Tag: INEC
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.…
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…