Despite some shortcomings recorded during the conduct of the 2019 general elections held on February 23 and March 9 respectively, the Coalition of Democrats for Electoral Reforms (CODER) has called on Nigerians to use the occasion of the swearing-in of elected officials scheduled to hold on May 29 to also celebrate 20 years of uninterrupted…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is holding the supplementary governorship election in Adamawa State tomorrow, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Kassim Geidam, has confirmed...

Democracy is often a series of new problems to solve. One such new-ish problem that really became acute in this electoral cycle is that of low turnouts.

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has said that all hope is not lost, in spite of the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of Saturday’s election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Atiku in an earlier statement on…

An attempt to snatch and swap results sheets of the Presidential and National Assembly elections has claimed the life of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) personnel in Rivers State. The Guardian learnt that men in Army uniform stormed the collation centre at Buguma and snatched the result sheets. In their bid to escape from the…

Smart card reader has rejected the thumb print of Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa, amidst reports of delays in arrival of election materials in some parts of the state. Dickson was however allowed to vote at Ward 2 unit 5 in Orerewari, Toru Orua, Sagbama Local Government Area at about 10.35 am after several unsuccessful…

Many passengers were on Saturday stranded at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, following restriction of movement during the ongoing 2019 Presidential and National Assembly elections. Some of the passengers who arrived the Airport from countries like the United Arab Emirates, the United States of America (US), the United Kingdom and South Africa, among others,…

The Deputy President of the Senate, Chief Ike Ekweremadu says the security arrangements put in place for the presidential and National Assembly elections are laudable. The deputy senate president said this on Saturday in Enugu shortly after casting his vote in Mpu Ward III, Aninri Local Government Area of the state. Ekweremadu seeking re-election however…

Voters in polling unit 005, Karshi, FCT, have expressed frustration over the failure of the card reader which had slowed the voting process at the unit. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that out of the six polling units in the FCT polling station, Karshi, only 005 unit card reader failed. Ejimma Ebuta, a…

As Nigerians go to the polls tomorrow, about 11, 228,582 out of the 84 million registered voters nationwide will not be able to vote due to their failure to collect Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVC).

A total of 72,775,502 Nigerians would tomorrow design a new political map for the nation with their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) as they cast their ballot for two major Muslim presidential candidates from the northern part of the country. It would be simplistic to believe that incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari would retain dominance of his…

On hindsight, it could be argued that the Independent National Election Commission’s (INEC) postponement of the election was a culmination of events that exploded on Saturday morning. The augury, as it were, had been on the ascendancy all through last week and even weeks before that in the lead up to the February 16, 2019…