Tag: INEC
Coup Against Nigerian Voters
The sudden postponement on Saturday of the general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, due to security concerns…
Outrage Continues Over Polls Shift
Eromosele Ebhomele Hours after the Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, announced a postponement of the already scheduled general elections…
Poll Shift: Buhari, Others Call For Calm
Eromosele Ebhomele Top politicians and well-meaning Nigerians have since Saturday been urging Nigerians for calm as reactions to the postponement…
Ozekhome, Darah applaud INEC over polls shift
Constitutional lawyer and human rights activist, Mr Mike Ozekhome, on Sunday said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) did the…
Buhari says INEC has been gravely compromised, calls for calm
General Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate has stated that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) “has…
Poll Postponement: INEC Was Ambushed By PDP, FG, says Fashola
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos says the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, postponed the general elections because the commission was…
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A Military Diktat and the Pitiable INEC chief
By Bayo Onanuga Professor Attahiru Jega, chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission cut a pathetic, pitiable figure Saturday night…
SERAP, others ask Jega to publish contracts for printing ballot papers
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Corruption Watch UK, and the African Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) have…
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Jonathan’s campaign organ supports Nigeria’s poll delay
The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO) has endorsed the postponement of elections as announced by the Independent National…
Poll Shift setback for Nigeria’s democracy, says Oyegun
The chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has described the postponement of the February elections till March…
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Poll shift: Tinubu says it’s democracy at gunpoint
Jamiu Yisa The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has described the postponement of…
Nigeria: INEC announces new election time-table
Professor Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission today announced new dates for Nigeria’s general elections. The Presidential…
There are new developments to be addressed before elections, says Jega
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has said that there were `new developments’ that needed to…
INEC yet to decide on election postponement
Independent National Electoral Commission says it is yet to make an announcement or decide on whether the February 14 presidential…
Doubt, fear persist ahead of presidential election
Campaigning in Nigeria’s knife-edge presidential election entered its final week on Saturday, with mounting questions about whether the vote will…
2015: INEC calls for synergy with media
Alhaji Hussein Pai, the Kogi Resident Electoral Commissioner of INEC, on Friday, called for positive synergy between the media and…
INEC meets with political parties to decide on election postponement
Nigeria’s election commission will on Saturday announce whether or not it will postpone national polls set for February 14, a…
Jega Charged With Contempt of Court
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba A Federal High Court sitting in Warri, has fixed 10 February, 2015, for the commencement of contempt of…
INEC to engage over 33, 860 ad-hoc staff in Lagos
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday said that it would engage no fewer than 33, 860 ad-hoc staff…
Police guarantee safety of materials, electoral officers
Alhaji Bala Hassan, the Assistant Inspector General of Police ( AIG) for Zone 10, said on Thursday that measures have…
Elections: Council Of State In Crucial Talks
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja A crucial meeting of Nigeria National Council of State presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan was going on…
Valentine’s Day And A Presidential Election
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Many years after his death, inspiring words and writings of the late American human rights activist, Martins…
Jonathan, PDP not trying to postpone elections – Fani Kayode
Femi Fani-Kayode, Director, Directorate of Media and Publicity, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation has said that neither the…
Council of State has no power to postpone elections, says Falana
Nigeria’s human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has said the the Council of State has no powers to postpone the general…
Bayelsa raises alarm over INEC’s refusal to release 147,802 PVCs
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Bayelsa State Government has raised an alarm that, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC is on…
Plot To Shift Elections Thickens
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The plot to get the Independent National Electoral Commission shift the presidential election slated for Saturday, 14 February…
2015 Elections: Jega Cancels Media Briefing
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja As preparations for the general elections gather momentum, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof…
Lagos Now Has 5.9m Registered Voters –INEC
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says Lagos State now has 5.9 million registered voters ahead of next…
Breaking The Jinx Of Transition Violence
By Rev. Chris Okotie It is our lot to run tension-soaked political transition programmes, often marred by violence instigated by…
INEC extends PVC collection till 8 February
The Independent National Electoral Commission has extended the deadline for collection of Permanent Voter Cards to Sunday, February 8, 2015.…