NEWS

Remo by-election: Police nab PDP chieftains, INEC officials with huge sums of cash + video

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2025

Men of the Ogun State command of the Nigeria Police, on Saturday, arrested two members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and two staffers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Iperu Remo, with huge sums of cash allegedly meant for rigging the by-election into the Remo

NEWS Politics

ADC Leadership Crisis Deepens As INEC disowns David Mark led Exco

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2025

A fresh leadership crisis has hit the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) refused to recognise the party’s newly constituted caretaker committee, while state chairmen denounced the David Mark-led group as an illegitimate coalition attempting to hijack the party through unconstitutional and undemocratic means. Despite

Politics

Confusion brews as two political groups seek registration under same acronym ‘ADA’

Daily Dispatch June 26, 2025

Barely a week after the anti-Tinubu coalition submitted a letter of intent to register a new political party named All Democratic Alliance (ADA), another group has submitted a similar request—also under the acronym ADA, but this time as Advanced Democratic Alliance. The All Democratic Alliance is reportedly being promoted by an opposition coalition led by […]

Politics

INEC debunks claims of registering new party, clarifies no group has met legal requirements

Daily Dispatch June 23, 2025

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed reports that it has officially registered the All Democratic Alliance (ADA) as a political party, clarifying that no group or association has fulfilled the necessary legal conditions for recognition. Sam Olumekun, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee,

Politics

INEC registers two new political parties

Daily Dispatch June 17, 2025

Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has registered two new political parties in Nigeria. A notice on the commission’s website, signed by Mrs. A. C. Ogakwu, Secretary to the Commission states that the newly registered parties are the Independent Democrats (ID) and the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM). The notice […]

COLUMNS

INEC, Election Riggers and Twisted Narratives

Daily Dispatch May 13, 2025

By Anietie Ekong Lately, there has been an upsurge of politically motivated and unwarranted attacks on the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio using several guises camouflaged as serving public interest. The article by Mr Segun Adeniyi on the backpage of THISDAY, Thursday, May 8, 2025 is one of such attempts to rewrite our recent […]