Tag: INEC
Irregularities Mar CVR Exercise in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise that commenced today in Ogun state has recorded a lot of irregularities…
Abiola’s wife sues PDP over Jonathan’s sole candidature
Eromosele Ebhomele Professor Akasoba Duke-Abiola, a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and aspirant for the 2015 presidential…
4, 658 PVCs Stolen In Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin No less than 4,658 Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs), were snatched at different points in Edo state during the…
Voters have till January 2015 to take their PVCs, says INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says registered voters have up till end of January 2015 to pick up their…
Fashola Cancels Budget Presentation
Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos budget proposal for the year 2015 scheduled to be presented to the State House of Assembly…
Protest Rocks Lagos INEC Office Over Shoddy PVC Distribution
Kazeem Ugbodaga & Eromosele Ebhomele Protesters stormed the Lagos office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Monday to…
INEC’s Shoddy PVC Distribution
With so many hitches that marred the distribution of the Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) in several states across Nigeria on…
INEC denies deleting 1.4million names from Lagos voters’ register
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has described as completely false allegations that it has removed the records of 1.4…
INEC extends PVC distribution in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has extended till Monday the distribution of Permanent Voter cards (PVCs) in…
PVC: INEC extends distribution in Kano by one day
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has extended the distribution of Permanent Voter cards (PVCs) in Kano State to Monday,…
2015 Elections: PDP re- jigs timetable for primaries
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The National Working Committee of Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reviewed its timetable for the conduct…
Kwankwaso collects PVC, urges INEC to correct errors
Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State on Saturday collected his Permanent Voter Card (PVC) at the Kwankwaso Malamai Primary School…
FG Pledges Not To Undermine Tambuwal
Nnamdi Felix/Abuja The Federal Government on Friday made an undertaking not to undermine Aminu Tambuwal as the Speaker of Nigeria’s…
Distribution Of Voter’s Cards Flops In Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Reports from various parts of Ogun State, western Nigeria, indicate that people could not collect their permanent voter’s…
Anger, Frustration Trails Lagos PVC Collection
Jamiu Yisa Anger and frustration have trailed the much vaunted and much publicised collection of Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) which…
Fashola Slams INEC Over PVC Distribution
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, has slammed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, over the exclusion of nine…
INEC to extend Voters Card exercise by one day
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos state has stated that it has not postponed the Permanent Voters Card…
No Provision For Persons With Disabilities, Says INEC
Simon Ateba The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has made no provisions in the 2015 general elections for Nigerians living…
INEC postpones collection of Voters card in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt For the second time in Rivers state, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has again postponed the…
INEC to publish gender policy in few weeks
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says its gender policy, aimed at making the commission’s work more gender sensitive, would…
INEC reschedules PVC, CVR in eight states
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said the distribution of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) should commence in all local government…
Fashola Cries Out Over Missing 1.4m Names From Lagos Voters’ List
Kazeem Ugbodaga Ahead the distribution of the Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, in Lagos, Governor Babatunde Fashola has queried the disappearance…
Voters Card: Amosun charges Ogun residents to come out en-masse
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, southwest, Nigeria has called on residents of the state to come out…
Impeachment: Tambuwal Drags PDP To Court
Felix Nnamdi/Abuja, Eromosele Ebhomele & Jamiu Yisa The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal and his new party,…
Jega to sanction political parties for violating election timetable
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will soon apply sanctions for non-compliance with its timetable for the 2015…
ECOWAS advises INEC on 2015 elections
The ECOWAS Pre-Election Fact Finding Mission has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to be complacent about its…
INEC to distribute PVC in Edo, Lagos, others
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has announced that the third phase of the distribution of Permanent Voters’…
INEC urges political parties to obey electoral rules
The Resident Electoral Commissioner for Rivers, Mr Aniedi Ikoiwak, on Tuesday urged the 26 registered political parties to adhere to…
Polling units: No rift between Jega, RECs – Ogunmola
Jamiu Yisa There is no rift between the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Resident Electoral…
Jega’s Ethnic Agenda
By Ben Nanaghan Before now, I would have staked my soul to vouch for Prof Attahiru Jega’s integrity, honour and…