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Nigeria's Minister of Solid Minerals, Kayode Fayemi, has emerged the winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Ekiti, which was conducted on Saturday.

The Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-rufai has revealed that the Local government election which is to hold in the state will be done electronically and the state makes history becoming the first to use the voting system. 

Renowned Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah, has stated that the North has been more impoverished under President Muhammadu Buhari than the last administration of President Goodluck Jonathan.

Independent National Electoral Commission chairman, INEC, Prof. Mahmud Yakubu has spoken of the possibility of having up to 80 political parties participate in next year’s general elections.

When you mention the man of the people then Russian President Vladimir Putin comes to heart. 

Yesterday, President Muhammadu Buhari rejected the call for him to re-order election in a letter he conveyed to the national assembly where the lawmakers vowed they would veto the president should in case he refuse to assent to it. However, a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, stopped the National Assembly from taking further action on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, 2018. The court, in a ruling delivered by Justice Ahmed Mohammed, ruled that all asked parties in the matter to maintain status quo antebellum, “at least between now and the next adjourned date.” Hide quoted text The presiding judge invoked section 6(6) of the 1999 constitution, as amended, which according to him, empowered the court to protect the Res (subject matter) of the substantive suit pending before it. Justice Mohammed adjourned the case till Tuesday next week.

Today, the Nigerian President , Muhammadu Buhari rejected the amendment to the Electoral Act proposed by National Assembly. Recalled, the  National Assembly  proposed that presidential election comes last in amendment to the Electoral Act 2010. Buhari however, rejected the move stating three reasons for withholding assent to the bill. According to Daily Trust the president on Monday communicated his decision to the federal legislature in two separate letters addressed to the Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker Yakubu Dogara. In the letter, Buhari in his letter to the Senate and read before the hallowed chamber, stated that ”Pursuant to section 58(4) of the 1999 constitution as amended, I hereby convey to the Senate my decision on March 3, 2018 to decline presidential assent to the electoral amendment bill 2018 recently passed by the National Assembly.” The President said some of his reasons for withholding assent to the bill was that, ”The amendment to th...

New electoral law debacle.. The National Assembly has vowed to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill,Daily Post reports. The bill seeks to re-order the sequence of the polls during general elections starting from the 2019 polls. The Senate has made its intention to exercise its veto powers should Buhari withhold assent on the bill known. The House of Representatives had earlier said the lawmakers would not hesitate to override the President’s decision if he vetoed the bill. The Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Abdulrazak Namdas, told Punch that members would not change their minds on the Electoral Act as amended. He said that the National Assembly expected the President to append his signature to the bill. He had said, “We are serious about this issue and we are not ready to reverse it. “For now, the bill has gone to Mr. President and we are waiting for his response. If his response is that he won ...

Independent National Electoral Commission fixed and announced dates for general elections in the country for the next 36 years. This covers the 2019 elections up to the year 2055. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, announced the decision at a meeting with leaders of political parties in the nation’s capital, Abuja on Wednesday. According to the INEC chairman, general elections will be held on February 16 and March 2 in 2019; February 18 and March 4 in 2023. The commission picked February 20 and March 6 for the 2027 general elections; February 15 and March 1 were picked for 2031. Other dates are February 17 and March 3 for 2035; February 19 and March 5 for 2039; February 21 and March 7 for 2043. “In 2047, it is February 15 and March 2; in 2051, it is February 18 and March 1; in 2055, it is February 20 and March 6,” Professor Yakubu added. He explained that by having fixed dates for elections would enable Nigeria to adopt global best practices in growing its democr...

Abia State ex governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu,  has promised to deliver over 70%  Igbo votes to President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 election. Buhari had stated that Igbo gave him five per cent votes at the 2015 presidential election and, as such, should not expect him to reciprocate differently. But, Kalu, who spoke with newsmen at the country home of an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain and Chief Executive Officer of Peace Mass Transit, Dr. Sam Onyishi, said Igbo will massively support the president in 2019. The former governor, who was hosted by Onyishi in his Nsukka home, after he received an honorary doctorate degree on Public Administration from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), at the weekend, said it would be after Igbo supports Buhari in 2019, that the people would now boldly approach him to get their due from his government. Kalu assured that president Buhari will address of marginalisation of Igbo which, he noted, is deep-rooted and would ...

