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16 Jan
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ondo State chapter, has withdrawn from participating in the forthcoming local
13 Jan
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Ondo State chapter, has disclosed that the party will emerge victorious in the local
26 Oct
The Civil Society Election Situation Room in Kano has adjudged the ongoing council poll as the most peaceful. The situation room therefore applauded the Kano State Electoral Commission, for spearheading a credible and transparent council poll in the state. Addressing journalists on Saturday in Kano, the coordinator of the situation room and Executive Director, Citizens…
23 Oct
A non-governmental organisation, the Nigerian Democracy Working Group, on Wednesday, criticised the obstruction of the local government council election in Kano. The group further alleged that the court may have compromised its judgement at the expense of justice. Justice Simon Amobeda on Tuesday dissolved the leadership of the Kano Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC), which included…
6 Oct
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State has won 30 chairmanship seats, leaving the All Progressives Congress (APC) with one seat. The APC won the chairmanship seat in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Nigeria's Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio. The result was contained in a list signed by the Chairman of the…
5 Oct
The Local Government election processes were going on smoothly until some men dressed in Nigerian Police uniforms arrived at the Elekahia Primary School in Port Harcourt City local government area and started shooting teargas and seizing election materials. The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) officers and voters scampered for safety following the sad development.…
4 Oct
A security scholar at the University of Ibadan (UI), Prof. Oyesoji Aremu, on Friday, faulted the way the Nigeria Police Force is handling the conduct of the Saturday local government election in Rivers State. It was gathered that the police had said they would not provide security for the council poll slated for Saturday in…
3 Oct
Angry protesters, on Thursday, stormed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secretariat in Port Harcourt, Rivers State
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A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday again stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from releasing the voters’ register to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) for the purpose of conducting the October 5, 2024, local government election in the state. The court also barred the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and…
30 Sep
The Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) Anambra Chapter has rejected the outcome of the Saturday Local Government Council elections in the state. READ ALSO:PDP crisis deepens as N’Central caucus insists on replacing Damagum Chief Chigozie Igwe, the chairman of PDP in Anambra said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Awka…
25 Sep
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairmanship candidates in the just-held local government elections in Kwara State, Musbau Esinrogunjo and Ismail Muhammed, said they have decided to take legal action against the state's electoral commission over alleged irregularities in the last Saturday exercise. Esinrogunjo contested for the Ilorin West local government while Muhammed contested for the…
17 Sep
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, set aside the interim order restraining the Kwara government from conducting local government elections scheduled for Sept. 21. Justice Peter Lifu, in a ruling, vacated the order on the grounds that it has expired by the provisions of the law, having lasted for more than 14 days. Justice…
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