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
The Ogun State Central District Senatorial Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Prince Lanre Tejuoso was among the thousands of residents who could not partake in the elections on Saturday due to inability to obtain his Permanent Voters Card. Tejuoso, in an interview with reporters, expressed displeasure over the fact that he could […]
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega on Friday said results of the elections will be announced within 48 hours after voting. Speaking during a joint press briefing with the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig. Gen. Johnson Olawumi, he said the electoral body has put everything […]
Sixteen political parties in Ekiti State have endorsed the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for the Saturday’s presidential poll. The parties also passed a vote of confidence in the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, to conduct a free, fair and credible poll. At […]
Professor Attahiru Jega, INEC Chairman has explained why he is been attacked over the use of the Smart Card Reader machines for the conduct of the general election. Jega opened up on Wednesday, March 25, while unveiling the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room in Abuja that those who had plans to fraudulently manipulate the outcome […]
Chief Desmond Bestman Festus is pioneer chairman of ASUU at Niger Delta University and founder/ National President Jonathan/Sambo Grassroots Ambassadors of Nigeria (JOSGAN). He spoke with SUNDAY ISUWA, saying the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari cannot stop Jonathan’s re-election bid. Excerpts: Sir, what really are you doing in
“I have no apology to make to those who are criticising the contract awards.” That’s Dr Frederick Fasehun, founder of the six million-strong Odua Peoples Congress (OPC) replying his critics over the newly signed Federal Government contract for his ethnic nationality group to safeguard pipelines. Slight of build; almost, but not frail, the 74-year-old looks […]
“I have no apology to make to those who are criticising the contract awards.” That’s Dr Frederick Fasehun, founder of the six million-strong Odua Peoples Congress (OPC) replying his critics over the newly signed Federal Government contract for his ethnic nationality group to safeguard pipelines. Slight of build; almost, but not frail, the 74-year-old looks […]
A civil society group, Face-Pam, has called for the extension of Professor Attahiru Jega’s tenure as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Its Project Coordinator, Mr. Mathias Yake, speaking on Tuesday at a town hall meeting with electoral stakeholders in Yola, Adamawa State, said that Jega, deserved a tenure extension for bringing […]
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti, has expressed satisfaction with the level of preparation of the state’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) towards the general election. He made the commendation on Tuesday, when he visited the commission’s office, where the Resident Electoral Commissioner
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega, has said the commission is determined to be impartial. Prof. Jega stated this at the National Stakeholders’ Summit on the 2015 general election in Abuja on Tuesday, adding that the commission had commenced preparations for the 2015 elections immediately after the 2011 elections ended.
Ahead of next Saturday’s Presidential election, there is confusion in the land over conflicting directives emanating from two different agencies involved in the conduct and management of the polls. The Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) Mr. Suleiman Abba, and the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) Prof. Attahiru Jega, are in serious disagreement
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 […]
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, on Friday stated that there is no machine can jam the smart card readers to be used during the general elections, dismissing speculations in some quarters that the PVCs may not work on election day. The INEC chairman also revealed that the […]
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 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 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 […]
The Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), at the weekend, held a rally in Umuahia, the capital of Abia State, to explain its demand for the removal of the National Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Atahiru Jega, over electoral insincerity. Speaking on the occasion, the Zonal Woman […]
