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 […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and ex-militants are putting on fake police and army uniforms to unleash mayhem on the opposition and disrupt voting, especially in the South-west, without hindrance. In a statement issued in Lagos on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the […]
Kano Resident Electoral Commissioner, Alhaji Munkaila Abdullahi yesterday Thursday announced that at least 45000 adhoc staff has been deployed by the electoral umpire for the running of tomorrow’s Presidential election. Speaking with newsmen in Kano, Alhaji Abdullahi said that the new staff would complement its regular staff during the exercise. The Resident Electoral Commissioner […]
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 JOSGAN? JOSGAN is […]
An All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Enugu State House of Assembly, Mr Magnus Ozongwu, has urged Nigerians to put away the fear of insecurity on election day and come out to vote for the candidate of their choice. He also threw his weight behind the use of the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) as […]
The Lagos State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mr. Akin Orebiyi, has said that about 200,000 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), meant for the state, are being expected. Orebiyi said this on Wednesday, at the state INEC office when he met with stakeholders, ahead of Saturday’s election and informed them that about 1.6 million of the cards […]
Less than one week to the rescheduled Presidential and National Assembly elections, close to one hundred per cent of registered voters in Kaduna State have collected their Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVC), Daily Times checks revealed. Similarly, while about 30,000 ad-hoc staff have been engaged and trained preparatory to the elections, delivery of card readers including […]
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 […]
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 […]
A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Laudable Support for Women, Youth and Community Development Initiative, on Thursday urged women to actively participate in the country’s electoral process. Mrs Bolanle Dosunmu, the President of the initiative, made the appeal in Lagos. Speaking at a workshop organised by the NGO on electoral processes for market women, held at Oyingbo […]
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 […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday said that out of the 68,833,476 million registered voters for the polls, as at March 12, it has distributed about 55,904,272 million permanent voter cards (PVCs), representing 81.22 percent. In a statement signed by the chief press secretary to the INEC chairman, Kayode Idowu, a breakdown of […]
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has charged the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) to be steadfast in the face of distractions as the Commission would settle for nothing but the best elections. Prof Jega gave the charge on Friday at a meeting with RECs, at the Commission’s headquarters. Jega said, […]
The controversy continues to trail the production and supply of the permanent voters’ cards (PVCs). It was revealed that a Nigerian company, ACT.Technologies Limited, was awarded a N2.6 billion contract by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to produce the PVCs, which was in turn sub-contracted it to a Chinese firm. This is coming as […]
Dr. Olapade Agoro, founder of the National Action Council (NAC) and its former presidential candidate, speaks on the rescheduled general election, the controversial card readers, INEC’s seeming incompetence and its alleged disregard of court orders. JONATHAN EZE reports. What is the implication of the election postponement on Nigeria? Obviously, the postponement of the 2015 election […]