Tag: INEC
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…
INEC registers 663,748 voters in Bayelsa
The Independent National Electoral Commission says that 663,748 voters have been registered in 1,939 units for the Bayelsa governorship election…
INEC to distribute PVCs in Kogi, Bayelsa from Nov. 6
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would commence the distribution of Permanent Voter Card (PVC) to eligible voters…
Kogi Guber: Immigration tells immigrants to steer clear
The Nigeria Immigration Service in Kogi on Saturday cautioned immigrants against taking part in the Nov. 21 governorship election. The…
Senate confirms Prof. Mahmood Yakubu as INEC chairman
The senate has confirmed the appointment of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu as Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman and successor of…
DPC hails Buhari over new INEC Chairman
The Democratic People’s Congress (DPC) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, as the Chairman of the…
Will APC allow credible elections?
By Bola Bolawole Credible elections are a fulcrum of democracy. Without it, democracy cannot be said to be alive and…
INEC is not competent to operate with two national commissioners – Falana
By Femi Falana The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced the fixture of dates for the governorship elections in Bayelsa…
INEC forged Saraki’s senate election results
*exhibits tendered by his party agent at tribunal reveal Senate President Bukola Saraki’s political future lies precariously in the balance…
No multiple thumb printing, ballot snatching in Rivers guber polls – Witnesses
Four more witnesses for Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers, on Thursday told the State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja…
Rivers Guber: Soldiers, policemen lied on oath, INEC witnesses claim
Eight witnesses for the INEC on Monday told the Rivers Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja that the security…
A’Ibom guber tribunal concludes hearing, as INEC witness develops health problems
The Akwa Ibom State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal on Thursday concluded hearing in the petition brought before it by the…
A’Ibom guber tribunal rejects INEC’S objection on destroyed ballot papers
The Akwa Ibom State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja on Wednesday September 16, 2015 overruled an objection by the…
INEC admits only 293,072 voters accredited for Rivers guber polls – Official
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said that only 293,072 voters were accredited for the April 11 governorship…
Rivers governorship election marred by violence – INEC
Mr Charles Okoye, a witness for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the ongoing trial for the April 11 Rivers…