Anambra Election 2025

Anambra Decides: 16 candidates battle for governorship as Soludo seeks second term

Promise Eze 8 November 2025 0

Voters in Anambra State are heading to the polls today to choose a new governor from a field of 16 candidates as the state decides who will lead for the next four years. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), 2,802,790 people are registered to vote across 5,720

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Why extension of ongoing voters’ registration exercise is necessary-HoR

Ihesiulo Grace 23 June 2022 0

By Tom Okpe The House of Representatives has explained why extension of the ongoing voters’ registration in the country is necessary. The House had requested for extensions from the Independent National Commission, (INEC) in a motion moved by Benjamin Kalu, (APC, Abia) spokesperson of the House at plenary on Tuesday for 60 days, DailyTimes gathered. […]

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Bayelsa: Voters, party agents commend peaceful process

Ihesiulo Grace 16 November 2019 0

Yenegoa – Some voters and party agents in Yenegoa Local Government Area have commended the peaceful voting process in the ongoing governorship election in Bayelsa. They also commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the orderly process of the election. Mrs Yohana Juliana, a retired civil servant, who voted at Polling Unit 16, Epie […]

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Kogi, Bayelsa Guber Polls; Shun Vote Selling, Violence, CTA Tells Voters

Ihesiulo Grace 16 November 2019 0

…tasks security agent on conducive atmosphere for voting The Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA) has tasked voters in both Kogi and Bayelsa states to come out en masse and vote for the candidates of their choice in Saturday’s governorship election In separate statements issued in Lokoja and Yenagoa, the CTA though expressed concerns about political […]

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Rep alleges oath taking by politicians to induce voters

Ihesiulo Grace 29 October 2018 0

House of Representatives member, Rep. Israel Ajibola Famurewa (APC/Osun) has alleged that desperate politicians are inducing voters to take oath as a means of vote buying during elections. The lawmaker who said this phenomenon was rampant during the just concluded Osun state governorship election, declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC) underestimated the

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Electoral Act: We’re committed to use of card readers, PVC in 2019 – FG

Ihesiulo Grace 16 August 2018 0

The Presidency on Wednesday said that President Muhammadu Buhari is fully committed to the use of card readers and Permanent Voters’ Card (PVC) during the 2019 general elections, just as it described media reports on the status of the Electoral Act (amendment) Bill, 2018, as false, misleading and a calculated attempt to cast aspersion on […]

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Uncollected PVCs: Tinubu threatens to sack council chairmen

Ihesiulo Grace 15 August 2018 0

…Dangles automatic return ticket The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has told all elected chairmen of local governments and local council development areas in Lagos State to immediately commence mobilisation for the collection of the Permanent Voters Card (PVC) towards the 2019 election

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Women face hurdles in exercising right to vote – Survey

Ihesiulo Grace 14 August 2018 0

A new survey conducted by Women’s Situation Room Nigeria (WSRN) shows the urgent need for more robust efforts to engage and educate female voters ahead of the 2019 general elections because they face more risk of disenfranchisement. The survey, which was carried out across all six geopolitical zones of the country, exposed lower levels of […]

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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 polls: Transparent voting gets boost as Reps okay card reader

Ihesiulo Grace 1 June 2018 0

…Prohibits manual register for voters’ accreditation, …voids electronic voting …Candidate with false affidavit risk disqualification Transparent voting gets a boost on Thursday as the House of Representatives okayed the use of smart card reader for accreditation of voters during the 2019 polls. The lawmakers also prohibited the use of manual

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4 million PVCs ready for distribution- INEC

Ihesiulo Grace 4 May 2018 0

The Chairman of the National Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has disclosed that four million eligible voters are expected to collect their Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) in the next few days. Yakubu, who stated this while speaking at INEC Campus Outreach on “Youth Votes Count’’ at the University of Abuja, said the commission […]

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Underage Voting: KANSIEC Didn’t Use INEC Register, Probe Committee Report Reveals

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2018 0

The Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) didn’t use the national voters register made available to it by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accredit voters during the February local government election in the state, the report by the probe committee set up by the INEC to investigate the underage voting saga on the […]

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INEC denies plot to Cover Up Underage Voting in Kano State

Ihesiulo Grace 16 March 2018 0

Contrary to reports in one of the Online medium that there are plot to cover up the Kano under age voters saga, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the committee set up to investigate the saga has concluded its facts finding mission and is in the process of writing its report which should […]

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INEC detects names of 299 foreigners in voter register

Ihesiulo Grace 3 March 2018 0

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it has expunged 299 names of aliens from the voter register. The Chairman of INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, made this known on Friday during a consultative meeting of the commission with security agencies in Abuja. Yakubu, said the foreigners were discovered through information made available by […]

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#AnambraDecides2017: Party chieftains beg voters to come out

Ihesiulo Grace 18 November 2017 0

Some chieftains of political parties on Friday appealed to voters in Anambra to turn out en masse to vote for candidates of their choices in the Saturday’s governorship poll. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in interviews in Lagos that voters who would fail to exercise their franchise should not complain of poor […]

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INEC commences 3rd quarter registration of Permanent Voters Card

Ihesiulo Grace 18 November 2017 0

The Bauchi State Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the commencement of its third quarter registration of eligible voters in the state. This was disclosed by the Electoral Officer (EO) in charge of Bauchi Local Government Area, Alhaji Aliyu Hassan Shaaba in an interview with journalists in his office. Alhaji Shaaba explained that the […]

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Igbo group warns against boycotting Anambra election

Ihesiulo Grace 18 November 2017 0

…..says action will open doors for declaration of state of emergency in state The South East Revival Group has called on all eligible voters in Anambra State to come out enmasse to exercise their civil rights to vote in Saturday’s governorship election in the state to avoid the declaration of a state of emergency in […]

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Few days to the Anambra election, IPOB threaten Voters

Ihesiulo Grace 12 November 2017 0

Members of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have staged a demonstration in Onitsha, threatening voters in the 18 November governorship election in Anambra state. Their spokesmen said their demonstration was intended to notify the federal government that the group is alive. “If you vote you will die. Don’t go out, stay in your […]

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Enugu: INEC registers 125,198 new voters

Ihesiulo Grace 28 October 2017 0

No fewer than 125,198 eligible voters have registered for the first and second quarters in the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) in Enugu State. The state Independent National Electoral Commissioner Mr Emeka Ononamadu said this in a interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Saturday. He said 56,562 eligible persons registered in […]

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Low Voters Turn out in Benue

Ihesiulo Grace 11 April 2015 0

The governorship and State House of Assembly election  conducted in Benue State yesterday witnessed a low turn out as people were afraid of risking their lives due to the threat posed by desperate supporters to unleash mayhem if their candidates are defeated. Daily Times Correspondent who monitored the election in two local governments of Guma […]