 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced results received so far. See live updates from INEC headquarters in Awka: 1. Dunukofia LGA Registered voters: 63,861 Accredited voters: 18,632 APC 7,016 APGA 8,575 - Winner APGA's Obiano PDP 1,830 UPP 106 2. Njikoka LGA Registered voters: 88793 Accredited voters: 28346 APC: 5756 APGA: 16944 - Winner APGA's Obiano PDP: 3477 UPP: 108 3. Awka South LGA Registered voters: 149,279 Accredited voters: 36,114 APC: 6,167 APGA: 18,957 - Winner APGA's Obiano PDP: 5354 UPP: 150 4. Anyamelum LGA Registered voters: 60,034 Accredited voters: 23,837 APC: 5,412 APGA: 14,593 - Winner APGA's Obiano PDP: 2,323 UPP: 77 5. Anaocha Local Government APC - 5, 297 APGA - 11,237 - Winner APGA's Obiano PDP - 6,554 UPP - 146 6. Anyamelu LGA APC 5412 APGA 14593 - Winner APGA's Obiano PDP 2323 7. Ekwusigo APC 5412 APGA 8595 - Winner APGA...

Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has declared November 17, 2017, as a work-free day to enable civil servants in the state to relocate to their electoral wards to be able to participate in the governorship polls on the 18th. The governor announced this when he addressed civil servants during the 2017 African Public Service Day at Jerome Udoji Secretariat, Awka, and also used the occasion to solicit for support for the election. The governor also announced the payment of their leave allowance on the 15th of November, as well clear matters concerning the contributory pension whereby he dismisses the insinuation that his administration has mandated all workers under the state to enroll and contribute their pension adding that his government has set up a committee to examine the programme and advice government on what to do. He, however, appealed to them to make sure they not only cast their votes but also to protect their votes as his victory will determine the sustenan...

General Overseer, King of King Deliverance Church Gbonum-Ulepa Ntezi in Ishielu local government area of Ebonyi State‎, Prophet Emmanuel Chukwudi, has revealed the next Aambra state governor even as election draws closer in the south eastern state. The prophet claimed that‎ the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in Anambra State, Mr. Oseloka Obaze will win the election on November 18. Prophet Chukwudi told journalists in Enugu on Monday: “I have a message to tell the world about the election in Anambra state; God is revealing to me that I have chosen Obaze (Oseloka), the PDP candidate to emerge winner of the November 18 gubernatorial election in Anambra state.‎” Asked if God revealed to him why He chose Obaze, Prophet Chukwudi said “In the Book of Amos chapter 3 verse 7, the Bible said the Lord God dwelleth and revealeth his secret unto his servant the prophet.” “He told me that the incumbent Governor‎ of Anambra state is misusing the money of the state...

In preparations of the 2019 elections, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) , Prof.Mahmud Yakub , has told the Senate Committee on INEC that the commission would recruit about one million ad hoc members of staff for the conduct of the 2019 general elections.  According to him, the ad hoc workers to be deployed for the polls, which will begin in 484 days, will be about 300k higher than the 700k engaged for the 2015 general elections.  He said, “The projected increase in the number of ad hoc (members of ) staff to be engaged in the elections by the commission arose from the need to make provisions for adequate manpower for the exercise on a general template and, specifically, to take care of peculiar needs for that purpose in some  polling units across the federation.”  The INEC boss, at the interactive session with the lawmakers, also disclosed that the commission was planning to make the five categories of disfranchised Nige...

Following the brewing tension in the Eastern part of the country and also in preparations of the November Guber election. 

Kenya's electoral commission the IEBC,has announced new date to conduct the recently annulled presidential election. 

Ahead of the upcoming election in Anambra state. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Monday announced a date to conduct the Anambra State governorship primary election on Saturday, August 19, 2017.

According to some early results from yesterday’s local government elections, the All Progressives Congress (APC) was having an easy ride in all parts of the state.

These are some of the results from the ongoing Local Government election In Lagos State.

The British Prime Minister, Theresa May has finally addressed the people after a disastrous election.