The Chairman/Chief Executive Office of the National Hajj Commission, Abdullahi Mukhtar, has disclosed that henceforth, an independent panel will be given the sole responsibility of determining hajj operators. Mukhtar stated this when the management of Daily Times Newspaper paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Abuja recently. “The least number of Nigerians performing […]
As the people of Tivi and other indigenous populations of the Middle Belt region come out openly to make their intentions known to become an independent nation state with the name Takuruku Republic in the face of this sponsored and sustained harassment, intimidation, massacre by Fulani dominated security operatives in the Nigeria security apparatus, we […]
A formidable group in Anambra State has vehemently warned electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), political parties, police and other major agencies to eschew any planned arrangement targeted towards manipulating the November 18 governorship election. The group, Independent Media Support Organisation (IMSO), released the warning during a press conference in Awka, the state […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has registered 36,000 eligible voters during the second quarter of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in Abia State, an official has said. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Dr. Joseph Iloh, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia on Friday. […]
The Independent National Election Commission (INEC) has expressed its determination to deploy 400,000 ad-hoc staff from other states to Anambra state for the conduct of the governorship election in the area on November 18. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Dr. Nkwachukwu Orji, disclosed this during the Election Management System Implementer Workshop for INEC […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared All Progressive (APC) candidate, Alhaji Abdullahi Kalambaina, as winner of Saturday’s Kware/Wamakko Federal Constituency’s bye-election in Sokoto State. Kalambaina polled 31,288 votes to defeat his closest rival, Alhaji Aminu Bello-Kware of the People Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 7,205. The Returning Officer, Prof. Abdulatif Usman, said […]
…As cleric warns youths against violence, hooliganism The Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWASIEC) has commenced a training programme for 141 facilitators that will participate in the conduct of the November 18 local government election in the state. The electoral body is organising the three-day training programme in collaboration with the International Foundation for Electoral […]