How Appeal Court reset the PDP game
Sir: The immediate reactions that followed the recent judgment of the Court of Appeal on the disputed convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ibadan were entirely predictable. Within…
I’ll challenge 2026 Electoral Act application in court, says Peter Obi
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has formally registered as a member of the African Democratic Congress. Obi, who completed his registration in his hometown of…
David Mark, Aregbesola, others as ADC national officers suit dismissed
Hon. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking the removal Senator David Mark and former Governor Rauf Aregbesola as National Chairman and…
INEC chair acknowledged court summons over contempt charge
Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Joash Amupitan (SAN), to appear before it on March 10 to answer a contempt…
2027: PDP, ADC launch e-registration
APC plans deadline extension Nigeria’s major opposition political parties, the Peoples Democratic Party and African Democratic Congress, have commenced nationwide digital membership registration exercises as part of efforts to comply…
APP deregistration case adjourned to April 16, INEC absent in court
A Federal High Court sitting in Owerri has adjourned the matter seeking to disqualify the Action Peoples Party, APP, from participating in any electoral exercise following its deregistration by the…
Twelve Takeaways From New Electoral Act
By Opeyemi Bamidele The Electoral Act, 2026 has finally come into force. Its enactment confirms the demise of the old order that never perfectly met our aspirations and proclaims the…
Electoral Act 2026 and FCT area council polls
By Jide Ojo this year is set to be a year of politics and politicking. On February 17, the National Assembly passed the harmonised version of the Electoral Bill 2026,…
Election fraud: INEC RECs risk two-year jail term
The National Assembly has unveiled far-reaching reforms in the newly enacted Electoral Act, 2026, including a two-year jail term for any Resident Electoral Commissioner who withholds vital electoral documents and…
PDP consults legal team to challenge FCT area council polls
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has inaugurated a special legal team to handle election petitions arising from the February 21, 2026, Area Council elections in the Federal Capital Territory. This…