BUHARI URGES ALL AU MEMBER COUNTRIES TO RATIFY AfCFTA AGREEMENT
Feb. 19, 2023 President Muhammadu Buhari has urged all AU member states to ratify the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement. Nigerian positions and interventions on these issues were conveyed…
Illegal possession of PVCs: INEC prosecutes offenders in Sokoto, Kano
Nov. 28, 2022 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has commenced prosecution of persons arrested for illegal possession of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). The commission disclosed this in…
 YIAGA Africa faults Buhari’s nomination of RECs, asks Senate to reject Nominees
August 30, 2022 The Executive Director of YIAGA Africa, Samson Itodo, has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s nominations for Resident Electoral Commissioners. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Itodo said the…
INEC boss holds emergency meeting with RECs, condemns burning of State offices
May 19, 2021 Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu on Wednesday met with all Residents Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in the country decrying the spate of…
AUC calls for further financial input for the NEPAD-IPPF Special Fund to accelerate Africa’s infrastructure gap closure
The 29th Oversight Committee (OC) meeting of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (NEPAD-IPPF) Special Fund held at the headquarters of the African Union…
NASS Polls: INEC Fixes Supplementary Election March 9
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed March 9 for supplementary elections in areas where elections did not take place or returns could not be made alongside the…
Electoral Violence: We Will Announce Rescheduling Regarding HoR, Senatorial Election- INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says it is awaiting official report from Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in areas where election could not hold due to violence and…
PDP Expresses Concern Over Buhari’s Directive to Security Agencies Ahead of Re-scheduled Polls
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed concern over President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to security agencies to be ruthless to anyone who tries to snatch ballot boxes in the…