Court restores INEC’s power to issue election timetable, activities schedule

A Federal High Court in Abuja has affirmed the powers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue timetable for elections and alter it as it deems fit.

The decision, coming from a court of cognate jurisdiction and a slight departure from an earlier judgment, is coming less than 24 hours after the electoral body has appealed the nullification of parts of its election…