The National Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, has advocated for the scrap of the State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC) and called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to take over the conduct of local government election across states of the federation. The union also cautioned state Houses of Assembly against succumbing to pressure...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Tuesday, said it had received applications from 80 new groups that are seeking to be registered as political parties ahead of the 2019 general elections. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) INEC which made the disclosure at a National Stakeholders Forum on Elections,...

The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters, Aishatu Dukku, on Tuesday said the National Assembly was working on 12 Electoral Reform Bills to be passed before the 2019 elections. Mrs. Dukku made this known at a session of coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSO) known as “Situation Room’s Fourth Stakeholders’ Forum...