From Our Correspondent To improve Nigeria’s electoral legal framework, a coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), has presented its Citizens Memorandum on Electoral Reforms to the National Assembly’s Joint Committee on Electoral Matters. TheNewsZenith reports that the Executive Director of YIAGA, Samson Itodo, announced this in a statement on behalf of the coalition members, on […]
From Our Correspondent A coalition of accredited election observers has called for the establishment of electoral offences commission and audit of voter register. TheNewsZenith reports that the coalition made this call at the presentation of the Citizens’ Memorandum for Reform of the Electoral Legal Framework, on Wednesday, in Abuja. They said establishing the commission would […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde Diverse reactions have trailed the victory of the All Progressive Congress candidate, Monday Okpebholo, in the Edo State off-season governorship election conducted on Saturday. TheNewsZenith reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) hard, in the late hours of Sunday, Sept. 22, declared Okpebholo as the winner. INEC declared that Okpebholo, secured […]
From Our Correspondent The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Ogun State, Niyi Ijalaye, has slumped and died after a meeting at the headquarters in Abuja. TheNewsZenith quotes a source within the commission as confirming that Ijalaye slumped and died on Monday evening shortly after attending a crucial meeting in Abuja. However, the news of his […]
From Bolanle Ridwan, Abuja Any attempt to undermine or disrupt the peaceful conduct of the forthcoming governorship election in Edo and Ondo will be met with full force, Nuhu Ribadu, National Security Adviser (NSA) warned. TheNewsZenith reports that Ribadu gave the warning during an Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) meeting. A director represented […]
From Our Correspondent The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Usman Ododo, the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi State. TheNewsZenith reports that the State Returning Officer, Prof. Johnson Urame, announced the result of the election on Sunday in Lokoja. Urame said Ododo […]
From Our Correspondent Ahead of the Imo gubernatorial poll, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Wednesday in Owerri, held a one-day capacity-building training for voter education providers. Prof. Sylvia Agu, Resident Electoral Commissioner, said the training aimed at ensuring increased voter turnout during the Nov. 11 governorship election in the state. Opening the training, […]
By Our Correspondent The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Enugu dismissed the petition by Sen. Chimaroke Nnamani of PDP, challenging the victory of Sen. Kelvin Chukwu of the Labour Party (LP), Justice Nusirat I. Umar, leading the three-member panel, held that Chukwu, who replaced his brother Oyibo, was duly elected to represent Enugu […]
By Our Correspondent The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has written to intimating the INEC of alleged plans by some groups to change the party’s logo. The party also wrote to Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, its 2023 presidential candidate, to end the MoU it entered with the Kwankwasia group for the 2023 general elections. TheNewsZenith reports […]
By Our Correspondent Media professionals have called on the political class in Nigeria to shun violence, embrace peace, and exhibit the spirit of sportsmanship whenever they lose at the polls. They made the call at a Public Lecture organised by the Lagos State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). TheNewsZenith reports that the theme […]