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2023 elections: No PVC, no vote, INEC tells electorate

Ihesiulo Grace 12 December 2022 0

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has advised people who have registered for their permanent voter cards (PVCs) to collect them, saying, “no PVC, no vote.” INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Katsina State, Prof. Ibrahim Yahaya-Makarfi, made the call in an interview with

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Yobe govt urges indigenes to collect their PVCs

Ihesiulo Grace 21 August 2018 0

Yobe state Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Gaidam, has called on people of the state those who do not have permanent Voters Card (PVC) to collect theirs before the closing date of August 31st. Governor Ibrahim Gaidam, who disclosed this during the Eid-el-Kabir celebration in Damaturu, Yobe state, started that, the important of PVCs card to make […]

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Niger INEC REC urges citizens to collect their PVC

Ihesiulo Grace 9 August 2018 0

The Niger state Independent National Election Commission (INEC), Resident Electoral Commissioner, Professor Samuel Ekwu has appealed to citizens of Niger state to come out and collect their Permanent Voters Cards (PVC). He said that 194,835 PVCs in the state have not been collected, lamenting that some PVCs are from the 2011 voters registration exercise. Speaking […]

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2019: Group opens campaign on PVC collection

Ihesiulo Grace 30 May 2018 0

A group of young professionals has said that the idea to launch ‘the Participate Movement’ a nongovernmental organisation is to encourage Nigerians to actively carry out their civic duties. The ideology-driven campaign’s focus is to increase PVC collection among registered voters. In a statement, Jude Feranmi, the group’s spokesman, said: “The kind of politics that […]

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INEC can do more to sensitise Nigerians on PVC – Greywolf Empire

Ihesiulo Grace 30 May 2018 0

Renowned media and entertainment company, Greywolf Empire has expressed concerns over the way Nigerians are not taking the call for Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVC) with seriousness. The organisation made this known after it held a sensitisation rally in Lagos on Tuesday,tagged, “Your PVC Matters”, where it enlightened residents and on-lookers on the need to

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It’s good to have your PVC, but better if you use it, Presidential aspirant, Soyode tells Nigerians

Ihesiulo Grace 28 May 2018 0

Nigerians of voting age have been challenged to get their Permanent Voters Card (PVC) ready to vote in the 2019 general election, as not doing so will be likened to working against the progress of the country. Making the call in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, during a courtesy visit to the Alake of Egbaland, […]

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Lagos PDP tackles APC, Ambode for under performance, urge residents to get their PVC

Ihesiulo Grace 24 April 2018 0

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Lagos State chapter has said that it was prepared to capture the state in the 2019 general elections. Chairman of the party in the state, Hon Moshood Salvador, stated this at the party’s General Assembly held at the Yard 56 Event Center in Oregun, Ikeja, at the weekend, noting that […]

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2019: Buhari will know that we are not lazy — YOWICAN President

Ihesiulo Grace 22 April 2018 0

The Youth wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria (YOWICAN), has said the Nigerian youths come 2019 will use their permanent voters card PVC to vote President Muhammadu Buhari out of office aimed at demonstrating to Mr President that youths in Nigeria are not lazy. YOWICAN stated this on Sunday while reacting to the comment […]

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132, 000 PVC yet to be collected in Niger state – REC

Ihesiulo Grace 8 April 2018 0

The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Niger state (REC) Prof Sam Egwu, has stated that 132, 000 Permanent Voters’ Cards(PVC), are yet to be collected by prospective voters who have completed registration in Niger state. He stated this while receiving the Zonal Coordinator of the Federal Information Centre, Minna, Malam Bawa Salihu Mokwa, on a courtesy […]

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INEC to burn all unclaimed PVC

Ihesiulo Grace 13 March 2018 0

THE Independent National electoral commission, (INEC) on Monday said all unclaimed Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) at its various offices across the country would be burnt. The Resident Electoral Officer (REC) in Ondo State, Dr. Rufus Akeju, who disclosed this in Akure, Ondo state capital this is to prevent the voter cards from being used to […]

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Lagos DPP Withdraws Murder Charges against Ex-Commissioner

Ihesiulo Grace 23 April 2015 0

The Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions on Thursday asked the state’s magistrates’ court siting in Ebute-metta to discharge a former Lagos State Commissioner for Special Duties, Tola Kasali, accused of murder and illegal possession of firearms. Kasali, Folami Musiliu and Tobin Lukman, who were all taken before the court by the police on November […]

Opinion

Open Letter to All Progressives Congress

Ihesiulo Grace 16 April 2015 0

I sat on the floor of my son’s room, in tears. It was supposed to be a good day because I had invested resources in an election that meant a lot to me, and the numbers coming in meant change – electoral defeat of the incumbent President – was certain. “This is just the beginning […]

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Buhari: Nigerians Have Always Wanted Change – Says Edo Dep Speaker

Ihesiulo Grace 13 April 2015 0

  The Deputy Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Victor Edoror, has stated that the people hold political power in the new dispensation as their votes, based on the innovations brought into the electoral process, by the national chairman of the Independent National Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega. According to Edoror: “The electorates […]

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PDP Vows to Challenge Amosun Victory in Ogun

Ihesiulo Grace 13 April 2015 0

As Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, was, on Sunday, declared winner of Saturday’s gubernatorial election, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Gboyega Nasir Isiaka, has vowed to challenge Amosun’s victory at the election tribunal. In a statement issued by his campaign organisation, PDP declared the gubernatorial election as very unfortunate and

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April 11 Polls: Kwara REC Lists 14 Electoral Offences

Ihesiulo Grace 10 April 2015 0

Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kwara, Dr Emmanuel Onucheyo, has listed 14 electoral offences a voter may commit during Saturday Governorship and House of Assembly elections. Dr Onucheyo, who said this on Thursday, while speaking with our Correspondent said the Commission was fully ready to conduct free, fair and credible elections on Saturday. According to him, […]

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Oyo APC, Accord Party at Loggerheads

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2015 0

Ahead of Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly polls in Oyo State, the Accord Party (AP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of conniving with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to rig the elections. APC also fired back with a warning that Senator Rashidi Ladoja, AP governorship candidate, should desist from his alleged […]

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Ogun PDP Accuses Amosun of Purchasing 4, 000 PVCs

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2015 0

The Ogun State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party has accused Ogun State Governor and the All Peoples Congress governorship candidate in the April 11, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, of plans to rig the governorship elections in his favour. In a press release signed by Comrade Ifekayode Akinbode, Director of Media and Publicity of Gboyega Nasir Isiaka […]

Opinion

What next after Buhari’S Victory?

Ihesiulo Grace 6 April 2015 0

One of the happiest moments for many Nigerians was when the cool-headed Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Attahiru Jega, finally announced the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, General Muhammadu Buhari, as the winner of the just-concluded presidential election in the country. Buhari, after a fourth attempt at becoming president,

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INEC Officials Verifies PVC Not Authentication

Ihesiulo Grace 28 March 2015 0

As accreditation begins in most areas of Bwari area council in the Federal Capital Territory, Daily Times observed that INEC officials verifies only the validity of the PVC not authentication of the real owners of the cards. The implication of this exercise as our reporters observed is that somebody could use a verified card which […]

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Shun Violence, NURTW Boss Tells Members

Ihesiulo Grace 27 March 2015 0

  The Chairman, National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Ekiti chapter, Mr Taiwo Akinyode, has warned its members to shun violence during and after Saturday’s elections. Speaking in Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State on Friday, Akinyode, urged members with PVCs to go out and exercise their civic responsibility in a peaceful manner. “In the past, commercial […]