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The Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, has nullified the election of the Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Hon. Yusuf Liman, of the All Progressives Congress (APC).    The appellate court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw the certificate of return from the Speaker …

The Labour party governorship candidate in Bayelsa state, Engr Udengs Eradiri, has lost his polling unit to the incumbent governor Douye Diri.    According to the results collated by INEC officials, Diri who sought reelection under the Peoples Democratic Party garnered 130 votes while Eradiri polled eight votes in unit …

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC says it has commenced investigation into allegations of filled result sheets discovered in some polling uints in Kogi state.    The Commission disclosed this via its X handle this afternoon. It wrote; ‘’Our attention has been drawn to a report that filled result sheets …

Deputy Inspector-General of Police in-charge of Kogi State Governorship Election, Habu Sani has barred security personnel from escorting important personalities to the polling units.    The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Kogi State Police Command, Superintendent of Police, William Ovye Aya warned that any Officer who is caught …

President Biden took a moment Thursday to honor George Floyd on the three-year anniversary of his death, celebrating him as a “unifying” factor in race relations in America. “Today, America mourns the murder of George Floyd three years later,” Biden, or somebody associated with him, tweeted. “I’ll never forget Gianna …

The Ebonyi State chairman of the Human Rights Defenders of Nigeria, (HURIDE) Sampson Oko Nweke, who is the brother of the deceased, said the incident happened during the governorship and state House of Assembly elections at Ogboji ward on Saturday, March 18, 2023. The activist said he and others managed …

The All Progressives Congress Campaign Coordinator in Ahoada-West Local Government Area of Rivers State, Chisom Lennard, has been found dead hours after he was abducted.   According to PUNCH, Lennard was kidnapped by the gunmen dressed in police uniform while voting for the governorship and state House of Assembly elections …

  A video showing thugs in Rivers state colluding with INEC officials to whisk away ballot boxes has been shared online. In the video, a witness could be heard lamenting as INEC officials at PHALGA ward 20 polling Unit 042 on Saturday, March 18 entered into police vans to go …

An elderly man was left with bruises on his face, elbow, and hand after he was attacked by thugs in his polling unit in Lagos State.  The man explained that he was in the queue to vote at his polling unit in Akesan, Oba’s Palace, near Iba, Lagos state, when …

The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, lost his polling unit to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the rescheduled Governorship and State House of Assembly.    The elections which held at the GRA (A1) Polling Unit 010, in Keffi, headquarters of Keffi local …