Tag: INEC
Ekiti Election: APC loses faith in the Jega-led INEC
Kayode Fayemi Campaign Organisation, (KFCO) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) to explain the role of its…
Ekiti Polls: INEC accredits 29 domestic, international observers
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has accredited 29 domestic and international organisations to observe the Ekiti State…
Ekiti Election: Fears Over Massive Deployment Of Security Personnel
Eromosele Ebhomele Nigerians were Tuesday morning divided over the justification for the massive deployment of security officials and equipment to…
Ekiti Election: INEC Must Deliver On A Clean Slate
Next Saturday, the people of Ekiti State will go to the polls to elect a governor. Among top candidates jostling…
Socialist Party Of Nigeria applies for registration
The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN), has submitted its application for registration at the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, office…
7,941 ad hoc staff for Ekiti poll
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has engaged 7, 941 ad hoc staff to conduct the 21 June governorship election in…
Sagay To INEC: Don’t Rig Ekiti, Osun Gov Polls
Kazeem Ugbodaga Constitutional lawyer, Prof. Itse Sagay has warned the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, against attempting to rig…
2015: Elections May Not Hold, Says Uranta
Eromosele Ebhomele Elections in Nigeria in 2015 will not hold if the National Conference does not make “substantial conclusions” before…
National Convention: APC Elects Chairman, Others
Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory is agog as Nigeria’s main opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, holds…
Soldiers arrest three with loads of Ekiti election materials
Soldiers on Thursday arrested three men conveying a truck load of election materials meant for the gubernatorial elections in Ekiti…
Ekiti June 21 Elections: Sack CP And MOPOL Chief Now
By Joe Igbokwe Ugly events in Ekiti State that led to the attack on Governor Kayode Fayemi’s convoy, the killing…
‘The Essence Of June 12 Has Not Been Realised’
Eromosele Ebhomele The lawmaker representing Alimosho Constituency 1 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Bisi Yusuf, has declared that…
2015 General Elections And Lessons From India
By Samuel Akpobome Orovwuje India, the world’s most populous country gained its flag independence from her imperial majesty of Great…
INEC inaugurates committee on voter education
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ogun State has inaugurated an inter-agency advisory committee on voter education…
Court gives date for suit over APC registration
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A Federal High Court in Abuja will on Thursday, 3 June commence hearing in a suit…
Beyond The Making Of A Constitution
By Akido Agenro With the National Constitutional Conference under the leadership of Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi that was inaugurated 17…
Re: What Do APC, Nigerian Leaders Stand For?
By Joe Igbokwe I have followed Okey Ndibe and all his thoughts for years and to all intents and purposes…
2015: No late arrival of election materials – INEC
INEC has assured that all election materials would be deployed to all states of the federation in good time for…
INEC registers UPN
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday approved the registration of Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN). In a statement…
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…