Tag: INEC
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…
Akwa Ibom council poll a farce— APGA candidate
Obong Samuel Atang, a chairmanship candidate in Saturday’s local government elections in Akwa Ibom, has alleged widespread irregularities in the…
Gov Chime Floors Opponent
Moves by forces within the Enugu State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to sack the state governor, Sullivan…
Governor Chime Floors opponent
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Moves by forces within the Enugu state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to sack…
Ondo 2012: ACN And Its Many Aspirants
Following the announcement by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, that October 20, 2012 is the date for the gubernatorial…
INEC blocks ACN lawyers access to poll materials
Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) in Adamawa State have blocked lawyers of the Action Congress of Nigeria from…
PDP’s Dakingari wins in Kebbi
. Jonathan sends congratulatory message The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Alhaji Saidu Dakingari of PDP the…
Andy Uba Wins Anambra Senate Rerun
INEC has declared Dr Andy Uba of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of the Anambra South Senatorial Zone…
Gov. Oshiomhole Picks Edo ACN ticket
Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo has emerged winner of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) primary held on Saturday in…
INEC fixes date for Anambra Senate rerun
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed 20 March for the re-run election into Anambara South Senatorial district. Mr…
We Have No Nation Yet, Says Tinubu
In the wake of election malpractices and irregularities in the country, former governor of Lagos State and leader of the…
S/Court Affirms Election Of Kwara Gov, 2 Others
The Supreme Court this morning affirmed the election of Governor Martins Elechi of Ebonyi State, Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara and…
ACN Calls Bayelsa Gov Poll A Charade
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has dismissed last Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa state as a choreographed charade, while…
PDP Wins Rep seat in Oyo
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Mr. Afeez Jimoh Adelowo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has defeated Mr. Lanre Agoro of Action Congress…
A flurry of moves to Stop Bayelsa poll
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The last appears not to have been heard about the determination of embattled former governor of…
Kwara Central Senatorial District: Saraki Knows Fate March
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday adjourned till Tuesday 27 February to deliver judgment in a suit instituted by…
Bayelsa Poll: Apex court locks out ex-governor Sylva
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Hopes of former Bayelsa state governor, Timipre Sylva, to participate in Saturday’s governorship election in the…
CODER alleges poll fraud in Adamawa
One of the groups accredited to monitor the weekend poll in Adamawa State, the Coalition of Democrats for Electoral Reform…
Nyako wins in Nigeria’s Adamawa state
Murtala Nyako, retired admiral, has been re-elected governor of Adamawa State, in the election held yesterday, amidst a possible legal…
Bayelsa Governor Wants Court To Stop PDP’s Choice
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Embattled Bayelsa state Governor Timipre Sylva, whose aspiration to run for a second term of office…
Benue Governor’s Rival Can’t Prove Allegation In Court
The candidate of All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, in the April 2011 governorship election in Benue State, Professor Daniel Saror,…
Borno Poll: Supreme Court Adjourns for Judgment
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A five- man panel of Nigeria’s Supreme Court has fixed 17 February to deliver judgment on…
Bayelsa Poll: Fresh legal suit complicates the knots
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A fresh suit was on Monday filed at the Abuja Federal High Court against the nomination…
INEC Distributes Non-Sensitive Materials For Adamawa Guber Polls
Non-sensitive materials meant for the February 4 governorship polls in Adamawa have been distributed to the local government areas, the…
BOKO HARAM SUSPECTS GET BAIL
As a cross-section of Nigerians lament over the escape from custody of Mr. Kabir Sokoto, a Boko Haram suspect allegedly…