The public's hope for trustworthy elections was revived when the Ninth National Assembly amended the electoral law to create the 2022 Electoral Act, which included provisions for the use of BVAS technology in the conduct of the 2023 general elections.This was clearly demonstrated by the level of fanfare, hope, and enthusiasm that followed the buildup to the elections.The electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC, long before even the poli...

Ekweremadu, his wife, and a medical doctor in the UK are the first human trafficking offenders to be jailed under the Modern Slavery Act.The former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, have made history as the first defendants to be convicted under the United Kingdom’s Modern Slavery Act.On Friday, May 5, 2023, the Nigerian legislator was jailed at the Old Bailey, the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, for a total of 10 years an...

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue said there were violations of the Electoral Act in the conduct of both the presidential and national assembly elections.This was contained in a statement signed by his special adviser on media and publicity, Mr. Terver Akase, and issued to journalists on Tuesday.Ortom tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to ignore the concerns of Nigerians, emphasizing that many of them have questioned the credibility of the...