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A mild drama ensued at the Electoral Institute in Abuja on Monday where two factions of the Inter Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) clashed over who would speak in its behalf …
IPAC, INEC clash in Abuja parley Read MoreThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and politicians contesting for offices have been advised to endeavour to play by the rules thereby ensure peaceful general elections. The advice was given …
Play by the rules, Gomo of Kuje tells politicians, INEC Read MoreExactly 30 days after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) lifted ban on campaign for the 2019 presidential and National Assembly elections, there seems to be confusion in the ruling …
Confusion in APC over campaign flag-off Read MoreThere is a lot of hullaballoo over Governor Muhammad Abdullahi Abubakar’s indigeneship of Bauchi state and speculations that his name will be substituted by another contestant for the seat of …
2019: Gov Abubakar can’t be substituted – Kwano Read MoreThe success and credibility of the 2019 general elections can be guaranteed if the federal government rejigs current leadership structures of the electoral umpire and security operatives. Such overhaul will …
2019: INEC, security agencies need total overhaul -Security expert Read MoreUche Nwosu, much talked about Son-in-law to Imo state Governor, Rochas Okorocha is currently counting the cost of sticking with his God-father after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) confirmed …
Imo: Okorocha’s inlaw in shock as INEC confirms Uzodinma ‘authentic’ APC Guber candidate Read MoreThe stage appears set for another round of face-off between the National Assembly and President Muhammadu Buhari, over the N143billion budget the legislature approved for the Independent National Electoral Commission …
NASS rejects virement from N578bn constituency projects fund Read More– describes process as daylight roberry Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has rejected the Saturday gubernatorial election in Ekiti where the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), declared the candidate of the …
Ekiti: PDP rejects INEC’s result Read MoreAgainst the odds of allegations of PVC cloning and sale in the open market, INEC leadership assures that it is ready to shame mischief makers out to subvert the electoral …
Ekiti Guber: INEC battles against odds to deliver transparent elections Read MoreIndependent Service Delivery Monitoring Group (ISDMG), a civil society organisation, has called on Nigerians to rekindle their confidence in the competence of the Prof. Mahmood Yakubu-led National Independent National Electoral …
CSOs to Nigerians: Have confidence in INEC chair Read MoreTwo major opposition political parties; the People Democratic Party (PDP) and the former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s Advanced Democratic Congress (ADC) were conspicuously absent Friday as other 54 parties signed the …
PDP, ADC absent as 54 parties sign Election Code of Conduct Read MoreThe chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, on Friday said only N100m was spent on the failed attempt to recall Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West, Dino …
We spent N100m on Melaye’s failed recall – INEC Read MoreIndependent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the report of the panel set up to investigate allegations of underaged voting in Kano state, alleging that the Kano State Independent …
Underaged voting: KANSIEC did not use our voter register – INEC Read MoreGombe state Police Command and other security agencies operating in the state have warned politicians to desist from acts that could lead to the breakdown of law and order. …
Security agencies warn politicians against crisis in Gombe Read MoreAhead of another emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on the contentious tenure elongation for the party executive, Kano state governor, Dr. …
INEC ’ll reverse tenure elongation decision Monday – Ganduje Read MoreSince the National Assembly re-ordered the sequence of elections last February, the action has generated more heat than light, culminating with President Muhammadu Buhari declining to sign the amended …
Sequence of elections: ‘We ‘ll mobilise Nigerians against NASS’ Read MoreWhat is in a sequence of elections? You wonder! The furore in the Senate on this gave cause for concern. But, the defunct National Party of Nigeria, in the Second …
Fuss over sequence of elections Read MoreThe need for voter card validation observers across the country is informed by the recent discovery of underage children who took part in Kano State local government election. The incidence …
Voter card validation Read MoreThe Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja yesterday ruled that the process initiated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recall Senator Dino Melaye from the Senate has …
Melaye’s recall: Appeal Court orders process to continue Read MoreEmbattled Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye, has written the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to intervene in the rough relationship he is having with police officers. Melaye said he …
I’ll only submit myself if … –Melaye Read MoreKwara state police command has arrested one person for allegedly conducting illegal registration of voters in Offa local government area of the state. A statement by the administrative secretary …
Kwara police arrest man for illegal voter registration Read MoreChairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu has assured Persons Living with Disabilities ( PWDs ) the Commission’s commitment towards ensuring an all-inclusive electoral process in the …
2019: INEC committed to all inclusive process, Yakubu assures PWDs Read MoreThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared that the failure over the years to systematically and consistently enforce sanctions against individuals who flout established laws during elections has encouraged …
Failure to punish electoral offenders undermines Nigeria’s democracy, says INEC Chairman Read MoreThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Taraba State has detected the registration of some ineligible persons in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) Exercise. It has therefore issued letters …
INEC queries staff for registering ineligible persons in Taraba Read MoreAhead of the 2019 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has charged the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) and Administrative Secretaries to refrain from being distracted by partisan comments or drawn …
Desist from partisan controversies, INEC chairman urges RECs, Admin Secs Read More