Politics

The Independent National Electoral Commission has uploaded 2,048 results out of 2,445 polling units on its Result Viewing Portal as of 6:41pm on Saturday, representing 83.7 percent of total results from the Ekiti State governorship election. The figure represents a significant jump from the 35.5 percent uploaded barely 30 minutes earlier at 6:12pm, according to report by the PUNCH. Fourteen …

The gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ekiti State, Dr Wole Oluyede, has alleged voter intimidation and expressed concerns over delays in the accreditation and voting process at his polling unit at Osaguru Hall, unit 6, ward 3, Ikere-Ekiti. Speaking with journalists after casting his vote, Oluyede described the pace of voting as unacceptable, claiming that only a …

Solicitors to the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has written to INEC, demanding that the commission ceased all correspondents on electoral processes with impostors not recognised by subsisting judgments of the courts placed before it. The party made the demand on Saturday in Lagos in a letter addressed to the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Joash Amupitan, with attention to the …

Voters at some of the polling units in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, are still awaiting the arrival of the officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that accreditation and voting supposed to begin by 8.30 a.m. in line with the Electoral Act. But a visit around Ado-Ekiti metropolis, specifically Ward 7, polling …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has described plans by Gov. Seyi Makinde’s administration to conduct another local government council election in December 2026 as illegal, ill-conceived, and self-serving. The APC, in a statementby its State Publicity Secretary, Mr Olawale Sadare, on Thursday in Ibadan, said that the decision would further worsen the current situation at the grassroots …

The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD-West Africa) has urged stakeholders to remain vigilant against vote buying ahead of Saturday’s Ekiti governorship election, describing the poll as a critical democratic exercise. The organisation also warned against voter apathy, calling on citizens and relevant stakeholders to actively support efforts aimed at ensuring a credible, peaceful and inclusive electoral process. This is …

The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has exempted its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and vice-presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, from the party’s newly introduced anti-defection oath aimed at discouraging elected officials from abandoning the platform after winning elections. The National Secretary of the party, Ikenna Enekweizu, disclosed this on Wednesday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, where he defended the …

Senator Ireti Kingibe, who represents the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has distanced herself from the Senate committee report that recommended disciplinary action against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, noting that she was surprised seeing the photocopy of her signature on the report. She said this in an interview on Arise TV on Wednesday, during which she also criticised the National Assembly for …

However, interviews with families of victims, retired police officers, human rights advocates, lawyers, and examination of police documents reveal a deeper crisis inside Nigeria’s criminal justice system. In the last five years, a troubling pattern has emerged across Nigeria’s South-East. Violent crimes, political assassinations, communal killings, and controversial arrests are frequently and swiftly linked by security agencies to the Indigenous …

History will not be kind to this chapter of the Nigerian Senate. We are witnessing the systematic destruction of the separation of powers. The 10th Senate, under Akpabio, has effectively been neutered. By barring new lawmakers from leadership races through self-serving amendments to the Standing Rules, and by creating an environment where dissenters are targeted, suspended, or sidelined, the leadership …