Nigeria: Pitch Awards - Osimhen, Oshoala in Hot Race to Retain Titles

There are 18 categories in all where winners will emerge on Friday night. Read more »

Nigeria: State Assembly Elections - Parties Share Assembly Seats in Ebonyi

The PDP candidate of Onicha West, Charles Onu scored 4,506 votes to defeat his closest opponent and candidate of the APC, Chima Ude-Umanta who scored 3,596 votes. Read more »

Nigeria: Kaduna Speaker Re-Elected to House of Assembly

The speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly was reelected to represent his Igabi state constituency in the assembly. Read more »

Nigeria: Adamawa 2023 - Binani Wins Her Local Government Area

Binani defeated her closest rival and incumbent governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, of the PDP in Yola South Local Government Area with a voting gap of about 11,000. Read more »

Nigeria: It's Official - APC's Dapo Abiodun Wins Ogun Governorship Election

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ladi Adebutu, polled 262,383 votes to come second in the election. Read more »

Nigeria: Ekiti 2023 - APC Gets 23 Seats, SDP 2, One Seat Declared Inconclusive

Election in the affected constituency was said to have been disrupted by suspected hoodlums. Read more »

Nigeria: Adamawa 2023 - Governor Fintiri Wins

He polled 27,351 while Mrs Dahiru polled a distant 9,650 to come second place. Read more »

Nigeria: Gombe Governor Wins Second Term in Office

The Gombe State governor, Yahaya, won the governorship election for a second term on Sunday. Read more »

Nigeria: Police Arrest Kano Lawmaker, 160 Others for Electoral Offences

Mr Usaini-Gumel said that the suspects would be arraigned in law courts as soon as the investigation was completed. Read more »

Nigeria: Suppression, Harassment of Observers Characterised Gubernatorial Election - CJID

In the course of undertaking their duty, some were victims of abuse from various actors. Among other forms of assault, some of them were detained, beaten, threatened or had their… Read more »

Nigeria: Governorship Elections - ActionAid Lauds INEC's Performance

"Regrettably, the voter turnout for the election was low, it is obvious that voter apathy has set in given what happened during the last election." Read more »

Nigeria: It's Official - INEC Declares PDP's Makinde Winner of Oyo Governorship Election

Mr Makinde was declared the winner by the electoral commission, INEC, on Sunday in Ibadan, the state capital. Read more »

Nigeria: Governorship Poll - INEC Denies Journalists Access to Kano Collation Centre

Some journalists fully accredited to cover the state elections and coalition of the results have been denied access to the collation centre in Kano. Read more »

Nigeria: NigeriaDecides2023 - Six Missing As Gunmen Attack Officials in Kogi

The six missing persons include two serving National Youth Service Corps members and four former corps members. Read more »

Nigeria: Lagos 2023 - Governor Sanwo-Olu Records Massive Win in His LGA

He came far ahead of his two main challengers Read more »

Nigeria: Governorship Election - Collation to Commence in Lagos, Continue in Ogun Sunday

According to Mr Agbaje, electoral officials across the state's 20 local government areas were yet to return to the state collation centre with collated results. Read more »

Nigeria: Four Suspected Vote Buyers Arrested in Sokoto, Katsina

ICPC says its operatives came under attack while carrying out the arrest of the vote buyers. Read more »

Nigeria: Ruling Party Will Win Not Less Than 28 States, Senate President Lawan Boasts

Mr Lawan praises the National Assembly for passing a law that has improved Nigeria's elections. Read more »

Nigeria: Buhari Casts Final Ballot As President

After casting his ballot, Mr Buhari said he was sure that his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), would win in the state. Read more »

Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides2023 - Low Voter Turnout Mars Governorship, Assembly Polls in Borno

The majority of the voters in the metropolis of the two local governments that form the state capital, Maiduguri, did not turn out to vote. Read more »

Nigeria: Police Detain Election Observer in Borno

Mr Umar said he was arrested by a police officer attached to Kekeno(005) under Kukawa of Kukawa Local Government Area in Borno State. Read more »

Nigeria: 2023 Polls - Our Mission Is to Strengthen Democracy in Nigeria - EU Observers

EU observers plan to release a preliminary statement by Monday Read more »

Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides - Vote Buying, Violence Characterise Governorship Elections - Group

CDD also said online and offline voter suppression affected the governorship elections. Read more »

Nigeria: INEC Postpones Election in Lagos Community With Over 5,000 Voters

INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Segun Agbaje, says the elections in the affected 10 polling units in Lagos will hold on Sunday. Read more »

Nigeria: INEC's Register Full of Dead People - Governor Abiodun's Aide

Mr Hazzan said INEC was building on the 1999 register and had not removed the names of dead people. Read more »