Tag: INEC
Edo governorship election must go on-INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Wednesday said would not postpone Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State for the…
Edo Election: INEC begins voter education, to stem apathy
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Edo said on Monday that it had commenced voter education to stem voter…
Victory will spur us to serve better- Ikpeazu
Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia, on Thursday, expressed joy over his victory at the Court of Appeal, Abuja, saying that…
INEC to conclude Rivers election in October
Mrs Amina Zakari, INEC National Commissioner in charge of election operations, has assured of the commission’s readiness to conclude suspended…
Sheriff writes INEC to ignore Makarfi’s proposed PDP convention
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff has written to the Chairman of the…
INEC boss commends development of mega container ports
The National Electoral Commissioner, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Hajia Amina Zakari, has said that rising global cargo freight is…
Ikpeazu use of state High Court is wrong – SAN
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Samuel Okutepa has said that it is wrong for Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of…
BREAKING: INEC issues Certificate of Return to Samson Ogah
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday in Abuja issued Certificate of Returned to Mr. Samson Ogah as the…
PDP Edo governorship primaries illegal – Sheriff
Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, the disputed National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the just concluded Edo state…
INEC receives 32 fresh applications for registration as political parties
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday in Abuja said it has received 32 applications from various associations for…
20 INEC staff reinstated
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said in the commission’s daily bulletin issued on Monday in Abuja that it had…
INEC declares Nasarawa/Toto federal constituency by-election inconclusive
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared that the just concluded Nasarawa/Toto Federal Constituency by-election inconclusive due to…
Include independent candidacy in Electoral Act, Stella Oduah tells INEC
Senator Stella Oduah (PDP Anambra North) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to include independent candidacy in…
Diezani to face trial over $115m bribe to INEC officials
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has hinted that former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke will face trial over…
N23.29bn: INEC officials, Fidelity Bank refund Diezani’s bribe
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered N408.7 million from some of the beneficiaries of the N23.29 billion…
#FCTDecides: APGA, PDP commend INEC, security agencies
Some candidates in the Saturday council elections in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have commended Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…
Disqualification of Tonye Alalibo: PDP accuses INEC of acting APC script
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has dismissed the reason given by the Resident Electoral Commissioner of the…
APC insists on fresh rerun polls in Rivers, accuses INEC of allocating votes to PDP
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has come out to declare that what took…
Why we have not fixed date for Rivers rerun – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would consult political stakeholders in Rivers on logistics for repeat of legislative…
Why I wanted Wike out of Rivers —Okupe
Eromosele Ebhomele Dr. Doyin Okupe, a former senior aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria, Tuesday morning explained why he…
INEC declares Rivers assembly polls inconclusive
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission has suspended all the election in all constituencies in the state. In a statement late…
#RiversRerun: Disregard results on social media, INEC tells Nigerians
The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has urged Nigerians at home and abroad to disregard results of Rivers national and…
#RiversRerun: Wike expresses displeasure at INEC
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has expressed satisfaction with the security situation in the state as the people vote…
#RiversRerun: INEC dismisses Wike’s allegations of fake result sheets
The Independent National Electoral Commission has denied claims by the Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike that fake result sheets are…
Rivers Rerun: Wike says INEC not prepared
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that INEC was not prepared for the re-run elections…
INEC sued by 680 politicians
About 680 politicians dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission to court, immediately after the 2015 elections. But a lot of…
Rivers Rerun: INEC has concluded plans to rig for APC – PDP chieftain
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice under former governor, Rotimi Amaechi, and a candidate for the…
Kogi: Tribunal dismisses APGA petition against APC, INEC
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal for Kogi has dismissed of the petition filed against the All Progressive Congress (APC) and…
Abia Rerun: PPA kicks as Orji Uzor Kalu loses to PDP candidate
The Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) on Tuesday added a new dimension to election re-run held in Abia North Senatorial distrust…
INEC to distribute PVCs in Abuja next week
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has fixed March 4 to March 10 for the distribution of Permanent Voter Cards…