The collection of Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) formally came to an end on Sunday with Zamfara State recording the highest and Ogun State the lowest. A total of 56, 431, 255 or 81.89 per cent of total PVCs produced were distributed. However, the Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman of
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State says it has distributed over 400, 000 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in Alimosho Local Government Area alone. The commission’s Head of Public Affairs, Mr Femi Akinbiyi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. NAN recalls that, many voters in […]
Ahead of the March 28 Presidential election, security personnel were over the weekend deployed in a show of force exercise around council areas in Ughelli, Delta state. The exercise is aimed at assuring residents of preparedness of security agency to protect lives and properties of citizens during and after the election. The combined team of […]
Against the ongoing calls from different parts of the country for removal of the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Igbariam, Anambra State, Professor Sunday Obikaeze has insisted that the INEC boss must not go till after the March 28 and April […]
An end appears not in sight to the war of words between the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the main opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) as the rescheduled general election draws near. The spokesman of the APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday accused the PDP of plotting to frame up the Chairman of the […]
Justice Kazeem Alogba of a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, on Thursday, strikes out a suit meant to bar Sen. Musiliu Obanikoro, from contesting for any electoral office in Nigeria. Sen. Obanikoro was recently appointed the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs II by President Goodluck Jonathan. The suit, which was filed by three […]
Inspector-General of Police, Mr Suleiman Abba, yesterday, warned politicians against declaration of parallel results during the forth-coming elections. Abba maintained that doing so is an electoral offence. Rather that cause chaos in the country, the police boss advised politicians who might feel aggrieved on the outcome of the election to approach appropriate tribunal for
The Presidential Candidate of the NCP, Chief Martin Onovo, says he is “the President in waiting if the 2015 presidential election is free, fair and credible.” Onovo made the assertion in Lagos on Thursday while speaking with a correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). “We are the oldest party in Nigeria and we […]
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
Gov. Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to consider the use of the temporary voters’ cards in the forthcoming elections. Speaking at a PDP stakeholders meeting in Enugu on Wednesday, Chime said the use of the permanent voters’ cards would disenfranchise many people. He said that such a […]
The president of the Oodua people’s congress (OPC), and the convener of the Coalition of Concerned Nigerians, Chief Gani Adams has said that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega has set the stage for rigging in favour of the All Progressives Congress APC presidential candidate, General Mohammadu Buhari, in […]
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega has assured Nigerians that there will not be any further postponement of the rescheduled general election. Jega gave the assurance on Wednesday, at an interactive session with the Civil Society Situation Room, a coalition of over 60 civil society organisations, in Abuja. The INEC
After a long wait, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Attahiru Jega, has broken his silence by saying that there are still a few security concerns hovering over the 2015 general election. It would be recalled that Jega refused to speak to the press after meeting the president and service chiefs […]
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, has directed that the National Union of Road Transport Workers, (NURTW), must not be involved in conveying electoral materials. Spokesman for the electoral body, Mr. Kayode ldowu, disclosed this in Ibadan, Oyo State, while speaking with the press, on behalf of the Resident Electoral
Nigeria’s 2015 general election is now only weeks away and the election umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has assured Nigerians in particular and the world in general of a credible election, on the strength of modern technological devices which have been deployed towards authenticating and ensuring that every valid vote counts. Indeed, it has […]
Barely few days to the 2015 general election, Bayelsa Political leaders on Tuesday, challenged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), over the provision of Permanent Voter Card to eligible voters. The political leaders, under the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN), led by the State coordinator, Hon. Wenipire Seibarugu, said, though the rate of
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Attahiru Jega on Tuesday briefed the Security Council meeting on the level of preparedness of the electoral agency to conduct the general elections billed to commence on the 28th of March. Jega emerged from the Security Council meeting at about 2.20pm accompanied by two top […]
Understandably distracted by the high intensity of the ongoing electioneering campaigns, the public seems to have ignored an equally important issue of the moment. This has to do with the many scams trailing the PVC contract awarded by INEC Chairman, Attahiru Jega. Considering the low publicity, this piece comes as a modest effort by a […]
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 […]
Barely two weeks to the conduct of the March 28 presidential election, Nigeria’s electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that it was yet to distribute the Permanent Voter Cards in four local government areas of Edo State. INEC in its explanation said that the PVCs were meant for eligible voters, who […]
