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People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately release the outstanding results from two wards in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). In a statement issued on Sunday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong...

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for what he described as the peaceful and credible conduct of the Saturday Area Council elections in Abuja, declaring that the outcome has clearly shown Nigerians “the ruling party and the real opposition party” in the country...

Some traders and shop owners in the Obio/Akpor area of Rivers on Saturday opened for business in defiance of the state government’s no-movement directive during the local government council elections. They cited economic hardship and survival concerns as reasons for opening their businesses despite the ban. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the

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...