Tag: Independent National Electoral Commission
Electoral Commission Should Get It Right Now —Adekanye
The Chairman, Lagos Mainland Local Government Area of Lagos State, Mr. Rufus Oladele Adekanye, has urged the Independent National Electoral…
Elections 2011, Headlines, News, Politics
Poll Shift: Jega Threatens To Resign, C’Wealth Group Sad
Professor Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission offered to quit his post Saturday night at an emergency…
Playing Yoyo With Nigerians’ Destiny
Professor Attahiru Jega’s stoppage of the National Assembly elections last Saturday is another step backwards for a democracy which after…
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Nigerians React To Postponement Of Elections
More reactions have trailed the postponement of the National Assembly and other elections with the ruling People’ Democratic Party (PDP)…
Ogun INEC Gets Ready For New Poll Dates
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has again postponed the national assembly elections till Saturday, 9 April. The election was…
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Jonathan, Gowon, Tinubu Praise Jega For His Courage
Former Lagos Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has praised the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission for his courage…
INEC Messes Up Ekiti Election
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has postponed indefinitely voting in Ekiti Central Senatorial District. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr.…
INEC Cancels Elections in Edo, Delta, Abuja, others
Elections have been cancelled in Edo, Delta states and Nigeria’s capital of Abuja, the election umpire, the Independent National Electoral…
Court Upholds INEC Time Table For April Polls
An Abuja High Court on Thursday upheld the time table released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the…
Police Detain PDP, INEC Staff Caught Tampering With INEC Materials
Oyo State Police Command has transferred the Head of Information Technology of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mr. Osunlola…
2 Jailed For Multiple Registration
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Adamawa State, Kassim Gaidam, yesterday in Yola, said that two…
INEC Warns Desperate Politicians
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, yesterday in Abuja, warned politicians “whose mindset was to use…
I Did Not Stop Sequence Of Election – Justice Auta
Justice Ibrahim Auta of a Federal High Court, Abuja Division on Wednesday debunked the reports as contained in a newspaper…
‘We’re Solidly Behind Daniel’
Some candidates of the Ogun State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, whose names were removed by the Independent…
Court: No Gov Polls In 5 States, Affected States: Kogi, Sokoto, Adamawa, Bayelsa And C/River
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja and presided over by Justice Adamu Bello this afternoon, held that the governors…
ENUGU PDP GOV. CANDIDATE: Court Lifts Order Against Chime
Respite came the way of the Enugu state Governor, Mr. Sullivan Chime as a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja…
INEC Delisting: Court Vacates Order As Judge Admit Blunder
The Federal High Court in Ibadan , Capital of Oyo State today vacated the interim injunction restraining the Independent National…
Voter Check Begins
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says it will begin the verification of the voter registration today throughout the country.…
2011 ELECTION: Court Stops INEC From Recognising Orji As Abia PDP Gov Candidate
Justice Gabriel Kolawole of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,…
Millions Disenfranchised
As the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, ends the registration of voters, millions of Nigerians may be unable to vote…
INEC Admits Earlier Rejected Party Lists
In an apparent move to douse increasing tension within some political parties who failed to meet the Independent National Electoral…
My Group Is Amenable To Dialogue -Atiku
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that his group is amenable to dialogue. Atiku spoke against the background of…
KATSINA GUBER TICKET: Aspirant Drags Masari, CPC & INEC To Court
A governorship aspirant of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, in Kastina State, Senator Yakubu Garba Lado, has dragged former…
2011: Ribadu Still Searching For Running Mate
Despite the fact that the name of one Mr Stanley Ogochukwu, a Nigerian said to be based in Spain, has…
Don’t Frustrate Nigerians, CPC Warns INEC
The Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, has warned the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to ensure more transparency in the…
Group Calls For Extension Of Voters Registration Exercise
The Igbo Community in Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Lagos State has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to…
Court Restrains PDP, INEC From Conducting Oyo Rerun Primaries
A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State yesterday restrained the People’s Democratic Party, PDP and the Independent National…
Ogun PDP Primaries: Don’t Accept Gov Daniel’s List —Court Orders
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the Ogun State People’s…
INEC Boss Threatens To Resign
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has said that he will resign if there is too…
INEC Was Not Ready —Fashola
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, South West Nigeria, says the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is a big disappointment…