Tag: INEC
Court orders fresh bye-election in Plateau state
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A Nigerian Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday set aside, the 6 October, 2012…
800,000 Nigerian graduates scramble for 1,500 jobs
.PHD holders also in the job rush About 800,000 graduates have submitted applications to the Independent National Electoral Commission seeking…
INEC Chief calls for 5 parties in Nigeria
The state commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Rivers said on Wednesday that a five-party system would…
Deregistration Of Parties: INEC Should Take A Second Look
As expected, the deregistration of 28 political parties last Thursday by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has elicited various…
Parties Deregistration Unconstitutional —Lawyers
Some Lawyers in Lagos on Sunday criticised the de-registration of 28 political parties by INEC and described it as a…
Pastor Okotie’s party, 27 others struck off register
Fresh Democratic Party founded by Pastor Chris Okotie, was among the 28 political parties struck off the register by Nigeria’s…
Mimiko formally declared winner
JETHRO IBILEKE/Akure Governor Olusegun Mimiko of the Labour Party (LP), was Sunday declared winner of the Ondo state governorship election…
Mimiko leads by wide margin in Ondo election
Folarin Ademosu/ Akure Governor Olusegun Mimiko has overwhelmingly won 12 out of the 15 local councils in the results declared…
Akeredolu loses polling booth, Mimiko clears Akure
Results trickling in from Ondo state show that the governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Rotimi Akeredolu narrowly…
ACN alleges foul tactics in Ondo election
In two separate statements, the Action Congress of Nigeria drew attention over some foul play in the governorship election in…
Huge turn out of voters in Ondo election
There was an impressive turnout of voters as the accreditation process for the Ondo governorship election got underway on Saturday.…
Police impose curfew on Ondo state
Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has slammed a curfew on Ondo state, 72 hours to the governorship election.…
Pwajok wins senate seat, Kaneng wins husband’s seat
Kaneng, the wife of the late Majority Leader of Plateau House of Assembly, Gyang Fulani, was elected on Saturday to…
Senator Boroffice architect of his fate, says Mark
The Senate President, David Mark, on Thursday in Abuja distanced himself from the alleged plot to remove Senator Robert Boroffice…
Bye election ends in Zaria
The by-election in Zaria constituency of Kaduna State House of Assembly held peacefully without complaints from voters. According to the…
Why INEC Restructures
Kayode Robert Idowu Some sections of the Nigerian public in recent times have shown intense interest in the structure and…
PDP wins Katsina bye-election
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission has declared PDP’s Bilya Sani Yamel as the winner of Saturday’s bye-election for the Katsina…
Nigeria: INEC reports ballot snatching in Katsina
The Independent National Election Commission (INEC) on Saturday expressed concern over “some irregularities’’ during the conduct of the bye-election into…
Stop Funding Political Parties, CPC Tells INEC
Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) on Monday called on INEC to stop funding the existing political parties as that would…
Oshiomhole receives election certificate
INEC presents Oshiomhole with certificate of return JETHRO IBILEKE, Benin Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has received the certificate…
Edo Election Result : Oshiomhole wins by a wide margin
.Promises not to disappoint at victory rally in Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of the Action Congress Party of Nigeria was…
Irregularities Mar Polls In Edo South
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The much anticipated and awaited Edo state governorship election began on Saturday in Edo south senatorial district with…
INEC receives materials for Edo state election
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Sensitive materials for the conduct of the Edo state governorship election on Saturday, arrived Benin City office of…
Firm threatens to derail Edo Elections
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Less than a week to the Edo state governorship election, it has become threatened as a…
Edo INEC Raises Alarm Over Scam texts
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has raised the alarm over fraudulent text messages sent to candidates contesting…
ACN: Kwara bye-election marred by violence
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has rejected the conduct of the Saturday re-run election in Ilorin North-West State Constituency. …
INEC approves permanent voters card
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved the final specimen of the permanent voter cards to enable it begin…
Fringe parties sue INEC
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was on Tuesday dragged to a Federal High Court in Abuja by Better Nigeria…
Electoral officers to vote in Nigerian polls, says Jega
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said in Abuja on Thursday that it was working toward ensuring that disenfranchised electoral…
Court orders INEC to appear in case against Jonathan
An Abuja High Court on Thursday ordered INEC to appear in court to enter its defence in a suit filed…