The petition seeking the recall of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing the Kogi Central Senatorial District, has been fauled. Inec has said the petition failed to meet the constitutional requirements outlined in Section 69(a) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended). The Independent National Electoral Commission made this announcement on Thursday … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission has confirmed that the contact details of the petitioners’ representatives in the recall process of the Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, are now available. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday. According to the statement, a … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission, on Tuesday, raised concerns over the petition for the recall of the suspended Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. The commission, in a statement signed by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, acknowledged receiving the petition, which includes six bags of documents that are … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is currently in a high-level meeting to deliberate on a petition seeking the recall of the Senator representing Kogi Central in the National Assembly, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. INEC Acting Director of Publicity, Esther Chibuikem, confirmed that the meeting is holding at a committee room at the INEC headquarters in Abuja. … Read more
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday rejected the request of the embattled National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission from giving effect to his removal as the party’s secretary. The Presiding Judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo, however, directed Anyanwu to notify INEC and other … Read more
The Federal High Court in Abuja in a suit brought before Justice Emeka Nwite has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise Julius Abure as the substantive Chairman of the Labour Party. Justice Nwite on Tuesday delivered the ruling validating the Abure-led leadership of the party. He also validated the March 2024 Nnewi … Read more
Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu, has weighed in on the crisis rocking Rivers State. He urged for restraint while calling on the police to secure local government offices in the state. This was communicated in a statement signed by his special adviser on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga. “President Bola Tinubu has called on Governor Siminalayi … Read more
There has been some minor disruption in the local government elections going on in Rivers State. At ward 19 Elekahia, Port Harcourt City Local Government Area collation centre, voters alleged that the police came in shooting and using teargas on them. Some ballot papers were seen littered at the entrance of the collation centre.Some of … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission announced on Saturday that Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress won the Edo State Governorship election. Okpebholo received 291,667 votes, defeating the PDP’s Asue Ighodalo, who garnered 247,274 votes, and the Labour Party’s Olumide Akpata, who came in third with 22,763 votes. In a fresh development, Peoples Democratic … Read more
The Nigerian police have forced Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State out of the premises of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Benin, Edo State. Obaseki was on the premises early on Sunday morning at some minutes past 2am. The governor headed for office of the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), where he held a … Read more
