Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Biodun Oyebanji, as the winner of the 2026 Ekiti State governorship election. The Returning Officer for the Ekiti State governorship election, Adenike Oladiji, who declared the results at about 3:13 a.m. on Sunday, said...
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Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced the distribution of sensitive election materials across Ekiti State ahead of Saturday’s governorship election and the scheduled senatorial and federal constituency by-elections. The distribution exercise began at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) office in Ado Ekiti, where INEC officials were seen...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister five political parties for failing to satisfy constitutional requirements governing political party participation in Nigeria. Delivering judgment, Justice Peter Lifu held that the affected parties failed to meet the minimum electoral performance...
(A contribution at the 2nd NAPOC Annual Lecture, 2026) In today’s Nigeria, power is no longer exercised only through ballots, budgets, or the barrel of a gun—it is increasingly wielded through control of information. From traditional newsrooms to encrypted social media groups (WhatsApp, TikTok influencers), to state briefings, a...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Speakers at the 2nd Annual Lecture of the National Association of Political Correspondents (NAPOC) on Thursday unanimously stressed that the credibility and success of Nigeria’s 2027 general elections would depend largely on effective collaboration among the media, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and...
Fellow Nigerians Today, we celebrate democracy and the enduring Nigerian spirit. For 27 unbroken years, since May 29, 1999, Nigerians have chosen their leaders through the ballot, witnessed peaceful transitions of power, and resolved disagreements in courtrooms and legislative chambers—not through violence. We have experienced the longest stretch of...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have agreed to partner together towards ensuring credible and transparent election in the 2027 general election. This understanding was reached on Tuesday June 9, 2027 when the Edo State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Obo Etfanga paid...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that it will on June 26 officially issue an official Access Code to the political parties to enable them upload the details of the candidates who emerged victorious at the recently-concluded party primaries. Chairman of the commission, Prof Joash Amupitan, disclosed this...
The year 1993 changed Nigeria’s judiciary. Over a period of a mere five months, the military that year contrived to overthrow the government twice. First, in June, Ibrahim Babangida, the army General who was Nigeria’s military ruler at the time, nullified an election his regime reorganised to determine who would succeed...
My fellow compatriots, Three years ago, you entrusted me with the sacred responsibility of leading our beloved nation at a defining moment in our history. I accepted that responsibility, fully aware of the magnitude of the challenges before us, but also deeply confident in the resilience and potential of...
· I wish to express my profound appreciation for the privilege, which you have bestowed on me, of leading our great party, the African Democratic Congress, into the next elections as its Presidential Candidate. I am truly humbled and excited by this singular honour. We demonstrated that while democracy...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned journalists, broadcasters and online media practitioners against the spread of fake news, misinformation and premature declaration of election results ahead of the Ekiti State Governorship Election scheduled for Saturday, June 20, 2026. The Commission said that inaccurate reporting, manipulated videos, misleading headlines,...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Sunday, emerged the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with a total of 10,999,162 votes after the nationwide collation of results, promising to consolidate economic reforms, secure progress, and strengthen the foundation of a modern Nigeria in the second term. He spoke...
No fewer than 13 political parties and their candidates have signed a peace accord, pledging themselves and their supporters to nonviolence, issue-based campaigns, and respect for the rule of law as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced its readiness to conduct a free, fair, and credible governorship election...
I have fallen victim to two sets of phone calls in recent weeks about political developments in Nigeria. Between foreign friends and associates on one hand and my local elite readers and friends on the other. The foreigners have uniformly expressed consternation at recent political developments in Nigeria. They...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has formally acknowledged the leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) under former Senate President David Mark, following a decisive ruling by the Supreme Court. INEC’s action comes after the apex court nullified an earlier directive of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has concluded the second phase of the nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise today, Friday, 17th April 2026, recording a total of 3,748,704 completed registrations across the country. The figure contained in the commission’s weekly update for week 14 of the second phase of...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced a consequential adjustment to the campaign timeline for the Osun State governorship election, following the earlier shift in the election date. National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mohammed Kudu Haruna, in a press statement on Thursday, said the deadline...
Nigerian politicians have once again carried out another successful coup against the people. They have fired up a nationwide frenzy about the 2027 general elections just as the democratic space in which those elections will take place is dying. Those yearning for paradise had better hang their hopes up...
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has paid a solidarity visit to the leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) over the recent political attacks targeted at Nigeria’s opposition parties. During the visit, the PDP acknowledged the growing and shared threat confronting opposition political parties in the...