Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing his Special Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission representing Delta State. The governor while addressing the #EndSARS protesters in Port Harcourt on Tuesday said  the development is a ploy by the ruling All ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented certificates of return to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu and his running mate, Lucky Ayedatiwa, in last Saturday’s governorship election. INEC National Commissioner for Ondo State, Adekunle Ogunmola while presenting the certificate at the INEC office in Akure reiterated the commitment of the commission to conducting credible elections.   ...

President Muhammadu Buhari writes Senate requests confirmation of Lauretta Onochie, his media aide, as a commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Buhari’s request was contained in a letter read by Senate President Ahmad Lawan on the floor of the upper legislative chamber on Tuesday. The president premised his request on paragraph 14 (1f) ...

A non-government organisation, Yiaga Africa has aligned itself with the outcome of the Ondo State governorship election. At a press briefing on Sunday in Akure by the group’s Executive Director, Samson Otodo, and other senior officials, Yiaga backed the result announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). According to them, the percentage of votes ...

A five-man panel of the Appellate Court has overturned a ruling which nullified the election of Douye Diri as governor of Bayelsa State. The court in a unanimous judgment, set  aside the judgment of the Bayelsa Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which  nullified Diri’s election and ordered INEC to conduct fresh elections within 90 days. The ...

A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega wants President Muhammadu Buhari’s 60th Independence speech to go beyond talk to implementation. The former INEC boss spoke on Thursday during a special edition of Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily to mark Nigeria’s 60th Independence anniversary. “What is clear is that the speech carries quite ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday started the demonstration for the use of electronic voting and the collation of results in Nigeria. The Commission held the demonstration at its headquarters in Abuja, the nation’s capital. National Chairman of the electoral body, Yakubu Mahmood, said the demonstration is the first step in the series ...

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said that the international community played a huge role in ensuring a smooth governorship election in Edo State. Speaking on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily on Friday, the governor explained that threatening to place a visa ban on anyone found guilty of rigging, forced people to act appropriately. “One ...

The re-elected Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has extended a hand of fellowship to leaders and members of the opposing party, All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Obaseki while receiving his certificate of return on Tuesday at the INEC office in Aduwawa, Benin City, said the fight is over between him and his ...

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai says he was surprise at the loss of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the just concluded Edo State Governorship poll. The Governor said this when he appeared on Channels television’s Sunrise Daily on Monday. According to him, three weeks to the election, polls indicated that the APC was set to ...