The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has formally confirmed the victories of two lawmakers in Kano State, presenting them with Certificates of Return after the recent by-elections. Resident Electoral Commissioner Abdu Zango presented the certificates at INEC’s Kano office on Friday to Garba Ya’u Gwarmai of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), elected for Ghari/Tsanyawa…
Lawmakers in Benue State have confirmed four more commissioner nominees to join Governor Hyacinth Alia’s administration, strengthening his cabinet formation three weeks after the previous council was dissolved. Speaker Hyacinth Dajoh announced the approvals during Friday’s plenary in Makurdi. All four nominees were former members of the state executive council and were confirmed without rigorous…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 505,906 voters have participated in its pre-registration for the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Friday in Abuja during a roadshow organised by the commission to flag off the 2025 CVR exercise. Yakubu said that INEC designated and activated its…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said only Nigerians aged 18 and above are eligible to register as voters. Yobe REC Ibrahim Abdullahi made the clarification on Thursday during a visit to the Emir of Bade, Abubakar Umar-Suleiman, in Gashua. The Emir had asked if 16- or 17-year-olds could pre-register ahead of the 2027…
Fresh divisions have broken out in Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as southern leaders bicker over the zoning of national offices before the party’s November convention. While Bayelsa governor Douye Diri and Oyo governor Seyi Makinde led a Lagos summit of southern stakeholders, another bloc in Abuja – aligned with Federal Capital Territory minister Nyesom…
The Benue State House of Assembly has debunked rumours that it passed a bill outlawing love and romance, describing the report as fake and misleading. House Committee Chairman on Information, Alfred Berger, told newsmen on Wednesday that the Assembly had never contemplated such legislation. According to him, the so-called bill making the rounds on social…
The Benue Assembly on Wednesday screened and confirmed only six out of the eight commissioner nominees by Gov. Hyacinth Alia. The assembly during its plenary in Makurdi rejected two of the nominees because of petitions filed against them. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that those confirmed by the assembly include Dr Benjamin Ashaver,…
Nigeria’s main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has launched a legal battle to unseat four federal lawmakers from Osun State who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). In applications filed at the Federal High Court, the PDP asked for the removal of Senators Francis Fadahunsi and Olubiyi Fadeyi, and Reps Omirin Olusanya and Taofeek…
Nigeria’s government has launched a regional sensitisation drive to showcase President Bola Tinubu’s two-year record in office, with officials pointing to new infrastructure, agricultural support and social welfare schemes as evidence of progress. The campaign, titled “Tinubu Administration’s Mid-Term Report”, was inaugurated in Port Harcourt on Tuesday by the Minister of Information and National Orientation,…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled a supplementary election in five polling units of Kaura Namoda South State Assembly constituency in Zamfara for 21 August. Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Mahmmud Isah, disclosed this at a stakeholders’ meeting in Gusau on Tuesday. He said the supplementary poll would be held in three polling units…
