Electoral Act

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, slated October 6 to hear a suit seeking to disqualify the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, for allegedly acting in breach of the Electoral Act.…

According to information released from sources, President Muhammadu Buhari may not sign the modified Electoral Act, 2022. Sources within the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Aso Rock Presidential Villa confirmed over the weekend that…

  As political parties move their activities into the next gear in readiness for the 2023 general elections, civil servants across the federation have been warned to stay out of partisan politics.  The warning is contained in a…

After months of speculations of his interest in the presidency, Rotimi Amaechi, Nigerian minister of transportation, has finally declared to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Amaechi declared his ambition despite the provision…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned politicians and other key political stakeholders to abide by the Electoral Act, 2022 in their electioneering activities. Oyo state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC)…

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the 2023 General Elections will see a drastic reduction in electoral violence after the passage of the amended version of the Electoral Act in June this year by the National Assembly.…

The Independent National Electoral Commission and President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday lost its bid to have the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal dismiss the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Movement and its presidential…

The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal will hold its inaugural sitting on Wednesday. As we earlier reported on Monday that the notice for the preliminary sitting of the tribunal would be issued this week, the PEPT issued the notice…

The Nigeria Police Force said it has arrested 323 persons across the country for alleged electoral offences during the February 23 Presidential and National Assembly elections. The police had earlier arrested 128 persons for the same…

Nigeria’s attorney general and minister of justice, Abubakar Malami, has written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) asking it to accept candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for various offices in Zamfara…