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Supplementary Polls: INEC assures of preparedness to conduct election in 69 polling units

Ihesiulo Grace 14 April 2023 0

…as Atiku drums support for PDP By Tunde Opalana The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured of it’s preparedness to conduct supplementary election in 69 polling units across the country tomorrow. According to the commission, supplementary elections would be held in

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INEC Speaks On Cancelling 2023 Presidential Election

Ihesiulo Grace 12 April 2023 0

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared its position on the possibility of nullifying the 2023 presidential election in Nigeria. INEC in its declaration, maintained that alleged infractions being raised by some stakeholders are not enough reasons for the February 25 exercise to be nullified The electoral umpire made its stand known on Tuesday […]

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2023: Senator Yusuf knocks INEC for allegedly abdicating its responsibility

Ihesiulo Grace 31 March 2023 0

By Haruna Salami The role of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the 2023 elections has again been roundly condemned by the Senator representing Taraba Central, Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf. Yusuf who spoke with some journalists covering the Senate on Wednesday said for the umpteenth time that he is “very concerned” about the way INEC […]

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INEC to issue Osun lawmakers certificates of return today

Ihesiulo Grace 29 March 2023 0

By Stephen Gbadamosi The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun Stae said it will issue certificates of return to the 26 elected members of the state House of Assembly today (Thursday). According to a statement signed by the state’s INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mr. Mutiu Agboke, on Wednesday, the event would be held […]

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Don’t issue certificate of return to Gov Abiodun, group tells INEC

Ihesiulo Grace 27 March 2023 0

A group, under the aegis of Vanguard for Democracy and Good Governance, has called on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to desist from issuing the certificate of return to the Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun. In what it earlier term a ‘sham’, the group had earlier called on INEC to review the result of the […]

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How INEC, Governor Dapo Abiodun subverted the people’s will in Ogun guber

Ihesiulo Grace 27 March 2023 0

The media has, lately, been awashed with all forms of narratives on the conduct of the governorship election in Ogun, with the electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), failing to live up to its expectations in certain areas. Many are of the view that, while INEC has had to improve on its internal […]

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2023:INEC declares PDP, Agbu winner of guber election in Taraba

Ihesiulo Grace 22 March 2023 0

By Okerafor Athanasius The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have declared Col. Agbu Kefas of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the March 18th Governorship election held across the 16 Local Government Areas of the State. Declaring the result early Tuesday morning at the INEC Collation Centre in Jalingo, the Returning Officer, Professor

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Governorship/Assembly Election: Uproar as INEC declares Adamawa guber poll inconclusive

Ihesiulo Grace 21 March 2023 0

*Anxiety in Abia, Enugu, Zamfara *APC wins 15 states, PDP 7, NNPP 1 TUNDE OPALANA, TOM OKPE, AND TOM GARBA The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Saturday’s governorship election in Adamawa State ‘inconclusive’. The returning officer, Prof Mohammed Mele, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) of the University of Maiduguri while announcing

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INEC threatens to punish adhoc personnel that compromises election

Ihesiulo Grace 18 March 2023 0

By Christian Njoku The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) in Cross River on Friday threatened to punish collation and returning officers who engaged in sharp practices in the governorship and state house of assembly elections. Prof. Gabriel Yomere, INEC’S Resident Electoral Commissioner for Cross River, made the threats during a training in Calabar, for the

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Atiku’s loyalists in Bauchi wants INEC to clear self from allegations of election irregularities

Ihesiulo Grace 4 March 2023 0

BY SAMUEL LUKA Barely a day after the announcement of the presidential election results, Bauchi State chapter of the Atiku/Okowa Campaign Organisation has challenged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to come clean from allegation of bias and condoning electoral irregularities levelled against it. The Secretary of the Organisation, Hon Sabir Murtala, who

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Review results with BVAS, we won elections – PDP candidates tell INEC

Ihesiulo Grace 3 March 2023 0

Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidates in the just-concluded National Assembly election on Thursday called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to audit and review all collated results with Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) in the Lagos West and Lagos Central Senatorial Districts. Addressing a news conference in Lagos, the

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Your interpretation of Electoral Act wrong, Bwala tells INEC chairman

Ihesiulo Grace 1 March 2023 0

By Tunde Opalana Dr Daniel Bwala, spokesman to Atiku/Okowa Campaign Organisation has slammed the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for alleged misinterpretation of the Electoral Act 2022 in respect of election results announcement. The legal practitioner in a reaction to the ongoing outrage against INEC over delay in uploading and

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INEC declares PDP’s Nnamdi Ezechi winner of Ndokwa/Ukwuani Federal Constituency

Ihesiulo Grace 28 February 2023 0

By Nosa Àkeñzua The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has declared candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon Nnamdi Ezechi, winner of the House of Representatives election in Ndokwa/Ukwuani federal Constituency, Delta State. Having been declared the winner and returned elected, the Ndokwa East born Ezechi will represent Ndokwa/Ukwuani Federal

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Presidential Results: PDP urges INEC not to succumb to pressure from APC to falsify results

Ihesiulo Grace 28 February 2023 0

…says ruling party scheming to get 25% votes in Ebonyi, Imo By Tunde Opalana As the nation awaits more results of Saturday’s presidential election from the states, the Peoples Democratic Party has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to succumb to pressure by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to falsify results. The party […]

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INEC announces Ikenga Ugochinyere winner for Ideato Federal Constituency

Ihesiulo Grace 27 February 2023 0

…he dedicated victory to late uncle, 2 other killed in assassination attempt The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday announced opposition spokesman Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere as duly elected PDP member of the House of Representatives for Ideato South and North seat. Ugochinyere, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled a total of […]

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2023 polls: Religious, traditional leaders urge calm as INEC collates election results

Ihesiulo Grace 27 February 2023 0

By Hassana Yakubu Religious and traditional leaders in Kaduna State have called on Nigerians to remain calm as INEC continues with the collation of the results of Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly Elections. The Co-executive Directors of Interfaith Mediation Center, Kaduna, Sheik Nuraini Ashafa, and James Wuye, a pastor, made the call in an interview […]

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2023: INEC speaks on Lagos violence, gives reason for cancelling polls in Edo

Ihesiulo Grace 27 February 2023 0

BY BENJAMIN OMOIKE The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has spoken on the violence that erupted in some areas in Lagos during the presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday. There were pockets of violence in some areas in Lagos on Saturday, as thugs attacked polling units and destroyed election materials. Addressing the press at […]

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INEC must not allow 2023 election rigged – ADC

Ihesiulo Grace 27 February 2023 0

By Tunde Opalana The National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress [ADC], Chief Ralphs Okey Nwosu has called on the management of the Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC] to follow the path of honour by maintaining their policy of continuous improvement of the nation’s electoral systems and process which they have done so well and […]

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INEC declares Bamidele winner of Ekiti Central Senatorial District

Ihesiulo Grace 27 February 2023 0

Tunde Opalana The Senatorial Candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti Central Senatorial District, Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele has been declared as the winner of the Senatorial poll by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in Ado-Ekiti. With the announcement of Bamidele as the winner of the Ekiti Central Senatorial District, he will be […]

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LP to INEC: Standard, integrity built over the years must crystalize this election

Ihesiulo Grace 23 February 2023 0

By Tom Okpe The Labour Party, (LP) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) to allow its laid down standard and integrity built over the years to crystallize their activities in the 2023 famous general election in the country. The party chairman, Barr Julius Abure who said the party has great confidence in the […]