Tag: 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…
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…