposal was made during an interactive session on Monday with the Judiciary and political parties, led by Senator Sharafadeen Alli, ...