By Jemima Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent UPDATED TIMETABLE and schedule of activities for the 2027 general elections have been released by the All Progressives Congress (APC), setting out dates for screening, primaries, appeals, and other internal processes. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the notice, issued on Monday, was signed by the N...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent PROPOSED N135Billion for election petitions in the 2026 Appropriation Bill has sparked sharp criticism from political parties and legal experts, raising questions about the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s preparedness and the scale of the allocation. JKNewsMedia.com reports t...
By JKNewsMedia PREPARATIONS ARE set for a nationwide voter register revalidation exercise as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) schedules the process to commence on April 13. JKNewsMedia.com reports that INEC said the exercise is designed to update the register of voters to ensure accuracy and prevent fraudulent entries. It a...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent FUNDING PROPOSAL of N873.78 billion has been submitted for the conduct of Nigeria’s 2027 general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). JKNewsMedia.com reports that Professor Joash Amupitan, Chairman of the commission, presented the estimate before the National Assemb...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent ELECTION DATES for the 2027 general polls have been scheduled, with presidential and National Assembly elections fixed for February 20, 2027, and governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections set for March 6, 2027. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter PROMISED CHALLENGES lie ahead for Nigeria’s electoral system after President Bola Tinubu formally swore in Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan as the sixth substantive Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). At the State House Council Chamber in Abuja, Tinubu urged Amupitan to ser...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent NIGERIA’s NATIONAL Assembly has suggested shifting the country’s next general elections to November 2026, six months earlier than the usual February or March schedule. The proposal forms part of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2025, which was unveiled during a joint public hearing of the Sen...
By Bola BOLAWOLE (Published in TREASURES column in New Telegraph newspaper edition of Wednesday, 27 August, 2025). “MORNING, THEY say, shows the day! For your information, two other buy-and-sell elections are coming up very soon, one in Ekiti and the other in Osun. That’s where the vultures are heading right now!” “Do you still remember [&he...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNMedia Reporter SEQUEL to March 24 general elections in Senegal, Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu, in the wake of Bassirou Faye’s victory as president-elect, has extended his warm congratulations to the victor and his citizens. In a statement issued by Tinubu’s spokesperson yesterday, Anjuri Ngelale, Nigeria’s president ha...
