The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has uploaded 93.52% of the results from the Ondo State governorship election to its Result Viewing Portal. Results from 3,684 polling unit out of 3,933 where the election took place have been made available online as of 7:38 pm on Saturday. Though 18...
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A Presiding Officer, Miss Angela Oshogwe, at the ongoing governorship election in Ondo State has said that the Bio modal Voter Accreditation System( BVAS) machine could not capture faces of some elderly voters. Oshogwe, manning Poling Unit 19, Ward 11 Olamojuba, Ondo in Ondo West Local Government Area of...
Ondo State Governorship election started on Saturday with heavy security presence consisting of personnel of the police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) observed at strategic points across the state. Armed security personnel were observed at strategic points such as the entrance into...
A political group, Allied Conservative Congress (ACC), has urged players in the Saturday governorship election in Ondo State to be patriotic and do the right thing in the discharge of their electoral duties. ACC’s National Secretary, Lawal Mohammed, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
In Less than 24 hours to Ondo governorship election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has replaced Olusola Ebiseni with Olorunfemi Festus as the Labour Party (LP) candidate. The commission in an update on its X social media platform, on Friday, said the replacement of Ebiseni with Festus was...
Security has been beefed up at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Okitipupa, Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State ahead Saturday’s governorship election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that INEC has also begun the deployment of both regular and adhoc staff to their respective...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- As Ondo State prepares for its off-cycle governorship election, President Bola Tinubu has called on all political stakeholders and the electorate to uphold peace and decorum and fulfil their civic responsibilities without fear before or after the elections. The president made the call in a...
The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, an election observer organisation, has warned electorate in Ondo State against vote trading, saying such act will mortgage the quality of governance. The Co-Convener of the organisation, Mr Franklin Oloniju, stated this at a pre-election news conference on Friday in Akure. Oloniju said...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As Ondo State governorship election set to tomorrow, Saturday November 16, 2024, the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Oluwatoyin Babalola, has disclosed that everything is in place for a seamless and credible process. Babalola made the disclosure during and interview with some Journalist on Friday...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has reiterated the commission’s readiness to conduct a free and fair Nov. 16 governorship election in Ondo State. Yakubu made this known during his readiness assessment visit to INEC Local Government Area (LGA) offices on Tuesday in the state....
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) of Nigeria, Ondo State Council, has declared its support for the election bid of Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that INEC had fixed Nov. 16 for the Ondo...
President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, nominated Saseyi Ibiyemi, as the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) representing Ondo State. If cleared by the Senate, Ibiyemi will replace Mr Niyi Ijalaye, who died in August while serving as the REC in Ogun. Ibiyemi, 58, who hails from Ilaje in Ondo State, is...
Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has promised improved logistics and result management during the Nov. 16 governorship election in Ondo State. Yakubu stated this during an assessment tour of the INEC office in Ondo State on the preparation for the governorship election, on Monday...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has disclosed that Mock accreditation of voters and result upload to the IReV has been scheduled for Wednesday 6th November 2024 in 12 Polling Units across six Local Government Areas in the three Senatorial Districts of the State....
The House of Representatives has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to relocate its Local Government offices to neutral and secured locations to protect the integrity of the commission. The call followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Sunday Nnamchi (LP-Enugu State) at plenary on Wednesday. Nnamchi...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, struck out a suit filed by 27 lawmakers, led by Mr Martin Amaewhule, in the Rivers House of Assembly against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Justice Peter Lifu, in a ruling, struck out the suit after it was withdrawn by...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday denied accusations by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) of it failure to investigate and prosecute electoral offenders from the 2023 General Election. In the report, SERAP has claimed that INEC neglected to engage independent...
The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) on Wednesday urged Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ignore calls for the redeployment of Ondo State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mrs Oluwatoyin Babalola. The Ondo State Chairman of IPAC, Mr Olaoluwa Adesanya, made the call on during a news conference in Akure. Adesanya...