The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has begun distribution of sensitive materials to various Registration Area Centres (RACs) in Bayelsa ahead of the Saturday governorship election. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who monitored the distribution on Friday in Yenagoa reports that INEC officers, party agents, both national and international observers were present early at […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will access the implementation stages of the Nov. 16 governorship election in the eight local government areas of the state. Dr Mustapha Lecky, Chairman, Planning, Monitoring and Support Centre, INEC headquarters, said this in Yenagoa during the Election Monitoring and Support Centre (EMSC) implementers workshop. The programme […]
The Independent National Electoral commission (INEC) said it would be saving the country over N290 million for conducting both the Kogi West Senatorial District and the governorship election on Nov. 16. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at the commission’s quarterly consultative meeting with political parties in Abuja, on Tuesday. Yakubu said that […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said the intervention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) gave credibility to the 2019 general elections. Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Oyo state, Mutiu Agboke, made the disclosure in Ibadan during a thank-you visit to the Ibadan zonal office of the anti-graft agency. Agboke said […]
Patrick Okohue The All Progressives Congress (APC) has shifted the date of the governorship primary for Bayelsa to Saturday, August 31. The APC’s National Working Committee (NWC) has also adopted the direct primary mode for the state. The party’s NWC has also chosen indirect primary mode for choosing its governorship candidate in Kogi state. The […]
Andrew Orolua – Abuja The Supreme Court will in the next few minutes deliver ruling in the request by Atiku Abubakar the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in February 23 and the party to inspect the central server of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to establish its claim on the outcome […]
Son-in-law to Atiku Abubakar and Finance Director of Atiku’s Group of Companies, Abdulahi Babalele has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The charges to be brought against Babalele are not known at the time of this report, however, sources at the EFCC have confirmed that the order for his arrest is […]
Gbenga Sodeinde – Ado Ekiti The Senator representing Ekiti South District in the upper chambers of the National Assembly, Senator Biodun Olujimi has given out gifts to teeming members of her constituents at a ceremony that took place in Omuo Ekiti in what is seen as a departure from the norm, as she is not […]
Patrick Okohue The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of embarking on a fruitless ego trip with its criticism of the Federal Government’s decision to schedule some inauguration Day ceremonies for June 12, 2019. The group described the opposition party as mischievous for suggesting that President Muhammadu Buhari would be […]
As the violent protest that greeted the listing of the name of Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, continued on Saturday, the Ondo State chapter of the Alliance for Democracy, AD, has said that the state Governor, Olusegun Mimiko lied to President Muhammadu Buhari that the state was on […]
A chieftain of the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) and a member of the Board of Trustees, Chief Bode George, has described the just concluded general elections as flawed, scoring the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) 40 per cent in the conduct of the polls. He cited issues of poor distribution of the Permanent […]
The Election Petition tribunal in Oyo State Monday held its inaugural sitting with the Chairman, Justice J,G Abundaga warning the counsel to petitioners against any waste of time as it would not exceed it’s statutory 180 days to dispense with all matters brought before it. Though the tribunal Chairman, who was flanked by two […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rescheduled another supplementary election for Ajaokuta constituency of Kogi State for tomorrow, Tuesday 28, April, 2015. This followed the crisis that marred the exercise at the Local Government Headquarters in Adogo on Saturday. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Alhaji Hussein Halilu Pai disclosed this while speaking at the stakeholders […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC), in Rivers State, has urged the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, to caution the State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mrs. Gesilla Khan. It expressed dissatisfaction with the state’s INEC’s refusal to allow its agents to have access to election materials, which were to be presented […]
The Abia State Governor elect, Mr Okezie Ikpeazu has given a word of thanks to residents of Abia State for their unalloyed support and promised Abians that there would be no discrimination during his administration. He promised that he would run an all-inclusive government where every citizen would be carried along in the policy […]
The senatorial candidate of the People for Democratic Change (PDC) in the Enugu East senatorial election, Sen. Chimaroke Nnamani, has filed a petition to the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Enugu contesting the declaration of the incumbent, Sen. Gil Nnaji of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the winner of the polls by […]
In a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare its candidate, Victor Ikpazu, as winner of the April 11 Governorship election in Abia. Speaking to newsmen, PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Olisa Metuh, alleged that the military was cooperating with […]
The leadership of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and the United Peoples Party (UPP) in Imo State have called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct fresh governorship and state house of assembly elections instead of the proposed rerun. The parties made their positions known on Monday in separate statements. INEC […]
The All Progressives Congress, (APC), in Taraba State, has alleged that the former Minister of Defence, General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, may have induced the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), with about N2billion so as not to declare its gubernatorial candidate, Senator Aishatu Jummai Alhassan, as the winner of the last governorship election in the state. […]
Following the experience exhibited by the Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC] during the March 28th Presidential and April 11th 2015 Governorship elections in Rivers State, the All Progressives Congress [APC] said that it has lost confidence in the ability of INEC to conduct a credible, free and fair elections. In a statement signed by lawmakers […]