Plaintiffs in the two of the three pending suits challenging the eligibility of the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to contest in the March 28, 2015, presidential election have withdrawn their suits. Justice Adeniyi Ademola who is presiding over the matters at the Federal High Court in Abuja subsequently has struck out the matter after the plaintiffs […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said 118,803 eligible voters will participate in the Saturday’s run-off election in Imo State instead of 144,715 it initially declared. Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Dr Gabriel Ada, said this while briefing party agents in Owerri, the state capital, on Tuesday, on the preparation for the election. Ada added […]
Ahead of the rerun elections in Abia State, youth under the aegis of Nigerian Youth Congress has raised alarm of plans by some top military brass to deploy military personnel for the conduct of the elections contrary to an Abuja High Court order restraining the Army from participating in the 2015 polls. The Independent National […]
The All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has expressed surprise that the committee set up by the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, to investigate the conduct of the presidential and National Assembly elections in the state failed to meet with it. The APC had complained to INEC over alleged disenfranchisement […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the Delta Central Senatorial election inconclusive. The commission’s declaration came six days after the election was held and after several reviews and updating of the collated votes. INEC said it decided to declare the election inconclusive because of manipulations, snatching of ballot materials and violence in Ughelli South, […]
The Peoples Democratic Party has said it will challenge the outcome of the March 28 presidential election. The Independent National Electoral Commission, through its Chairman and Chief Returning Officer, Prof. Attahiru Jega, on Wednesday morning, declared Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.) of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of the election. The PDP through its […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has set up a three-member fact finding mission to ascertain the veracity of the allegation of electoral irregularities raised by the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in respect of saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections. The Rivers’ APC had petitioned the INEC headquarters, calling for […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the former House of Representatives member, Honourable Dino Melaye as the Winner of Kogi West Senatoral district seat. The who scored a total of 41,126 votes to defeat the incumbent Senator Smart Adeyemi who pulled 38, 148 votes to come second while the arrow head of Yagba agenda […]
As the general elections draw near, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Suleiman Abba, on Thursday ordered tight security around the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) headquarters and centres around the country. In a statement signed by the force spokesman, Mr Emmanuel Ojukwu, an Acting Commissioner of Police. Abba also ordered tight security around all key […]
As the 2015 general elections draw near, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega on Monday said no soldier will be at the polling units. Prof. Jega disclosed this at a town hall meeting in Abuja. “There will be no soldiers at the polling unit. The army is not supposed to […]
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, on Thursday said some actions of some candidates for the March 28 and April 11 elections were becoming a threat, thereby were heating up the polity. Prof. Jega made this known during a meeting the commission had with registered political parties in Abuja. The […]