President Donald Trump‘s administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to let it enforce a new U.S. Postal Service rule tightening the use of mail-in ballots, moving swiftly after a judge temporarily blocked the regulation ahead of November’s midterm elections. In an emergency…
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has warned that Nigeria’s democracy is at a crossroads ahead of the 2027 general elections, citing threats of political violence, rigged party primaries, weak electoral credibility and declining judicial integrity. Falana made the remarks…
The Presidential Candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has assured supporters that no one would intimidate them or prevent their votes from counting during the 2027 general elections. Obi, who spoke on Thursday at a town hall meeting…
The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress APC has said that the leadership of the party is currently studying the results of […] The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress APC has said that the…
The declaration ended months of campaigning in the South-West state, with 15 political parties participating in the election. The Bola Ige House has a familiar occupant: Ademola Adeleke! The Osun State governor has won a fresh four-year term to lead…
Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, security personnel and voters at the polling unit of the candidate of the African Democratic Congress in the ongoing governorship election in Osun State, Najeem Salaam have abandoned their duties. This happened after some…
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), police and other security agencies to ensure that voters freely choose their leaders in Saturday’s Osun State governorship election. The rights group warned against violence, vote-buying, intimidation…
The result could offer an early signal of shifting alliances and voter sentiment before the presidential race. On Saturday, voters in southwestern Nigeria’s Osun State will choose their next governor. On paper, it is a contest over who will run…
Two candidates in the Osun governorship election — Adebayo Adewale of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) and Adedamola Adebayo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) — have withdrawn from the race and endorsed Ademola Adeleke, the incumbent governor. Adewale announced his…
The organisation also expressed concern over the delayed arrival of sensitive election materials, which it said arrived at about 8:30 p.m. on Thursday The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, one of the civil society organisations observing the Osun State governorship…
