Tag: INEC
INEC releases timetable for Edo, Ondo guber elections
mahmood The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the timetable for the conduct of Edo and Ondo states governorship…
Anambra PDP: Supreme Court dismisses INEC motion
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a motion filed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) seeking clarification on its…
INEC collates results in Benue South senatorial re-run election
Collation of results by INEC officials across the 3000 polling units in the rescheduled Benue South Senatorial election between David…
INEC receives materials for Plateau bye-election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says it has received election materials for distribution to Registration Area Centres (RACs), in…
Between Governor Wike and INEC by Francis Balogun
It will do our democratic experience a whole lot of good if concerted efforts are made not only to raise…
Rivers INEC insists on use of Card Readers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Aniedi Ikoiwak, has said that despite the various Supreme Court judgments that…
Rivers: INEC presents Certificate of Return to APC assembly member
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) on Friday issued a Certificate of Return to Hon Victoria Wobo Nyeche…
INEC officials who attempt to rig would be treated as armed robbers – Wike
Governor Nyesom Wike has stated that any official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) who attempt to rig the…
Rivers Rerun: Senator Abe condemns Wike’s threat to INEC
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Ahead of the state and national assembly re-run elections scheduled to hold on March 19, Senator Magnus…
INEC reverses self, shifts Rivers rerun elections to 19 March
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has shifted the Rivers State National and State Assemblies rerun elections…
Men beat women in obtaining voter cards in FCT
Mrs Ndidi Okafor, Director of Voter Education in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in FCT, says more men registered…
Rivers rerun elections for 6 Feb
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has fixed 6 February, 2016 for the rerun elections in Rivers…
INEC shuffle RECs, moves Gesila Khan from Rivers
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday announced the redeployment of nine of its Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs), on…
INEC worried over increasing cases of electoral violence
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has raised concern over the increasing spate of electoral violence in the country. INEC…
FCT Minister commends INEC
The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the adequate arrangement put in…
INEC urges eligible female voters in FCT to register
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appealed to eligible female voters in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to register…
INEC commences voters registration in Abuja
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday commenced a five-day Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) across the six Area Councils…
NGO releases interim report on Bayelsa polls, petitions INEC chairman
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A Non-Governmental Organization, NGO, Credible Leadership and Citizen Awareness observing the ongoing re-run governorship election in Southern…
#BayelsaDecides: PDP still in the lead after early results
Governor Seriake Dickson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seems to be consolidating on his early victory in the Bayelsa…
Bayelsa Polls: PDP beating war drums to intimidate voters, INEC – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of beating war drums ahead of Saturday’s…
Election: INEC to deploy security personnel days before election time
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has called for early deployment of security personnel ahead…
Court annuls de-registration of three political parties
The power granted the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the Electoral Act 2010 to deregister political parties suffered defeat…
INEC’s Returning Officer, undergraduate son murdered in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Organic Chemistry lecturer, Dr Ebirien Fubara of the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt, Rivers…
Bayelsa Polls: Traditional rulers sue INEC, AGF over alleged disenfranchisement
Twelve traditional rulers in Southern Ijaw Area of Bayelsa State have dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to court…
Why N50.8b bailout to Kogi must be put on hold
Odunayo Joseph From the political imbroglio currently rocking Kogi State, it can be aptly said that the dust surrounding the…
Appeal Court sacks Akwa-Ibom House speaker
The Appeal Court in Abuja on Tuesday nullified the election of the Speaker of INEC, Mr Aniekan Uko, for non-compliance…
Bayelsa Polls: PDP faults Sylva’s letter to INEC, says he can’t be governor
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Restoration Campaign Organization, an organ of the Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa State has expressed dismay…
Sylva tells INEC to declare winner of Bayelsa poll
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the December 5 Bayelsa state gubernatorial election, Chief Timipre Sylva,…
Bayelsa APC demands sack of INEC REC
Jethro Ibileke/Benin‎ Timipre Sylva, APC governorship candidate in Bayelsa State[/captionsylva The Sylva-Igiri Campaign Organisation of the All Progressives Congress (APC)…
Akwa Ibom Guber: Court hears APC, PDP, INEC appeals
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Tuesday reserved judgement in separate appeals against the April 11,2015 Akwa Ibom…