Tag: INEC
Lagos Accuses INEC Of Stalling Council Polls
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government says the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is delaying the conduct of Local Government election…
What Ndi Imo Did On Saturday In The Interest Of Ndigbo
By Mac Durugbo On Saturday, April 25, 2015, the last lap of the Governorship and House of Assembly elections was…
Counting of votes ongoing in Imo state
Voting has closed in most places in the Imo governorship supplementary polls, while counting is ongoing. At Ossemotor in Oguta…
Corps Members Arrested For Selling Ballot Paper
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Three members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, who served as adhoc staff during the 11 April…
Jonathan’s Loss And The Transiency Of Power
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The 28 March presidential poll has come and gone with its resultant tension, hiccups and drama. As…
Fire razes Katsina-Ala INEC Office
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Area Office in Katsina-Ala, Benue was gutted by fire in the early hours of…
Drama as PDP members struggle for certificate of return in Enugu
Drama ensued on Friday at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Enugu when two persons presented themselves to collect the…
How Jega’s Aides Foiled Plot To Kidnap Him
As Muhammadu Buhari closed in on Nigeria’s presidency, an aide to election commission chairman Attahiru Jega sent a text message…
Conduct fresh guber election in Taraba, Oyegun tells INEC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to either uphold the results from…
Ambode Receives Certificate Of Return
Jamiu Yisa The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented Certificates of Return to the Lagos State governor-elect, Akinwumi Abode…
INEC fixes April 25 for re-run election in Imo
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has fixed April 25 for re-run of the 2015 Governorship and some constituencies in…
Taraba Rerun: Atiku demands removal of implicated INEC, security officials
Former Vice President of Nigeria and APC Chieftain, Atiku Abubakar says INEC and security officials implicated in the conduct of…
On The Suspended Victory Dance In Imo State
By Peter Claver Oparah Like in 2011, Imo, my dear state, is once again, thrown into a period of suspended…
Taraba guber election is inconclusive – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared the governorship election in Taraba inconclusive. Prof. Mohammed Kyari, INEC Returning Officer…
The Path Of Continuity And Progress Assured
By Akinwunmi Ambode Fellow Lagosians, yesterday (Saturday), election day, history beckoned. Courage stood tall. Fairness and Justice raised their heads. Democracy…
Fashola Thanks Lagosians Over Ambode’s Victory
The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Sunday reacted to the victory of Mr Akinwunmi Ambode as the next…
I Won’t Discriminate Against Any Tribe —Ambode
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor-elect, Akinwunmi Ambode has declared that he won’t discriminate against any tribe in the course of governing…
INEC to fix date for inconclusive Gombe election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will fix a new date to conclude the Gombe State House of…
Ogun House speaker wins, deputy loses
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun State Deputy Speaker,Tola Banjo,representing Ijebu Ode State Constituency yesterday lost his seat to Wale Alausa of…
Official: Amosun declared governor-elect
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of the All Progressives Congress,APC has been officially declared the winner of the governorship election in Ogun…
INEC records 66 incidents in governorship election
Sixty-six violent incidents marred Nigeria’s closely-fought regional polls, with restive oil-producing Rivers state the worst affected, the election agency said…
INEC shifts state assembly election in Katsina
The INEC has postponed the House of Assembly election in Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina State to April 18.…
INEC releases Niger state assembly results
INEC on Sunday released results of Saturday’s state assembly polls in four constituencies in Niger. NAN reports that results from…
Oshiomhole Blasts INEC Over Card Reader Failure
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was Saturday criticised severely by Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State over…
Voters in Kano laud INEC over card reader
Voters on Saturday in Kano, commended INEC for the improvement recorded in the use of the card reader, for the…
No fake materials at polling booths in Rivers – INEC
The independent National Electoral Comision (INEC) on Saturday stated that there were no fake materials at the polling booths in…
Lagos APC Raises Alarm Over PDP’s Plans To Rig Election In Riverine Areas
Lagos APC says it has been informed that PDP plans to massively rig the governorship elections in the riverine areas…
58 APC, PDP Candidates Battle For Seats
All is set for the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections in 29 of the 36 states of the…
APC leads senate with 62 seats, PDP gets 45
Below is a table of the latest available results from constituencies declared in Nigeria’s March 28 national assembly elections, according…
INEC Sacks 2 Officials Over Electoral Fraud
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has sacked two Electoral Officers attached to Oredo and Orhiomwon Local Government…