The leadership of Labour Party has confirmed that they are part of the new coalition of concerned political parties that was launched this week. A group of seven opposition political parties on Wednesday formed a new coalition in a bid to strengthen democracy in the country. The movement tagged the Coalition of Concerned Political […]
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials sort and count ballots during the vote counting process at a polling station in Kano on February 25, 2023, during Nigeria’s presidential and general election. (Photo by KOLA SULAIMON / AFP) An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday remanded one Wahab Hameed in the custody of the Economic and […]
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said that 25 political associations have applied to be registered as political parties ahead of the 2027 general elections. He said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the Public Presentation of the ‘NEEDS Assessment of Political Parties in Nigeria’, organised by […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday imposed a fine of N40M on human rights activists and Constitutional lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome for filing frivolous motion before the court in respect of Imo Governorship tussle decided since 2019. In a ruling by Justice Tijani Abubakar, he ordered the Senior lawyer to personally pay the N40M fine […]
The Supreme Court has dismissed an application by Emeka Ihedioha, of the Peoples Democratic Party seeking to remove Hope Uzodinma from office as Imo state governor. The applicant was praying to the court to give a consequential order to the Independent National Electoral Commission to issue a certificate of return to Ihedioha as the […]
No fewer 200 private legal practitioners from the 19 Northern States have volunteered to assist Gov. Kabir Yusuf of Kano State to win his Gubernatorial election appeal case at the Supreme Court of Nigeria. They spoke under the banner of ‘Abba Kabir Yusuf Volunteer Lawyers Forum For The 19 – Northern States And Abuja. […]
Candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress won all 38 chairmanship and 177 councillorship seats in Saturday’s council elections in Ekiti. The Ekiti State Independent Electoral Commission made the declaration at Ado-Ekiti on Sunday. Returning Officers in the local government areas and in the local council development areas took turns presenting the results of […]
Women in their hundreds took a peaceful protest to the office of the independent national electoral commission INEC headquarters in Owerri, to demand the release of the certified true copy CTC and allow opposition party inspect the materials used for the November 11 governorship election in Imo State. The women who came from the […]
The State and National Assembly Appeal Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday affirmed the election of Governor Siminalayi Fubara in the March 18 2023 governorship election. The Appeal Court in a unanimous decision dismissed four separate appeals filed by Tonye Cole of All Progressive Congress, Beatrice Itubo of the Labour Party, Innocent Ekwu of […]
The Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, has declared his interest to contest the forthcoming 2024 governorship election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, declaring that nobody can halt his ambition. The deputy governor, who made his declaration at the Bishop Kelly Centre, Benin, said he is a home boy who feels […]
