The Nigeria Army in Gombe on Monday foiled what would have been a major attack by fleeing members of the Boko Haram. In the encounter, a card reader was found and seized from the insurgents. For about an hour, the soldiers engaged the insurgents in gun battle at a military check point in Dukku
Right from the word go, even well before the election period, Rivers State has stood up, along few other states as red light zones in the ongoing 2015 polls. It was then no big deal when the D-day came and things were not different from the projections. Immediately words filtered out that the State […]
A member of staff the Independent National Electoral Commission was arrested on Monday at the commission’s office in Asaba for violating INEC’s rule on collation of results. The INEC worker, who served as the electoral officer for Ndokwa East Local Government Area, was taken away by policemen in a van after he admitted to collating […]
Foreign Observers who monitored last Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections have lauded the exercise. The ECOWAS Observer Mission (EOM) described it is acceptable meeting the criteria of being free and transparent. The declaration was made by the mission’s head and former President of Ghana, John Kuffour, in Abuja. Kuffour expressed
W ith the results of 18 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) declared, Major General Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was in a clear lead over incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday evening. The formal declaration of the remaining results continues at 10 a.m. on […]
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
The Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator David Alechenu Bonaventure Mark said he is highly impressed with the conduct of the just concluded presidential and senatorial election. Speaking to Newsmen at Otukpo after his accreditation, the senate president said he was first impressed with the turn out, peaceful conduct of the INEC […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has suspended further collation of results of the national assembly elections held in Delta Central Senatorial District last Saturday. INEC’s Returning Officer in the area, Prof Greg Okagbare said the suspension of the result collation was stemmed from protest against the exercise saying; “Some people are
While Nigerians patiently wait the announcement of the presidential elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission,( INEC) , the European Union has stated that INEC performed Impartially as there was no evidence of systematic manipulation of the electoral process by the stakeholders. The European Union Election Observation Mission in Nigeria made the
ECOWAS election observer mission has said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), political parties, security agencies and various entities that contributed to the Saturday’s presidential and parliamentary elections exercise in one way or the other deserve commendation, adding that the elections conformed to acceptable standard and meet the criteria of
Lagos State Election Result as announced by INEC The wind of change is blowing in Lagos result announce early by INEC for four Local government areas in Lagos are. Ikorodu. APC 49,901, PDP 29,604 EPe. APC 19,179, PDP 16,400 Mainland. APC 33,898, PDP 23,857 Ibeju Lekki. APC 12,016 PDP 10,812 Total numbers register. Ikorodu. 281,680 […]
The All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate and incumbent Senator Representing Anambra Central Senatorial Zone, Sen. Dr. Chris Nwabueze Ngige has lost his re-election bid to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) standard flag-bearer, Hon. Mrs. Uche Ekwunife. Hon. Ekwunife has pulled 101548 votes to outsmart her closest rival and National Chairman of the All Progressive Grand
A journalist attached to Vanguard Newspaper was on Sunday assaulted and detained by Police officers attached to the Ughelli Police Area Command while trying to monitor the result collation of yesterday’s presidential and national assembly elections. The journalist who was disallowed from entering the Ughelli office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,
The report reaching Dailytimes now reveals that the Independent National Electoral Commissions Office situated at Emohua Local Government Area has been set on fire by some political thugs. This ugly incidence happen this Sunday morning but there are no indications yet if this is connected with the ongoing voting irregularities or not. Details later.
The Lagos State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of INEC, Mr Akin Orebiyii, says voting will continue in five Local Government Areas of the state on Sunday. Orebiyii made the disclosure at a press conference on Saturday night in Lagos, while giving an update of the presidential and national assembly election in the state. He said […]
IGP says no restrictions today Sunday House of Rep election in Jigawa is rescheduled to April 11
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Kayode Aderanti, confirmed on Saturday that hoodlums attacked the Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Kayode Opeifa. He told journalists in Lagos that the police were investigating the incident to bring the perpetrators to book. Mr. Opeifa had earlier announced that his residence and the INEC office in the […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the poor working of the Permanent Voter Card readers in Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections across the country could have been avoided if the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had listened to sound advice from well meaning individuals and organizations regarding its use without proper
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on saturday extended the Presidential and National Assembly elections till tomorrow (Sunday) in some parts of the country. The postponement affects mainly areas where accreditation was suspended to the due to late arrival of materials. The postponement was confirmed in a press statement by the Chairman, Information,
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has admitted the challenges posed by the use of Smart Card Readers (SCRs) in accrediting voters for the elections. The commission has similarly blamed the late arrival of its ad hoc officials and election materials to some voting centres in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on some problems it […]
