State governors have asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to sell over 78,000 excess laptops and webcams to them for distribution to secondary schools and promotion of computer literacy in the states. The governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole disclosed this to state house correspondents after the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting presided over by Vice-President Namadi Sambo on ...

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has upheld the powers of the National Assembly to legislate on how political parties should nominate candidates for elections. The court was delivering judgment in a suit filed by the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), which was represented in court by its National Legal Adviser Dr Muiz Banire. The ACN had sued the National Assembly and the Independent National Electoral ...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the printing of 33.5 million additional voters cards for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the cost of N2.117 billion for elections in the next ten years. Briefing state house correspondents after the council meeting on Wednesday, the Minister of Information and communications, Mr Labaran Maku, dashed any hopes of using permanent voters ...

The African Peoples Congress (APC) has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to a federal High Court in Abuja challenging the failure of the commission to register the association as a political party. The party in the suit also prayed the court for an order to prohibit the electoral body from registering any other association with the acronym; APC as a political party pending the hea ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has debunked allegations that the new registration fee of N1 million for intending political parties was a ploy to scuffle smaller parties. Speaking as a guest on a Channels Television’s programme, Politics Today, Kayode Idowu, spokesman to the INEC Chairman said though the constitution did not stipulate the amount to be charged as party registration fee, ...

The Chairman of the African Peoples Congress (APC), Michael Ikeagwuonu on Wednesday said that the association will continue with its plans whether or not the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) registers it as a political party. Mr Ikeagwuonu, who was a guest on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, accused the members of the merged political parties of conniving with the le ...

The African People's Congress has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of complicity in its non-registration as it has not tendered any cogent reasons for not doing so. The party said that despite INEC’s intent to frustrate the APC by not registering it, the APC will go ahead with its plans to conduct its first party primaries and also support a candidate for the Anambra State electi ...

Ahead of the Saturday’s local council elections in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the Abuja police command has urged residents to eschew all forms of violence and lawless acts that can mar the success of the elections. The Police Public Relations Officer, Hyelhira Daniel in a statement announced the restriction of movement within the territory on Saturday 16 March from 7am to 5pm while movement for th ...

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of misleading Nigerians and engaging in bare-faced lies with the manipulation of facts by claiming that a ‘phantom African Peoples Congress has applied to the commission for registration. The ACN in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated that ...

The National Conscience Party (NCP) has filed an appeal against the judgment upholding the power of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to de-register political parties. The party filed a one-ground notice of appeal at the Court of Appeal on Thursday in Lagos. On Wednesday, Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Lagos, affirmed the constitutionality of section 78(7)(ii) of Electora ...