Tag: Independent National Electoral Commission
INEC calls for party talks over Edo state polls
Professor Attahiru Jega, the Chairman of INEC, has invited the chairmen and secretaries, as well as the candidates of all…
Parties Accuse INEC Of Preferential Treatment
Some political parties in Abuja on Tuesday alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was giving preferential treatment to…
2 Killed In Edo ACN, PDP Fracas
Hell was let loose on Monday at the Edo State office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Benin…
Ondo 2012: ACN And Its Many Aspirants
Following the announcement by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, that October 20, 2012 is the date for the gubernatorial…
INEC Set To Print 40m Voters’ Card
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced the process of printing 40 million permanent voters’ card at a cost…
2015: Politicians Urge INEC To Sack Corrupt Politicians
Politicians on Monday said that for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct successful general elections in 2015, it…
PDP Wins Ebonyi Re-run Poll
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the PDP candidate the winner of the re-run election for Ezza South…
Court Sacks Another PDP Gov
The Supreme Court on Friday nullified the election of Kebbi state Governor Usman Saidu Dakingari of the Peoples Democratic Party,…
Okorocha Knows Fate In March
The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned till Friday, 2 March, to deliver its decision on an appeal instituted by the…
Kwara Central Senatorial District: Saraki Knows Fate March
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday adjourned till Tuesday 27 February to deliver judgment in a suit instituted by…
INEC Fixes 15 Feb. For Rerun Polls In Anambra
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed February 15 for re-run elections in Anambra South Senatorial District, Anaocha/Njikoka/Dunukofia Federal…
Oyo Rerun Election: PDP Shuns Stakeholders’ Meeting With INEC
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Monday shunned the stakeholders’ meeting initiated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to review…
Rerun: Police Restrict Movement In Port Harcourt LGs
Rivers Police Command has banned both human and vehicular movements in the local government areas that constitute Rivers East Senatorial…
Court Of Appeal Dissolves Borno State Gov Election Tribunal
The judgment of the borno state Governorship Election Petition siting in Abuja was on Thursday arrested following the disbanding of…
2012 Gov Poll: Adamawa INEC Begins Voter Education
Ahead of 2012 governorship election in Adamawa State, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has begun the education of voters.…
Tribunal Sacks Reps Member
The National Assembly/State House Of Assembly Eletions Petitions Tribunal sitting in Awka, the Anambra state capital, southeast Nigeria, has nullified…
Appeal Court Reverses Order On Election Dispute
The Court of Appeal in Lagos has upturned an order made by the state’s Legislative Election Petition Tribunal, in favour…
ACN Slams PDP Over Call For Sanction
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has described as ill-informed and grossly misplaced the call by the Peoples Democratic Party,…
ACN Slams PDP Over Call For Sanction
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has described as ill-informed and grossly misplaced the call by the Peoples Democratic Party,…
We Are Ready For Council Polls
 The Lagos State Independent National Electoral Commission, LASIEC has fixed 22 October for the council polls in the state. Following…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Ogboru Set To Appeal
The Democratic Peoples Party, DPP, candidate in the 6 January, 2011 governorship election rerun in Delta State, Chief Great Ovedje…
‘Jega, Jonathan Deserve Commendation’
Dr. Solomon Olukunmi Ajao, has commended the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega and his…
INEC May Scrap 53 Political Parties
There are strong indications that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, may invoke a section in the amended Electoral Act…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
PDP Is A Mafia Group
Chief Audu Ikwuta Innocent Ogbeh, former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and now a stalwart of Action…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Tribunal Orders Presence Of Forensic Experts At Inspection Of INEC Materials
The election petition tribunal sitting in Ibadan, capital of Oyo State, southwest Nigeria, today ordered the presence of hand writing…
53 Political Parties Up For Extinction
There are strong indications that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, may invoke a section in the amended Electoral Act…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
INEC Marks End Of Election Process
The Independent National Electoral Commission, Lagos headquarter recently marked the end of the general election procedure, presenting certificates of return…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Yakowa, 54 Others Receive Certificates Of Return
Kaduna Governor- elect, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa and 54 out of the 55 other members elected into the National Assembly and…
PHCN Blackout Shuts Down, Ajimobi, Oyo Governor Elect
Governor-elect of Oyo State, Southwestern Nigeria, Senator Abiola Ajimobi of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), and other winners of 2011…
Count Us Out, We Can’t Decamp To PDP —ACN Reps Members
Lagos Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, House of Representatives members-elect have denied claims that they have been asked to defect…