Tag: PVC
Over 300,000 Egbas yet to collect PVCs, says Alake
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Alake and Paramount ruler of Egbaland, Oba (Dr.) Michael Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo, Okukenu IV has cried out…
Avoiding The Brewing Storm Over PVCs
Many Nigerians received with mixed feelings the news about the postponement of the general elections by six weeks. Chairman of…
INEC Opens Up on ‘Alien’ PVCs in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ogun state have given details of the “alien” Permanent Voter Cards…
Protest In Ogun Over PVCs
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Members of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, Ogun State chapter on Monday staged a…
My Fears For INEC
By Ayo Oyoze Baje Why do we like to deceive ourselves in this country? Why are we given to believing…
Fear Of Rigging: Tinubu Insists On Card Readers
The National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has insisted that the Independent National Electoral Commission,…
The Persecution Of Attahiru Jega
Some highly placed Nigerians, blinded by their personal interest and the interest of a few of their cronies and benefactors, are…
2015 Polls: Group Urges Nigerians To Stand Against Rigging
A group known as Take A Stand has urged Nigerians to stand against rigging in the forthcoming elections by being…
Poll Shift: Jega Quizzed By Senate
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, on Wednesday appeared before the Senate to clear the…
Obtain your PVC else poll shift will be a waste, says Emir Sanusi
The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi II, on Tuesday urged residents within his domain to allow their wives to…
Arrest politicians buying PVCs, Oshiomhole tells CP
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State on Monday charged the police and other security agencies in the state…
Nigeria, History And The Clear And Present Danger
By Chido Onumah These are perturbing times. On the eve of what promises to be Nigeria’s fiercest election, one that…
We’ll prosecute voters with fake PVCs, says INEC
Amb. Rufus Akeju, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Oyo State, says any voter caught with fake Permanent Voter Card…
Over 700,000 PVC’s Distributed in Ogun – INEC
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A total number of 733,278 Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) have so far been collected in Ogun state as…
2Face, Sound Sultan, Others Take Campaign To Industry Nite
Funsho Arogundade In a bid to drive home the message of non violence in the forthcoming elections, music star 2Face…
PDP accuses INEC of poor distribution of PVCs
The PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, has accused the Independence National Electoral Commission (INEC), of poor handling of distribution of the…
PDP buying PVCs for 10,000 naira each
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm that some people suspected to be agents of the Peoples Democratic…
Poll Shift: Soldiers Take Over Isaac Boro Park
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Perhaps in anticipation of civil protests against the postponement of the general elections by the Independent National…
INEC extends PVC collection deadline to March 8
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has further extended the deadline for collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) until March…
Poll Shift: Buhari, Others Call For Calm
Eromosele Ebhomele Top politicians and well-meaning Nigerians have since Saturday been urging Nigerians for calm as reactions to the postponement…
Poll Shift: Ban Ki-moon asks INEC to start rapid PVC distribution
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, has asked INEC to take advantage of the shift in polls to embark on rapid…
Poll postponement will allow voters collect PVC – Labour Party
Patrick Eholor, Deputy Chairman of Labour Party in Edo, has said that the postponement of the elections by INEC should…
PVC: Lagos declares Friday work free day
The Lagos State Government Thursday declared Friday a work-free day for its workers just as state governor, Babatunde Fashola SAN,…
Elections: Council Of State In Crucial Talks
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja A crucial meeting of Nigeria National Council of State presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan was going on…
Bayelsa raises alarm over INEC’s refusal to release 147,802 PVCs
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Bayelsa State Government has raised an alarm that, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC is on…
2015 Elections: Jega Cancels Media Briefing
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja As preparations for the general elections gather momentum, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof…
Spirit of Lagos Urges Lagosians To Vote
Funsho Arogundade Moved by the need to bring the message of its ‘Do The Right Thing’ campaign closer to the…
Breaking The Jinx Of Transition Violence
By Rev. Chris Okotie It is our lot to run tension-soaked political transition programmes, often marred by violence instigated by…
INEC extends PVC collection till 8 February
The Independent National Electoral Commission has extended the deadline for collection of Permanent Voter Cards to Sunday, February 8, 2015.…
Lagos Cancels Sanitation For PVC
Jamiu Yisa The Lagos State Government has announced the cancellation of the monthly environmental sanitation exercise scheduled to take place…