By Aluta News The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Feb. 21, 2026 for the conduct of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council elections. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this during the commission’s first consultative meeting with leaders of political parties on Wednesday in Abuja. Yakubu,Continue Reading
Aluta News All Progressives Congress (APC) says no amount of shenanigans from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will make it lose its focus of ensuring the success of its candidate, Lucky Ayedatiwa, in Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State. The APC Campaign Council Spokesman, Mr Banji Okunomo, stated this while addressingContinue Reading
Aluta News Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) and election materials have yet to arrive at Idrion Vocational Centre, a voting centre at Okaegben, Ewohimi, Esan South East Local Government Area of Edo. Dr Asue Ighodalo, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Edo governorship election, is expectedContinue Reading
Aluta News The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the re-election of Sen. Douye Diri as the governor of Bayelsa. The apex court in a judgment, dismissed the appeal brought before it by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC, Timipre Sylvia and his party. The lead judgment deliveredContinue Reading
Aluta News Low voter turnout has characterised the ongoing local government election in Bauchi State, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN correspondents, who monitored the exercise in Bauchi, Dass and Tafawa Balewa LGAs report that voting commenced in most polling centres at about 11:00 am, due to theContinue Reading
May 10, 2024 Chad’s state election body said interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby had won the May 6 presidential election outright with over 61 per cent of the vote, citing provisional results, even as his main challenger declared himself the winner. Chad’s junta has become the first of the coup-hitContinue Reading
May 06, 2024 Chad holds presidential election on Monday meant to end three years of military administration and usher in democracy, but instead it appears likely to solidify the interim president’s grip on power. General Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno who seized power in 2021, suspended the constitution, and was installedContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 4, 2024 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rescheduled elections in 16 polling units in Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency of Plateau because of missing ballot papers. Dr Oliver Agundu, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Plateau, said in a statement on Saturday night that theContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 4, 2024 The Returning Officer of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Zamfara, Prof. Femi Rufus, of the Federal University, Gusau, has declare Mustapha Sadauki of People Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the Shinkafi State Assembly Constituency. The returning officer said Sadauki, having metContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 20, 2024 Citizens of Borno are trickling voting in Saturday’s local government poll to elect their councillors in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) however reports of voter apathy, while many residents blamed the development on lack of campaign by the participating political partiesContinue Reading
