Polls

Ahead of the July 12, 2025, Local Government Elections in Lagos State, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has made available the official list of chairmanship aspirants cleared to contest in its forthcoming primaries. It could be recalled that the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC, had scheduled elections into Chairmanship and 376 Councillors in the

The Chairman of the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC), Hashim Abioye, has expressed concern over the closure of the commission’s headquarters by the police. The incident happened on Saturday as the commission conducted the controversial local government elections across the state. During a live interview on Rave FM...

Story highlights Along with the legislative assembly elections in these two states, bypolls for 15 assembly seats across Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Kerala, and Uttarakhand were also conducted on Wednesday Voting ends in Maharashtra for all 288 Legislative Assembly seats, with a voter turnout of 62.05 per cent. Meanwhile, Jharkhand also went to polls on Wednesday

The drive for increased youth participation in governance catalysed change in Nigeria’s political culture in the 2023 elections, with several celebrities contesting for various elective positions in the hopes of changing the country’s direction. However, not many of them fared well at the polls based on results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…..CONTINUE

Motorists were stranded along the Abeokuta-Sagamu expressway in Ogun State on Saturday morning as soldiers blocked the highway. The Commissioner of Police, Frank Mba, had announced restriction of movement as part of the security measures for the ongoing governorship and house of assembly elections in the state...

As the governorship and State Assembly elections get underway on Saturday, there was a massive turnout of voters in Alkaleri local government area of Bauchi State. The incumbent State governor, Bala Mohammed, hails from Alkaleri local government area, and he is seeking reelection for a second term in office...

A pre-election opinion poll commissioned by Anap Foundation, a non-profit organisation, has predicted that Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, will win the March 11 election.   The poll results showed that Sanwo-Olu was ahead among the three leading candidates in the state.   The two other candidates are Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party (LP)

On Monday during the polls in Akuk village under the Bhandari Assembly constituency in Wokha district, supporters of a candidate attacked the rival party workers using sharp-edged weapons in which three persons were injured.