Tag: INEC
INEC implements ECOWAS 2011 recommendations
The ECOWAS Election Observation Mission, said on Saturday in Abuja that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) implemented some of…
INEC urges eligible voters to collect their PVCs
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged registered voters in Kano state to go to Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs)…
Lagos cancels sanitation, urges residents go for PVCs
Jamiu Yisa The Lagos State Government has announced the cancellation of the environmental sanitation exercise scheduled to take place on…
2 APC Lawmakers Retain Tickets
Eromosele Ebhomele The list of candidates for the House of Assembly election in February released by Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral…
14,000 PVCs Disappear
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Ahead of the February 14 and 28 general in elections, 14,000 Permanent Voter’s Cards, PVCs, have disappeared in…
YABATECH, OAU Sensitise Students Ahead Elections
Damilare Okunola & Akintola Lukman The Students Union Government, SUG, of the Yaba College of Technology, YABATECH, has organised a…
Buhari’s Certificate: PDP to pass vote of no confidence on INEC – Fani-Kayode
The PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation has challenged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to address the issues surrounding the certificate…
CDAC Appeals To INEC Not To Disenfranchise Lagosians
Kazeem Ugbodaga A call has gone to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to ensure that every eligible voter in…
Internally Displaced Persons And 2015 Elections
By Bilikis Bakare Recently, the news of the grisly attacks by the insurgents on the people of Baga and the…
Holding Elections On Schedule
The 2015 Presidential Election is less than three weeks away and calls by Sambo Dasuki, the National Security Adviser to…
INEC receives additional 4.1m PVCs
Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, on Friday said the commission had taken delivery of additional 4.1…
INEC to provide telephones at polling centres
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Zamfara on Friday said it would provide emergency telephone lines at all the…
Outrage Over Plan To Shift Elections
Jamiu Yisa Nigerians both home and abroad have reacted angrily and rejected the call by the National Security Adviser, Col.…
INEC Requires 750,000 Ad-Hoc Staff For Elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would require no fewer than 750,000 ad hoc staff to conduct the…
INEC requires 750, 000 ad-hoc staff for 2015 elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would require no fewer than 750, 000 ad hoc staff to conduct…
Certificate Controversy: APC Prezy Candidate Opens Up
Damilare Okunola & Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano A Lagos lawyer, Benjamin Umudjoro, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, does not…
INEC claims ownership of intercepted ballot boxes in Ogun
The Ogun Police Command says INEC has confirmed its ownership of the ballot boxes that were intercepted by soldiers on…
2015 Elections: The Easy Choice Before Nigerians
By Chido Onumah I do not think Nigerians have a difficult choice to make when they go to the polls…
Presidential Election Challenges
The Nigerian Presidential Election is just 26 days away, but myriad of problems still persist at the Independent National Electoral…
INEC wants Electoral Offences Commission created
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged the National Assembly to give priority to the establishment of special commission…
INEC To Distribute 3.7m PVCs In Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC, says it will begin fresh distribution of 3.7 million Permanent Voter’s…
A Laudable Step By Nigeria’s House Of Reps
On Tuesday, the Nigerian House of Representatives urgently came up with a motion and, indeed, approved that the electorate in the…
Adamawa SDP Governorship Candidate Dies
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate in Adamawa State, Reverend Hakila Yerima, is dead. He was said to have died…
INEC registers 68.83 million voters – Jega
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said in Abuja on Tuesday that it registered 68,833,476 voters for the general elections…
2015: House of Reps approves temporary voters’ cards
Eromosele Ebhomele The Nigerian House of Representatives on Tuesday approved the use of temporary voters cards by Nigerians for the…
Elections In The North-East
With the prevailing insecurity occasioned by relentless gruesome attacks by Boko Haram in North-Eastern states in the country, many Nigerians…
INEC orders PVCs distributed in 245 centres in Lagos
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State says it has directed its Electoral Officers (EOs) to move to…
Fani-Kayode blasts INEC, says Buhari is above the law
Femi-Fani Kayode, Director of Publicity, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation has berated the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…
38 million Nigerians have received their PVC – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that over 38 million Nigerians have received their Permanent Voters Card. This…
Group Protests Replacement Of Candidate’s Name On INEC’s List
Jamiu Yisa Concerned citizens of Amuwo Odofin Constituency 02 and Ward Exco members, Oriade Local Council Development Area, Lagos, southwest…