Tag: INEC
Polls Shift: NANS Protest, Vows To Hold Mock Election 14 Feb
Damilare Okunola The Lagos State Chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has declared its displeasure over the…
PDP accuses INEC of poor distribution of PVCs
The PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, has accused the Independence National Electoral Commission (INEC), of poor handling of distribution of the…
Poll Shift: Party sues INEC, military chiefs
Nnamdi Felix/Abuja The last may not have been heard of the postponement of the general elections from the earlier scheduled…
2015 Election: I have no plans to sack Jega – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has stated that he has no plans to sack Prof. Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National…
We’ll Defeat Boko Haram In 6 Weeks —Dasuki
National Security Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Sambo Dasuki, has boasted that all the camps of Boko Haram insurgents within the country would…
Poll Shift: Soldiers Take Over Isaac Boro Park
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Perhaps in anticipation of civil protests against the postponement of the general elections by the Independent National…
Jega Not Going On Terminal Leave – INEC
The spokesman for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mr. Kayode Idowu, has debunked reports that INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru…
INEC extends PVC collection deadline to March 8
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has further extended the deadline for collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) until March…
INEC assures Nigerians of credible elections
The Independents National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday assured Nigerians that the 2015 general elections would be credible. Mrs Thelma…
Elections will not be postponed again – National Security Adviser
Nigeria’s elections will not be postponed past March 28, National Security Advisor (NSA) Sambo Dasuki told AFP in an interview…
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…