Voters in the Nigeria’s Ekiti State governorship election sold their ballot, a development observers believe is a bad omen ahead of the 2023 Presidential poll.
elections/appointments: president directly elected by qualified majority popular vote and at least 25% of the votes cast in 24 of Nigeria's 36 states; president elected for a 4-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 25 February 2023 (next to be held on 27 February...
When the election results started coming in, APC was leading. But other caught up with us along the way. But I was never bothered because I was in the situation room and knew what was happening across the country. I knew the efforts we made for a positive outcome. We achieved suc...
The other critical implication of the 2023 election is how the exercise has resolved some disturbing developments in the polity. The election has to some extent settled the raucous politics in parts of the country. It is hoped that politicians will learn to play politics according to the rules ...
results to its portal, even if in other places, voters were told pointedly that there would be no uploading of results and that all results would be taken to the state collation centres. To be fair, the law does not expressly state how INEC should upload election results. However, in ...
President-elect Bola Tinubu (C, Front) celebrates with his supporters after his victory in Nigeria's presidential election in Abuja, capital of Nigeria, March 1, 2023. Bola Tinubu from Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress party has won Nigeria's presidential election with over 8.79 million...
Nigeria: Northerners support Tinubu’s tax reforms, survey findsA new grassroots report presents a marked difference from the perception that the influential northern region is strongly opposed to the tax reforms b... in at the deep end
fixed date. Each voter who is eligible has to cast his vote within the stated hours. Once the voting exercise is over, the ballot boxes are carried to the counting center and counted immediately and the results of the election are immediately announced by the Returning Officer after the ...
ABUJA, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria will hold next presidential election on Feb. 25, 2023, one week later than originally scheduled, the country's electoral body announced on Saturday. Elections for the country's bicameral legislature will be held on the same date, Mahmood Yakubu, head of...
This is why a focus on the 2023 general election now – especially the presidential election – is foolhardy. There are two pressing issues the country needs to address first. One of them is electoral reform. This was left till late the last time. President Muhammadu Buhari, who was seeking...