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On March 18, 2022, a Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Abia State, declared Section 84(12) of the newly amended Electoral Act, 2022 as illegal and a violation of the provisions of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended).
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On June 18, about 12 weeks from today, the people of Ekiti State will go to the polls to choose their next Governor.
In preparation for the 2023 elections, INEC resumed its Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) on June 28, 2021. The commission has said it is targeting at least 120 million voters for the 2023 general elections.
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According to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, the 2023 Presidential election will be held on February 25, 2023.
On February 25, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, now known as the Electoral Act, 2022.
In an earlier report, Dataphyte noted that Mr Buhari has withheld assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill a total of 5 times between February 2018 to November 2021. But today, at the Council of Chamber at the Presidential Villa, the President gave assent to the Bill, which many Nigerians believe will give the country hope of a better electoral process.
Across the globe, the conduct of elections is important because it is the only way citizens in a democratic setting elect their representatives into different political positions of authority to pilot the affairs of their country.
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In 2018, Amaka was living and working in Enugu State. She registered for her Permanent Voters Card (PVC) there and voted during the 2019 general elections.
Civic Education is a critical part of the media’s functions and so Dataphyte has undertaken the task of explaining the simple steps eligible voters have to follow to get their PVCs and to participate in the forthcoming election.
On Saturday 12th February 2022, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted the Area Council election in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
The South West region on the other hand has the highest number of female legislators elected in their states’ parliament in 2019 although the numbers are still abysmally low.
On Monday, Financial Times, a London-based publication, had in a viral report disclosed that it costs an estimated $2bn to prosecute a presidential campaign in Nigeria.
As a result of voter fraud alongside other factors, Nigeria’s elections have always been rated poorly. This has also led to loss of confidence in the electoral processes and to a large extent, political apathy, particularly on the part of the youths who form a larger part of the country’s voting population.
In the last five general elections conducted in Nigeria, a total of 3,959 petitions were filed by the candidates and/or political parties challenging the outcome of the elections.
The Anambra electorate has spoken, giving its votes and the highest seat of the land to Charles Soludo, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). But what counts as the voice of the people if about 90% of these voices never spoke?
