Nigeria Decides 2019

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has petitioned the National Judicial Council over what it called the violation of the constitution and electoral act by Justice Ekwo Inyang of the federal high court by sitting on a matter that it said ought to have been handled by an election petition tribunal, …

The chief of army staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, refused to speak on the militarization of the 2019 polls, particularly the alleged interference by the Nigerian army in elections in some states. Reports say excessive force was said to have been used by the army in some states, including Rivers, …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has suspended the collation of the governorship election results of Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area and the subsequent announcement of the result. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Ibrahim Abdullahi, disclosed this at a press conference at the Prof. Mahmood Yakubu Conference Hall, INEC Headquarters in Bauchi …

The Independent National Electoral Commission in Ekiti State has assured political parties, candidates and stakeholders that the house of assembly supplementary election billed for Saturday   in Ekiti east constituency one,   will be free, fair, transparent and credible. Major contenders in the election are Hon.  Ojo-ade Fajana of the Peoples Democratic …

The presidency has informed the All Progressives Congress candidates in states where supplementary elections would hold on Saturday that president Muhammadu Buhari would not manipulate the Independent National Electoral Commission in their favor. It also warned political leaders making inflammatory statements capable of inciting the citizenry to violence ahead of …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in Adamawa state says the governorship supplementary election scheduled for Saturday would be conducted in 14 local government areas of the state. The State’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Kasim Gaidam, told journalists in Yola that the election would be conducted in 29 wards and …

The Independent National Electoral Commission in Osun says 2,500 registered voters are expected to take part in the supplementary election for Oriade Constituency in Osun State Assembly on March 23. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Osun, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Osogbo on …

No fewer than 10 petitions have been filed before the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Enugu. At the tribunal’s secretariat in Enugu revealed that the petitions arising from the outcome of the February 23 National Assembly elections were challenging three senatorial results and seven House of Representatives results. …

The Independent National Electoral Commission says it does not know if soldiers rigged elections in the River State governorship poll which was marred by violence. The INEC National Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, explained that after the Rivers State elections were suspended, INEC went on a fact …

The Association of Practitioners of Community Media in Nigeria (APCOM), the umbrella body of community media practitioners in the country, has tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on a peaceful and efficient completion of inconclusive elections in a number of affected states, by ensuring freedom from intimidation, protection of …