Tag: INEC
Election Materials: INEC reluctant to comply with tribunal order – Gombe APC
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Gombe has alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is yet to comply…
Court Dismisses Agbaje’s Petition Against Ambode
Henry Ojelu The Lagos State Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, western Nigeria, on Wednesday dismissed the petition filed…
Loud ovation as Jega exits INEC, Wali steps in as acting chairman
Professor Attahiru Jega bowed out on Tuesday amidst encomiums and commendations the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Six…
Aeroland Testifies Before Election Tribunal
Henry Ojelu The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in the 28 March Lagos-West Senatorial election, Mr Segun Adewale also known…
Tribunal To Consider Ambode’s Objection Against Agbaje’s Petition
Henry Ojelu The Lagos State Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Ikeja will Friday decide on whether to hear the preliminary…
2015 Election: Aeroland Battles Yayi At Tribunal
Henry Ojelu The People Democratic Party, PDP candidate for the Lagos-West Senatorial election, Mr Segun Adewale, popularly known as Aeroland,…
Akpabio Is Author Of Rigging, Says Umana Umana
The All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom in the 11 April governorship election, Umana Okon Umana has…
Gov Ayade Didn’t Forge Age —SAN
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Paul Erokoro has accused another Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Joe Agi of…
Well conducted elections will produce good people, says Jega
Prof. Attahiru Jega, the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has stated that well conducted election will result in the…
Rivers APC accuses INEC of mixing up 2015 election materials
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt All Progressive Congress, APC, in Rivers state has accused the state Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, of…
EbonyLife TV To Host Youth
EbonyLife TV, Africa’s first Global Black Entertainment and Lifestyle network, is set to host 100 young leaders to an exclusive…
INEC Reverses Self, Issues Nwachukwu Certificate Of Return
Sam Obinna Ibe/Umuahia The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued a certificate of return to Chijioke Nwachukwu, the winner…
2015 Elections: INEC achievements proved doomsday predictions wrong – Jega
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, has said that some predictions, especially in…
Nigerians should be involved in Jega’s successor – Stakeholders
Some election stakeholders on Thursday called on Nigerians, especially civil society organisations (CSOs), to be interested in who succeeds Prof.…
A Tale of Two Cities By Toibudeen Oduniyi
This is the year a political tsunami hit Iluola, the lush evergreen forest at the tip of the Savannah. The…
Why There Is Drop In Election Petitions —Edo REC
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barrister Mike Igini, has attributed the sharp drop in the number of election…
INEC Issues Certificate Of Return To Wrong Candidate
Sam Obinna Ibe/Umuahia The winner of Umuahia South State Constituency in the Abia House of Assembly, Eastern Nigeria, Chijioke Nwachukwu,…
Okorocha, 27 others get INEC certificates of return
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo and 27 members-elect for the State House of Assembly were on Thursday presented with their…
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…