Tag: INEC
INEC prints, distributes 1, 108,495 permanent voter cards in Ekiti ,Osun
INEC has distributed 1, 108,495 permanent voter cards (PVCs) to people who registered in 2011 in Ekiti and Osun. A…
Mimiko wants INEC to release bye-election result
Governor Olusegun Mimiko of the western Nigerian state of Ondo on Thursday urged INEC to declare the result of Saturday’s…
Caution As Ekiti Guber Election Nears
The race for the governorship election in Ekiti State is getting to the peak. All political parties contesting the elections…
INEC empowers presiding officers cancel flawed polls
The Resident Electoral Commissioner for Rivers State, Mr Aniedi Ikoiwak, said on Thursday that Presiding Officers now have the power…
One Week, One Tragedy
By Chido Onumah It’s almost a week since the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) job recruitment tragedy that claimed the lives…
De-Registration: Okotie Tackles INEC Again
Taiwo Okanlawon Fresh Democratic Party, FDP, presidential candidate and founder of Household of God Church, Rev. Kris Okotie, has asked…
Will Nigeria Disintegrate?
By Chido Onumah Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan, today, Monday, March 17, 2014, inaugurated the 492-member National Conference whose task is…
Political Thugs And Elections
By Ignatius Adegoke The great body of critical discourse on the politics of the era seems to have little good…
Begin Campaigns, Get Sanctions, Jega Warns Politicians
Eromosele Ebhomele The Chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, Monday read the riot act to…
Tackling Voters’ Apathy In Nigeria
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The most universally suitable and acceptable definition of democracy is the one that refers to it as…
2015 Election: Mixed Reactions To Time Table
Nnamdi Felix/Abuja The early release of the time-table of the 2015 general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission has…
INEC gives dates for voters’ registration in Ekiti, Osun
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed March 12 to March 19 for the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) for…
A Year To The Presidential Election
A year and four days to the presidential election, Nigerians still do not know who are the contenders or what…
Nigeria’s presidential election to hold February 2015
Nigeria is to hold its next presidential election on February 14, 2015, the Independent National Electoral Commission said Friday, with…
SSS Officials Invade El Rufai’s Abuja Residence
Armed officials of the State Security Service (SSS) invaded the Abuja’s residence of Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai Friday afternoon after…
APC Disowns Interim Chairman
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kwara State, northcentral Nigeria, has disowned Rev. Bunmi Olusona, who is parading himself as…
INEC plans retreat for 2015 polls, seeks US assistance
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) plans to hold a retreat soon, to discuss how to ensure a free and…
Court Sacks Victor Umeh APGA Executive
A Nigerian Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday dissolved the executive committee of the Chief Victor Umeh-led faction…
An Open Letter To President Jonathan
By Alofe Sunday Dear Mr. President, At this time when everyone is writing you a letter, mine is not to…
Tambuwal charges INEC to get acts together
The Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal on Tuesday, called on the Independent National Electoral Commission…
2015 Elections And INEC Proposed N93b Budget
On Monday, Professor Attahiru Jega, Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, disclosed that Nigeria will need N92.9 billion to conduct…
INEC clarifies stance on polls in Borno, Adamawa
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Tuesday that it would conduct elections in states under emergency rule, if…
Anambra election: APGA’s Obiano declared winner
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Chief Willie Obiano of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) winner…
Anambra election: Residents ignore movement restriction
The restriction of movement imposed by the police and INEC during the ongoing Anambra supplementary governorship election was not effective…
Most Anambra voters shun partial poll
Officials of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission and materials arrived early today, some as early as 6.00 a.m, at the…
Soldiers, policemen bar APC protesters from INEC office
Armed soldiers and policemen deployed around the Abuja headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, this morning prevented leaders…
INEC And Anambra Supplementary Election
By Michael Jegede Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, at the end of a meeting…
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Anambra Poll: APC Set For Protest At INEC, Dares Police
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced it will stage a peaceful procession to INEC headquarters in Abuja on Thursday…
Anambra Group sues INEC over partial poll
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The controversy trailing the inconclusive governorship election conducted in Anambra state on 16th November by the…
APGA ’ll Win Anambra poll even if conducted 10 times, says Obi
Governor Peter Obi of the eastern Nigerian state of Anambra said on Monday that there was no rigging in the…