Tag: Independent National Electoral Commission
No Tenure Extension For Gov Oni, Others
Against all expectations, there will be no tenure extension for Governor Segun Oni of Ekiti State and other state governors…
IBB Free To Contest –Jemibewon
General David Jemibewon (retd), has stated that the former military president, General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (retd), is free and qualify…
Elections Hold In January, Jonathan Signs Electoral Act, Releases INEC’s N87billion
President Goodluck Jonathan today signed the Electoral Act into law, thus paving way for the general elections scheduled to hold…
2011: A Stitch In Time…
The alarm raised by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, over the delay by President Goodluck Jonathan to sign the…
Amended Constitution: CLO, Others Seek Supreme Court Intervention
Some political groups and a section of the civil society on Monday in Lagos urged the Supreme Court to urgently…
Group Counsels Fashola On Dev
A political pressure group, Advance Organisation Forum has advised the state governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, not to concentrate his…
Power Belongs To The People
The decision of the National Assembly to amend the 2006 Electoral Act by listing the order of elections in 2011…
INEC Registers New Party
The Mega Progressive People’s Party a.k.a. Mega Party, has been registered as a politicial party by the Independent National Electoral…
Huge Crowd At ACN Convention
Thousands of Action Congress members and supporters of other parties gathered this morning at the Blue Roof of Lagos Television,…
Ondo CNPP Decries Jega’s Defence Of Adebayo
The Ondo State chapter of Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) has expressed its dismay at the statement made by…
Empower INEC For Better Performance, FG Urged
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should be empowered adequately to face the challenges of making changes and drive direction…
INEC To Use Old Voters’ Register If…
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), will use the existing voters’ register for the 2011 general elections, if plans to compile…
Enough Of The Threats Over Zoning
There appears to be no end to the daily threats being issued by zoning protagonists to force the rest of…
INEC Has No Excuse Not To Succeed
Now that the Presidency has ordered the Federal Ministry of Finance to release N72 billion to the Independent National Electoral…
2011 Polls: Bakare, Sagay, Makinde Want Date Shifted
Serving Overseer, Latter Rain Assembly and convener, Save Nigeria Group, Pastor Tunde Bakare, constitutional lawyer, Prof. Itse Sagay and the…
Cleric Warns Jonathan
A cleric, Rev. (Dr.) Michael Akin Larinre of the Trinity Evangelical Church International based at Ajegunle, Alagbado, Lagos State, South…
2011: Politicians Adopt New Campaign Strategies
Despite the fact that neither the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, nor any of the over 50 political parties in…
Jega Wants Fresh Constitution Amendment, N7O billion For Fresh Voters’ Register
Professor Attahiru Jega, the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission today said only the reduction of the 120 days stipulated…
LASIEC To INEC: Create More Wards In Lagos
The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC), has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to create additional polling wards…
Editors Condemn Insecurity In Nigeria
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has condemned the state of insecurity in Nigeria especially the rising cases of kidnapping…
Imo Governorship Tussle: Agbaso Loses To Ohakim
The three-year old legal tackle over the office of the governor of Imo state between Chief Martin Agbaso of the…
NURTW Endorsed Akala For Second Term, Not PDP
Chairman, Implementation Committee of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State, Alhaji Yunus Akintunde, spoke with GBENRO ADESINA on…
Jonathan In The Eye Of The Storm
As a president of a country assailed by a legion of problems of gargantuan proportions, Goodluck Jonathan has been trying…
President Jonathan Inaugurates New INEC, Calls For Voter-Vigilance
President Goodluck Jonathan has charged Nigerians to be vigilant and defend their votes and insist that every vote counts. President…
PDP, An Embarrassment To Nigeria —AC
The Action Congress (AC) has described the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a perpetual source of embarrassment to Nigeria…
Bankole Owes The Nation Explanation –Kemi Nelson
A former Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, WAPA, in Lagos State, Nigeria, Chief (Mrs.) Kemi-Nelson has castigated the…
Lagos West AC Solicits For New Voters’ Register
Members of the Lagos West Senatorial district of the Action Congress, AC, Lagos, Nigeria, yesterday rose from their 5th Senatorial…
Okotie Enters Presidential Race, Faults Jega’s Appointment
Rev. Chris Okotie will formally declare his intention to run for the presidency at a press conference scheduled for Tuesday,…
Tinubu Writes Off Jega’s INEC
Former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu says there is no way the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, led…
Hue And Cry Over New INEC Commissioners
The revelation that some of the newly appointed Commissioners at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are card-carrying members of…