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Major Takeaways from Peter Obi’s Press Briefing

March 3, 2023 by Alex Omenye

Yesterday, Labour Party(LP) Presidential candidate Peter Obi broke his silence on the presidential elections. He addressed the country via a media briefing in Abuja. Nigerians, particularly, the ‘Obidients’ had been

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The Debate on Abuja’s role in Nigeria’s Presidential Elections

March 2, 2023 by Michael Aromolaran

Before the results of the winner of the 2023 Nigerian presidential elections held on Saturday was announced last night, on the 28th of February 2023, there have been widespread allegations

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Explainer: Legal Recourse Available To PDP, LP And Other Opposition Parties

March 1, 2023 by Damilola Oyeleke

What Happened The 2023 Presidential Election occurred on the 25th and 26th of February 2023, and some states began collating results on the 26th of February. This process starts at

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TikTok Helps Combat Misinformation In The 2023 Nigerian Presidential Election

February 24, 2023 by Damilola Oyeleke

It is well known that social media has a tremendous influence on individuals. Often times information seen online is automatically taken as fact, without question to the authenticity of the

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Nigerian Lives: 4 People Share Their PVC Registration And Collection Experience

July 25, 2022 by Adaora Nwangwu

Voting is our constitutional right and this time, many people are gearing up to get their PVC (Permanent Voter’s Card) to enable them vote for their desired presidential candidate. The INEC

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INEC Shares Thoughts On Running Mates And Placeholders

June 23, 2022 by Thelma Ideozu

In an attempt to beat the June 17 deadline for submission of presidential and vice-presidential candidates, some parties, last week, submitted names of vice-presidential candidates who they described as “placeholders”.

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President Buhari’s Tweets: An Explainer

June 2, 2021 by Adeyosola Adeniran

Over the last couple of months, it has felt like there’s an impending sense of doom. The wave of insecurity as embodied by the rise of kidnapping, vandalism and terrorism

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Independent National Electoral Commission Gets A New Acting Chairman

November 9, 2020 by Damilola Akintola

Since assuming office on November 9, 2015, and reelected in October 2020 by President Muhammadu Buhari, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, handed over to

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Why Lauretta Onochie’s Nomination Is Causing Much Raucous

October 14, 2020 by Damilola Akintola

While the struggle for justice was ongoing nationwide yesterday, President Mohammed Buhari forwarded the name of his special assistant on social media, Lauretta Onochie, as a national commissioner for the

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National Assembly censors INEC for Unapproved Budgetary Spending Of Over N503 Million

October 28, 2019 by Culture Custodian

The unapproved budgetary spending of over N503 million by INEC without the approval of the National Assembly has stirred up concerns. The National Assembly Joint Committee on Independent National Electoral

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APC takes Kano, Plateau while PDP wins Sokoto, Benue, Bauchi in rescheduled guber elections

March 25, 2019 by Tobi Idowu

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday released the results of the supplementary governorship elections conducted in some states that were initially declared inconclusive. The states included Sokoto, Plateau, Kano,

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INEC To Resume Collation In Rivers, Clarifies Decision On Bauchi

March 18, 2019 by Tobi Idowu

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will resume collation of results in Rivers state and conclude that of Bauchi by appointing a new returning officer. According to

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INEC fixes March 23 for supplementary election in Kano, Plateau, others

March 13, 2019 by Tobi Idowu

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has chosen March 23 to conduct supplementary elections in the six states where the governorship election was declared inconclusive. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman,

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Here are all the Governors-elect from the March 9 governorship elections

March 13, 2019 by Tobi Idowu

The March 9 gubernatorial election has officially produced 23 governors-elect as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has collated and announced results from the various states of the federation. Elections

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PDP rejects presidential election results by INEC

February 28, 2019 by Tobi Idowu

The major opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected results of the Presidential Elections being announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Citing Nasarawa State, PDP’s National Chairman,