Lawyer blasts INEC over decision on ADC
‘Tell Nigerians Tinubu will run unopposed in 2027’ Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has criticised the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, over its decision on the leadership crisis in the…
FCT Election: Widening Gap Between Eligible Voters, Power
By GEB Last month’s area council election in the Federal Capital Territory is a sad metaphor for how elections should not be held in any country, let alone one widely…
Court hears Ogun gov’s INEC declarations suit July 9
Hon Justice Chukwujeku Aneke of the Federal High Court in Lagos, on Tuesday, adjourned to July 9, 2026, further proceedings in a suit challenging the educational qualifications and declarations made…
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…