Tag: INEC
More work needed to perfect elections in Nigeria, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says more work is needed to perfect the conduct of elections in Nigeria. The President made the…
BREAKING: INEC declares Bayelsa election inconclusive, cancels Southern Ijaw polls
Jethro Ibileke, Idowu Ogunleye/Yenagoa The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared the Bayelsa State governorship election as inconclusive. The…
PICTURES: Protest at INEC collation centre in Yenagoa, Bayelsa
Photos By Idowu Ogunleye Despite police ban on processions and demonstrations in Bayelsa state, hundreds of PDP supporters, men, women…
#BayelsaDecides: Announcement of polls results about to commence
Jethro Ibileke, Idowu Ogunleye/Yenagoa The much anticipated announcement of the results of the gubernatorial election in Bayelsa state is about…
INEC declares Yahaya Bello winner of Kogi polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Mr Yahaya Bello of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of…
INEC promises free, fair supplementary election in Kogi
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has pledged to conduct free and fair governorship supplementary election in the 91 polling…
Abatemi-Usman hails APC decision on Audu’s replacement
The immediate past Senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman, has hailed the decision of the All Progressives Congress,…
INEC confirms Bello as APC choice for Kogi supplementary polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has confirmed that the All Progressives Congress, APC has submitted the name of Yahyah…
Audu’s votes died with him, Wada tells INEC
Seun Bisuga Governor Idris Wada of Kogi state has categorically told the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that the votes…
Plateau bye-election: INEC seizes 7 PVCs, 5 fake agent cards
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Jos says it has seized seven Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) from under aged…
INEC to deploy 8, 000 ad hoc staff for Bayelsa governorship polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Bayelsa has said that more than 8, 000 ad hoc staff would be…
Kogi governorship race gets messier by the day
The governorship election in Kogi state, central Nigeria that appeared to have been conducted almost seamlessly on 21 November is…
Declare Wada winner of Kogi polls, PDP tells INEC
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare its candidate, Governor Idris Wada,…
KOGI ELECTION QUAGMIRE: WILL THIS INTERPRETATION OF CONVENIENCE WORK?
By Daniel Onwe This tragedy of the Kogi State election has opened a flood gate of interpretations and opinions on…
INEC assures of hitch-free poll in Bayelsa
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday said it had improved on its logistics and was ready to conduct…
Plateau: INEC says no shaking on Nov 28 bye-election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that its Nov. 28 date for an election to fill the vacant…
PDP demands resignation of AGF, INEC chairman
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has demanded immediate resignation of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Malam Abubakar Malami and…
APC will only substitute Audu for Kogi supplementary election- INEC, AGF
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on Tuesday said it will allow the All Progressives Congress, APC, to…
INEC gives verdict on Kogi polls, says no to fresh polls
The Independence National Electoral Commission has stated that there will be no fresh polls in Kogi state after the death…
BREAKING: Kogi polls declared inconclusive
Just when many thought the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Abubakar Audu will be officially declared winner of Kogi governorship…
Kogi Polls: INEC lauds candidates, stakeholders over peaceful election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed satisfaction with the peaceful conduct of the governorship election in Kogi. Its…
Kogi governorship poll improvement on previous exercises – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said Saturday’s Kogi governorship election was an improvement on previous exercise conducted in the…
Kogi Deputy Governor lauds INEC for smooth conduct of guber polls
Kogi Deputy Governor, Mr Yomi Awoniyi, has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the smooth conduct of the…
Kogi polls: APC, DPP chieftains laud INEC, security agencies for smooth accreditation
Chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Democratic People’s Party (DPP) have commended the Independent National Electoral Commission…
Something funny is going on here,” Wada blurted out as wife can’t find name on register
Ayorinde Oluokun/Kogi “Something funny is going on here,” angry Kogi State Governor, Idris Wada, blurted out as his wife, Halimat…
Buhari’s meeting with INEC, Police not to rig elections – Presidency
The Presidency says President Muhammadu Buhari’s meeting with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Police was geared towards…
Be independent, PDP tells INEC ahead of Kogi, Bayelsa polls
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has charged the new leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to assert its…
INEC urged to start preparing for 2019 elections
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has been urged to start preparations for 2019 electoral process to avoid recurrence of challenges…
We will hold you by the oath, Buhari tells INEC chairman, commissioners
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday told the newly inaugurated INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, and five national commissioners of the…
1.3m voters to participate in Kogi guber poll
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed that 1,397, 786 voters will participate in the governorship election holding in…