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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will review the Electoral Act 2026 and issue a revised timetable...

NIGERIA: INEC Uploads 92.2% of FCT Chairmanship Election Results on IReV Portal

As of 5:55 a.m. on Sunday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had uploaded 2,602 out of the 2,822 polling...

NIGERIA: ADC, PDP, NNPP Boycott Kano Bye-Election as APC Wins Rivers Polls

Three opposition parties — the African Democratic Congress (ADC), New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on...

Nigeria: APC Wins Kano Assembly By-Elections as Sons of Deceased Lawmakers Emerge Victorious

by Kehinde Giwa

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the Ungogo and Kano Municipal by-elections for the Kano State House of Assembly....

NIGERIA: APC’s Maikalangu Wins AMAC Chairmanship Election With 40,295 Votes

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Christopher Maikalangu, has been declared winner of the Abuja Municipal Area Council...

Nigeria: Wike Monitors FCT Area Council Elections

by Kehinde Giwa

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, is currently monitoring the ongoing area council elections in the...

Gambia Government Warns Citizens of Joining Armed Forces Abroad

The Gambian government has raised “grave concern” over reports that some of its citizens are traveling abroad to participate in...

NIGERIA: Low Voter Turnout Observed at AMAC Polling Units in Early FCT Elections

Voter turnout was notably low on Saturday morning at several polling units in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) during...

NIGERIA: 30 Killed, Several Abducted in Bandit Attack on Zamfara Village

No fewer than 30 people have been killed and several others abducted following a midnight bandit attack on Dutsin Dan...

NIGERIA: FCT Police Deploy Massively For Area Council Elections