Tag: INEC
2011 ELECTION: Jega Pledges Support To Debate Group
The prospect of electing credible and intelligent candidates at the forthcoming 2011 general elections brightened this afternoon in Abuja as…
ACN Rejects New Clause In Electoral Act
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has condemned an alleged plan by the National Assembly to insert a new clause…
Duruiheoma Emerges Imo PDP Chairman
With the conclusion of the PDP Congresses that kicked off on 29 October with ward congress, the election of the…
Appeal Court Reserves Judgment In Osun Governorship
The Court of Appeal, Ibadan, Oyo State presided over by Justice Clara Bata Ogunbiyi on Monday reserved judgment in the…
Between INEC, Soldiers And The Electorate
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC’s, plan to enlist the support of the military to conduct next year’s general elections…
Mixed Reactions Trail New Timeline For The 2011 Polls
Mixed reactions on Thursday trailed the new timetable approved by the Senate for the 2011 general elections. The News Agency…
Shitta-Bey Wants Utomi’s Party Sacked
The Mega Progressive People’s Party, MPPP, has called on the Independent National  Electoral Commission, INEC, to cancel the registration of…
2011: No Polling Booths In Palaces –INEC
To check cases of electoral malpractice, INEC on Monday said there would be no polling booths in the palaces of…
Let Jega Have His Time Extension But Let Him Start Running
When he was appointed the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, IÂ knew that three great challenges faced Prof.…
Ogun PDP Faction Goes To Court
A landmark suit seeking the order of a Federal high Court in Lagos to restrain the executive officers of the…
ACN Backs INEC’s Demand For Extension
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has asked Nigerians to support whatever it would take for…
Voters’ Registration: Eze Ndigbo Sensitises Subjects
The traditional ruler of Ndigbo in Mushin, Lagos Nigeria, has called on Nigerians to come out en masse to participate…
ACN Aspirant Meets Constituency
An Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, aspirant in Oshodi-Isolo Constituency 01, Southwest Nigeria, Mr. Felix Adewale Ajayi was recently the…
INEC’s First Big Test
The release of the 2011 general elections timetable by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has increased the tempo of…
2011 ELECTION: Gov Idris Drags INEC To Court
As arrangements for the forthcoming general election scheduled for January 2011 begin to gather momentum, the Independent National Election Commission,…
President Jonathan Congratulates Muslims On Completion Of Ramadan Fast
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has sent heartfelt congratulations to the Islamic faithful on the occasion of this year’s Eid-El-Fitr celebrations.…
Election Timetable Too Tight —Politicians
Politicians in Nigeria have complained that the election timetable released yesterday by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is too…
Location Of INEC Offices Won’t Affect Elections —Lagos REC
The Lagos State office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has allayed the fear of opposition parties in the…
‘Leadership Not Problem Of Nigeria’
A retired Major-General and Executive Secretary, Pan African Strategic and Policy Research Group (PANAFSTRAG), Ishola Williams, has declared that leadership…
ELECTION TIME TABLE: Don’t Stampede Us, Says INEC
The Independent National Election Commission (INEC) today in Abuja said it would not be stampeded over the release of the…
NBA Insists Federal Lawmakers’ Jumbo Pay Must Be Slashed
Nigerian Bar Association has insisted that the huge salaries of members of the National Assembly must be slashed.The salaries have…
Lawyers Storm Kaduna For NBA Confab
Thousands of lawyers from all over the country stormed Kaduna today for the Nigerian Bar Association’s annual general conference .…
‘INEC Can Conduct Elections In 3 Months’
Alhaji Muhammed Shittu, the National Chairman of the Republican Party of Nigeria (RPN), has urged Nigerians to support INEC in…
Elections Hold In January, Jonathan Signs Electoral Act, Releases INEC’s N87billion
President Goodluck Jonathan today signed the Electoral Act into law, thus paving way for the general elections scheduled to hold…
INEC Assures Political Parties Of Level Playing Field
The INEC on Wednesday in Abuja said it would ensure a level playing field for all political parties in the…
Annulment Of June 12, 1993 Election: AD Seeks Explanation From IBB
Deputy National Chairman of the Alliance for Democracy (AD), Alhaji Musa Umar, on Tuesday urged former military president, General Ibrahim…
‘INEC Has No Excuse For Failure’Excuse
Rep. Musa Sarki-Adar, (PDP-Sokoto), said in Abuja that INEC would have no excuse not to conduct free, fair and credible…
Aspirant Tasks INEC On Voters’ Register
A PDP senatorial aspirant, Ms. Jumoke Akinjide, has called on INEC to expedite action on the production of a new…
2011 Election: INEC To Register 70 Million Voters
Chairman of INEC, Attahiru Jega, said in Abuja that the commission would register an estimated 70 million voters for the…
Power Belongs To The People
The decision of the National Assembly to amend the 2006 Electoral Act by listing the order of elections in 2011…