State Elections

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will suspend the online voter pre-registration exercise on May 30.

2023: INEC announces date for submission of candidates

June 9, 2022

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that it will systematically embark on the commencement of physical registration of voters in its state and Local Government Area offices after consulting stakeholders and reviewing the security situation across the country.

2023: INEC tasks parties to submit names of candidates before deadline

June 4, 2022

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will suspend the online voter pre-registration exercise on May 30.

2023: INEC tasks parties on deadline for candidate nomination

June 4, 2022

FILE PHOTO: Hijab wearing schoolgirls arrive to attend their classes as a policewoman stands guard at a government girls school in Udupi town

India’s Hindu groups want wider ban on hijab after court verdict

March 16, 2022

The Chairman of the Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC), Col David Imuse (rtd), has said his party will capitalise on the disarray in the state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to take over power in the state.

APC ready to capitalise on PDP crisis to take over Edo – state chairman

March 15, 2022

FILE - A police man, center, directs pedestrians towards a COVID-19 testing booth at a Sunday market in Jammu, India on Dec.5, 2021. In India, which has been getting back to normal after a devastating COVID-19 outbreak earlier this year, omicron is once again raising fears, with more than 700 cases reported in the country of nearly 1.4 billion people. (AP Photo/Channi Anand, File)

India fears new COVID wave as Omicron infections spread

December 29, 2021

Members of the minority parties in the House of Representatives have faulted the suspension of the Minority Leader, Mr Ndudi Elumelu, and five other leaders of the caucus by the Peoples Democratic Party.

2023: House minority leader charges PDP to field popular candidates

December 9, 2021

Moorti, 62, a villager suffering from fever rests on a cot as she waits to receive treatment at a clinic set up by a local villager, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Parsaul village in Greater Noida, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, May 22, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Coronavirus spreads to rural India as deaths again rise above 4,000

May 22, 2021

FILE PHOTO: SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB Naga Sadhus, or Hindu holy men take a holy dip in the Ganges River during Shahi Snan at "Kumbh Mela", or the Pitcher Festival, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Haridwar, India, April 14, 2021. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo

India’s premier appeals to keep Hindu festival symbolic as coronavirus infections surge

April 17, 2021

The new elected Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader Armin Laschet speaks after being elected at the party's 33rd congress, held online because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Berlin, Germany, January 16, 2021. REUTERS

Centrist Laschet picked to lead Merkel’s divided CDU party

January 16, 2021

The US state of Georgia said Friday it will recount votes from the election in which Joe Biden has eked out a razor-thin lead over President Donald Trump.

Official: Why US vote count takes so long

November 7, 2020

A candidate who died of coronavirus in October, David Andahl, has won a legislative seat in North Dakota.

US election: Deceased candidate wins legislative seat

November 4, 2020

Similarly, Esther Agbaje, has been elected into the Minnesota House of Representatives. She pulled a total of 17,396 votes, which represents 74.7% of the total ballots cast, defeating her closets opponent Alan Shilepsky.

Two Nigerians win in US election

November 4, 2020

Twitter, Facebook label Donald Trump post suggesting Democrats manipulated ballot counts

November 4, 2020

Democratic challenger Joe Biden, says it is not his place or incumbent President Donald Trump’s place to declare the winner of Tuesday election.

Joe Biden leads Donald Trump in Michigan, Wisconsin

November 4, 2020