Jandor Joins APC After Quitting PDP
Former Lagos State PDP Governorship candidate in 2023 general election, Dr. Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly called Jandor, has officially returned to the All Progressives Congress. At a press conference yesterday in Lagos, Jandor said he needed a party that has the capacity to win an election and deliver the heart desires of the people, whether his name is […]
Jacob Zuma wins court battle, to stand in South Africa’s next election
South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma is free to run in May’s general election after an electoral court overturned a ban on his candidacy. Last month the electoral commission barred him over a contempt of court conviction. It argued the constitution prevented people from holding public office if convicted of a crime and sentenced to […]
INEC urges political parties to adhere to timelines
Ahead of the upcoming off-cycle Governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged political parties to maintain adherence to electoral timelines and foster peaceful conduct during the primaries. Yakubu who made the disclosure yesterday at the commission’s meeting with Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Abuja […]
Vladmir Putin Secures Another Six-Year Term
Vladimir Putin has secured another six-year term as Russian president, exit polls showed Sunday. The victory paved the way for the 71-year-old hardline former spy to become the longest-serving Russian leader in more than 200 years. After the win, Putin told reporters that Russia must make its army stronger and that the ‘noon against Putin’ […]
Former president Laurent Gbagbo agrees to contest 2025 Ivory Coast election
Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has agreed to fly his party’s flag as presidential candidate in the 2025 elections. Katinan Kone, spokesperson of his party the African People’s Party – Cote d’Ivoire (PPA-CI), which Gbagbo founded in 2021 gave the news after a meeting of the party’s central committee at the weekend. Gbagbo lost […]
The Supreme Court has upheld the election of Rivers Governor Siminalayi Fubara
The court, in a unanimous decision by a five-member panel led by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, dismissed as lacking in merit, an appeal the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Tonye Cole, filed to challenge the outcome of the governorship election that held in the state on March 18, 2023. In the lead judgment […]
INEC Chairman Urges Secure Environment for Upcoming Elections
Ahead of the upcoming re-run elections and bye- elections scheduled for Saturday, February 3, 2024, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has emphasised the need for a secure environment for the conduct of a peaceful election. The INEC Chairman who made the disclosure today at an Inter-Agency Consultative Committee […]
INEC to commence online accreditation for media organizations interested in covering the forthcoming rerun and by-elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday said it will, on January 17, 2024, commence online accreditation for journalists and media organisations interested in covering the forthcoming rerun and by-elections. INEC, in a notice issued by the Secretary to the Commission, Rose Oriaran-Anthony,said the portal will be opened on January 17, 2024, and will be […]
INEC Proposes February 2024 for Re-Run and bye-Elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has revealed that it will conduct re-run and bye-elections in the first week of February, 2024 in 34 constituencies, made up of one Senatorial district, 11 federal constituencies and 22 state Assembly constituencies as mandated by various court orders. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, who made the disclosure at […]