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A total of 72,775,502 million Nigerians have collected Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and are eligible to vote at the general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed. Chairman …
Breaking: INEC releases number of Nigerians ready to vote at general elections Read MoreCentre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has insisted that the military should not be on election duties. CDD Director, Ndayat Hassan, who stated this while briefing Newsmen at the election …
Breaking: You ‘ve no business on election days, CDD dares Military Read MoreThe federal government has just declared Friday as work free day ahead of the rescheduled presidential and National Assembly elections onSaturday, February 23, 2019 Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, made …
Breaking: Friday is public holiday, FG declares Read MoreThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has finally concluded that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, will not present candidates in the 2019 general elections. INEC Chairman, Mahmood …
Breaking: INEC sticks with Supreme Court, vows to exclude Rivers APC candidates from 2019 elections Read MoreThere is a groundswell of resentment and anger in the land, justifiably so and much of it against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and its head, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, …
Before we crucify the INEC chairman alone… Read MoreChairman Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu has said 98 percent of the 180,000 Smart Card Readers (SCRs) to be deployed for elections had been configured to activate at …
Ballot snatchers will be punished according to law – Yakubu Read MoreCivil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to retract his order to security agencies directing them to deal decisively with ballot snatchers during the forthcoming general …
Ballot snatchers: Retract your order to security agencies, CISLAC tells Buhari Read MoreScores of protesters under the aegis of Ondo mandate group on Tuesday stormed the national secretariat of the ruling All progressive congress (APC), accusing Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of working against …
Shocker! Akeredolu working for Atiku, not Buhari, group tells APC Read MoreActing Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Abubakar Adamu said on Tuesday that police authorities would not tolerate any act of violence capable of disrupting the forthcoming elections, especially snatching …
Polls: Police IG fires warning shot at ballot box snatchers Read MoreThe Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former vice president Atiku Abubakar, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of training some operatives to compromise the card reader …
Breaking: APC training operatives to compromise card readers – Atiku Read MorePeoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of plotting to manipulate the February 23, 2019 presidential and National Assembly …
Breaking: APC, INEC planning to manipulate February 23 elections – PDP Read MorePresident Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday had a close-door meeting Governors Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state, Kashim Shettima of Borno state and Jibrilla Bindow of Adamawa state over mass killings of …
Breaking: Buhari meets Service Chiefs, El-Rufai, Shettima, others ahead rescheduled elections Read MoreThose with the intent of rigging under whatever guise during the general elections should either have a change of heart or face the consequence. President Muhammadu Buhari has said any …
Buhari to INEC: Don’t take Nigerians for granted Read MoreThe All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Organisation has said the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was in the know of the postponed elections announced by the Independent National Electoral …
Postponement: PDP, APC trade blames Read MoreTroops of Operation Safe Conduct deployed to provide security and conducive atmosphere for the conduct of Presidential and National Assembly election on Saturday intercepted three hoodlums on motorcycle in Badagry, …
Elections: Army arrests hoodlums in Badagry Read MoreResidents of Damaturu, the Yobe state capital, said Nigeria should have grown beyond shifting of elections after experiencing 20 years of uninterrupted democracy. They however called on INEC not to …
Yobe Residents rue election shift Read MoreThe Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmoud Yakubu has insisted that further campaigns and collection of Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) won’t be allowed. While fielding questions from …
Breaking – Nigeria decides update: No further campaigns, collection of PVCs – INEC Read MoreChairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu has just assured that nothing would necessitate another postponement of 2019 general elections. Yakubu who gave the assurance while briefing …
Nigeria decides update: Nothing ‘ll necessitate another 2019 elections postponement – INEC Boss Read MoreAnger and frustration have greeted the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to postpone the general election earlier slated for February 16 and March 2, 2019. INEC chairman …
2019 elections: Anger, frustration greet postponement Read More[2:43am] INEC National Commissioners arriving Conference hall, ahead crucial ‘election postponement’ announcement [00:40am] INEC set to postpone Presidential, NASS polls [8:05pm] Presidential, NASS elections: Police deploy 4 CPs to Ekiti …
Nigeria Decides 2019 – Live updates of February 16 Elections Read MoreThe spate of arson on the facilities of the electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in parts of the country few days to the 2019 general elections, is …
The torching of INEC offices Read MoreLast week’s sanctioning of four major television stations in the country over hate speech by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) is an ample demonstration of the Muhammadu Buhari government’s readiness …
NBC’s timely sanctions Read MoreIt may be safe to reach the inevitable conclusion that the nation’s electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is leaving no stone unturned in its efforts towards ensuring …
INEC’s readiness for 2019 polls Read More