PDP Leadership Crisis: Turaki Faction Criticises INEC’s Recognition Of Wike Camp
The Kabiru Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) has condemned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for officially recognising a caretaker committee aligned…
INEC registers two new political parties
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has registered two new political parties. Joash Amupitan, INEC chairman, announced the development on Thursday at the commission’s first regular consultative meeting with…
Senate didn’t reject e-transmission of results, Abaribe clarifies
The Senate Minority Caucus clarified on Thursday that the Senate did not reject the electronic transmission of election results before passing the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, contrary to widespread…
Senate rejects electronic transmission of election results
The Nigerian Senate has rejected a proposed amendment to Clause 60, Subsection 3, of the Electoral Amendment Bill that sought to make the electronic transmission of election results compulsory.…
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Electoral Act Bill Remains Inconclusive After Senate Closed-Door Session
Passage of the Electoral Act 2022 (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, 2026, again remained inconclusive on Tuesday as the Senate stalled on a decision after spending over four hours considering…
INEC Recognises Nenadi Usman-Led LP After Court Order
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has recognised the Labour Party (LP) National Working Committee (NWC) led by Nenadi Usman INEC indicated that the move followed a court order…
Court nullifies PDP national convention, bars Turaki-led NWC
The federal high court in Ibadan, Oyo state, has nullified the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which took place in the state on November 15, 2025.…
Kano commissioner asks deputy governor to resign over loyalty concerns
Ibrahim Waiya, the Kano commissioner for information and internal affairs, has called on Aminu Gwarzo, the deputy governor, to step down if he can no longer align politically with…
We won’t recognise elections conducted by Amupitan – Shariah council
The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria (SCSN) on Wednesday declared that the Muslim Ummah will not recognise any election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) under…
Kwankwaso’s son resigns as Kano commissioner
Mustapha Kwankwaso, son of Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the former governor of Kano, has resigned as commissioner for youth and sports development and as a member of the state executive…
Kano gov officially rejoins APC
The Governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf, has officially rejoined the All Progressives Congress. Yusuf defected to the ruling party on Monday at the Coronation Hall of the Kano…
Abba Yusuf, 21 Kano assembly members, 8 reps, 44 LG chairpersons resign from NNPP
Abba Yusuf, governor of Kano, has formally resigned from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP). In a letter addressed to the chairman of Diso-Chiranchi ward in Gwale LGA of…
Court orders INEC to recognise Nenadi Usman-led LP caretaker committee
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday sacked Julius Abure as National Chairman of the Labour Party and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to recognise the caretaker…
PDP leadership tussle: Court dismisses Anyanwu’s suit
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed the fresh suit filed by a factional National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, after he…
Rivers court stops impeachment proceedings against Fubara
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Oyigbo Local Government Area, Port Harcourt on Friday, has issued an interim injunction restraining the Speaker of the Rivers State House of…
