Tag: INEC
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…
INEC promises to deliver smooth governorship elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it had put necessary measures in place to conduct seamless election on across…
INEC Sacks 2 Electoral Officers In Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has sacked two Electoral Officers attached to Oredo and Orhiomwon local government…
Be neutral, APC urges security agencies, INEC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on security agencies, the Independent National Electoral Commission and all national institutions connected…
The Tasks Ahead Of APC-Led Government
By Ayo Oyoze Baje To begin with, let me repeat here part of my opinion essay entitled: ‘The hurdles ahead…
Between June 12 And March 28
By Tayo Ogunbiyi In the history of every country, certain dates are considered as defining and epoch making. Such dates…
Adesina wants Nigerians abroad to vote
A Nigerian Security Expert based in South Africa, Prince Debo Adesina, on Monday called for the enactment of a law…
INEC reschedules cancelled Edo NASS election
The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Edo, Mike Igini, said on Monday that the National Assembly election for Orhionmwon which was…
INEC to punish compromised officers after hitches
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Concerned over reported cases of hitches experienced during the 28 March Presidential and National Assembly election in Edo…
INEC insists on Card Readers for April 11 elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated it will use the Card Readers in the forthcoming governorship and House…
Kano INEC Commissioner, wife, 2 daughters die in mysterious fire
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Resident Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Kano, northwest Nigeria, Alhaji Abdullahi Minkaila is dead.…
Afenifere, Adams, TAN Make U-Turn, Congratulate Buhari
Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere; leader of O’dua People’s Congress, OPC, Gani Adams; Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria, TAN, Igbo and southsouth…
World Leaders Congratulate Buhari
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and other world leaders on Wednesday congratulated General Muhammed Buhari on his hard worn victory in…