Politics
Controversies and disputes do not stop ruling party’s Bola Tinubu from winning presidential vote
Opposition parties say presidential election was a sham and have called on Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, to step down.
Political parties say general elections not free and fair and accuse INEC officials of rigging the vote in favour of the All Progressives Congress
The Labour Party (LP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) say Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has failed to conduct free and fair elections and they have accused it of rigging the votes
All Progressives Congress, the ruling party, in the lead as first election result from Ekiti State is announced
Even though it is early days, the first of the 36 states to announce the results of Saturday’s general elections, Ekiti State, has placed the All Progressives Congress (APC), the ruling party, in the lead.
Political thugs force INEC to extend voting to Sunday at 141 polling units in Bayelsa State and at several others in Cross River State
It was not plain sailing at all polling booths across Nigeria as political thugs forced elections to be extended to Sunday in at least two states and suspended elections in […]
Dire threats from insurgents put an end to Kaga rural dwellers’ hopes of participating in the elections
Many rural people living in the south of the Kaga Local Government Area were bitterly disappointed as they did not get the chance to vote in the general elections on Saturday because the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
Despite attacks, thefts and some delayed starts, general elections mostly calm and peaceful
Nigeria’s general elections proceed peacefully, despite attack in Gwoza, Borno State, where five people were wounded, and the theft of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System machines in some voting areas. Nigeria’s […]
Victims of Muna IDP campfire who lost their PVCs in the blaze don’t know if they will be allowed to vote
Victims of the fire that gutted hundreds of shacks, thatch huts and tents in Muna internally displaced persons’ camp in Maiduguri last week are in a serious quandary.
Repentant insurgents are ready and willing to vote in tomorrow’s general elections
Penitent insurgents, who have been through deradicalisation and rehabilitation processes and are now fully reintegrated into society in Maiduguri and other communities, will be voting tomorrow in Nigeria’s 2023 general elections.
Nigerians are keen to make their mark and welcome a new president
This Saturday, February 25, more than 93.4 million people in Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria, will be heading to polling stations across the country to cast their ballots in the general elections – but it’s not an easy time for Nigerians
Women urged to exercise their right to vote – and to stop being ‘puppets’ who obey their husband’s every command
Even though it is enshrined in Nigeria’s constitution that all people aged 18 and over have the right to vote for the candidates of their choice, some men in the northern part of the country are flouting this fundamental principle and are forcing
