A 10-member team from the National Electoral Commission (NEC) of Sierra Leone has arrived in Nigeria for training by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), towards that country’s upcoming general elections. A statement by Kayode Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman said that “the team of ICT and Operations personnel are in Nigeria for one week of training, study tour and experien ...

The Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko on Thursday in the ancient city of Owo flagged off his re-election campaign with a pledge to work with renewed vigour towards a better Ondo State just as he took swipe at those who want to capture Ondo State to perish the thought. According to him, Ondo State will never worship on the altar of any foreign god adding that one million godfathers and their District Offi ...

Barely two weeks to the Edo State Governorship election, President Gooodluck Jonathan on Saturday assured residents of the state of peaceful poll conduct saying that the organisers of the election must adhere to the principle of One Man, One vote. The president, who arrived the Benin airport aboard a presidential jet at about 11: 36am, was received by the Edo state governor Adams Oshiomhole amid other top P ...

The result of Egypt's presidential election will be announced on Sunday, a member of the committee overseeing the vote told Reuters on Saturday. "The news conference to announce the presidential election result will be at 3 p.m. (1300 GMT) on June 24," committee Secretary-General Hatem Bagato said. Both Islamist Mohamed Morsy and former air force commander Ahmed Shafik have claimed victory according to thei ...

A crisis appears to be imminent in the Ikeja branch of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) following a controversy over the elections of the executive officers of the branch. The election which was conducted on 9 May led to the emergence of Monday Ubani as the chairman elect but his opponent, Yinka Farounbi and some other aggrieved members have approached the Lagos High court sitting in Ikeja to seek a nullif ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced former governor of Kebbi state, Saidu Dakingari as the winner in the governorship re-run election held on Saturday. According to the Chief Returning Officer for the election, Professor Lawal Bilbis, Mr. Dakingari of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) polled 875,492 votes to defeat Mr. Abubakar Abubakar of the Congress or Progressive Change ...

The Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole on Thursday accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of planning to rig the forth coming gubernatorial election in the state. Mr Oshiomhole who made the accusations at the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) state executive meeting in Benin City, the Edo state capital, said the PDP had perfected plans to doctor the electoral registers by engaging fake Youth Corps memb ...