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INEC fixes dates for Ekiti, Osun guber elections

May 31, 2025May 31, 2025 Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), yesterday, announced dates for the governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun States. Chairman of the electoral body, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said the governorship election in Ekiti will be held on Saturday, July 20, 2026, while that of Osun will take place on Saturday, August 8, 2026. Mahmood made this disclosure during the swearing-in ceremony of six new Resident Electoral Commissioners, (RECs). The RECs were recently appointed following the approval of their nominations by the 10th National Assembly. According to Mahmood, INEC is currently finalising…

Nasarawa: Court of Appeal delivers judgment on Gov. election today

November 23, 2023November 23, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, will today, Thursday, deliver judgment in the appeal arising from the Nasarawa State governorship election. This is contained in a notice issued by the court yesterday. The State election petition tribunal had earlier sacked the State governor, Abdullahi Sule, who was declared winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC). According to INEC, Sule polled a total of 347,209 votes to defeat his closest opponent, who secured 283,016 votes. Recall that the tribunal, in a split decision on October 2,…

Imo Election: Security operatives foil attempt to abduct INEC officials, materials

November 12, 2023November 12, 2023 Aminu Imam

Vigilant security operatives in Imo State, yesterday, foiled an attempt by alleged political thugs to abduct INEC officials and cart away election materials in Imo State. It was gathered that the attempt to abduct the Commission officials occurred at a Registration Area Centre, in Amaimo, Ikeduru local government area. It was learnt that the security personnel deployed in the centre quickly repelled the attempt by the thugs to whisk away the INEC officials into their waiting vehicle. At several points of entry into the city, troops with heavy weapons were observed…

Nov. 11 Imo Election: Soludo gives reasons APGA�s Ejiogu will win

October 23, 2023October 23, 2023 Aminu Imam

Anambra State Governor, and national leader of the All-Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Professor Charles Soludo, has given reasons for tipping the party�s Governorship candidate, Sir Tony Ejiogu, to win the upcoming governorship election in Imo State. Soludo, who stated the reasons while playing host to Ejiogu at Anambra Government House in Awka recently, also reiterated his firm belief that APGA is poised to reclaim Imo State. According to Soludo, from highlights of his speech during the visit, one of the reasons he believes Ejiogu is the right man for Imo…

INEC makes U-turn; says results of Bayelsa, Kogi, Imo guber elections will be transmitted electronically

October 15, 2023October 15, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the results of the November 11 governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States will be transmitted electronically. Recall that the Bayelsa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Ofiong Efanga, recently, at a press conference, said that the commission would adopt a manual mode of transmission of the governorship election results. However, INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, during the monitoring of the mock election in Lokoja, Kogi State, said whatever the Bayelsa REC must be disregarded. He said: �The method is as…

Groups fault INEC�s declaration of Kano, Kaduna, Ogun guber polls

March 25, 2023March 25, 2023 Aminu Imam

Nigeria�s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is under pressure to review the just concluded 2023 general elections where evidence of malpractices has been established. Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the country have asked the Commission to ensure that there is evidence of electoral malpractices and that the Commission should review allegations of voter suppression and vote buying based on provisions of the law. The CSOs are Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), Transparency International (TI) and the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC). A report released by their leader, Awwal Musa…

Kaduna Governorship Elections: 7 candidates reject INEC declared results�

March 23, 2023March 23, 2023 Aminu Imam

…Petition DSS, others The Kaduna State chapter of the People�s Democratic Party (PDP) and Forum of Governorship Candidates in the State under the auspices of Rescue and Rebuild Gubernatorial Candidates Forum, have rejected the results of the just-concluded governorship election in the State where the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Uba Sani, was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). PDP, while rejecting the results, according to Comrade Danjuma Sarki, who was the party�s agent at the Collation Centre, averred that the election was…

Governorship Elections: Collation of results continues

March 20, 2023 Aminu Imam

�As voter apathy observed across states The collation of results of the 2023 Governorship elections held in 28 of Nigeria�s 36 states on Saturday is still on-going, even as the supporters of the different governorship candidates anxiously await the final results. The governorship and State assembly elections were held a week later than initially scheduled after a court case forced INEC to move them forward. Eight of the 36 states � Anambra, Bayelsa, Edo, Ekiti, Imo, Kogi, Osun, and Ondo � have governorship elections �off-season� due to litigations and court…

INEC postpones Governorship, State Assembly elections to March 18

March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 Aminu Imam

The elections for Governorship and State assemblies have been postponed to March 18 by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC). After a meeting of its executives yesterday night, INEC reportedly announced that the election could not proceed as planned due to a logistical crisis caused by the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) configuration and transportation. INEC�s decision is coming about three days before the March 11 date earlier scheduled for the state elections. According to inside sources, the postponement is due to the inability of the Commission to promptly commence…

Osun: Election Petition Tribunal to deliver judgment on Adeleke vs Oyetola case Friday

January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Osogbo, the State capital will on Friday, January 27 deliver its judgment on the matter. Parties involved in the suit confirmed the tribunal communicated the date to them yesterday, even as the notice has heightened anxiety in different quarters. The 180 days stipulated in the Electoral Act within which to hear the petition is expected to lapse on January 31, 2023. The All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship candidate, Gboyega Oyetola, had filed a petition at the tribunal challenging the declaration of…