By JOHN ONAH, Abuja- The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday, September 19, released new guidelines and regulations for the recall of elected office holders both at the state and federal levels. The National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun who disclosed this...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Police to ensure a free, fair and credible governorship election in Edo State. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr ,Debo Ologunagba stated this at a news conference on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has commenced the transportation of election materials for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to Benin, ahead of the Sept. 21 Governorship election in Edo. The Deputy Director Public Relations and Information, NAF, Group Capt. Kabiru Ali, announced this...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has refused to recognise Julius Abure as the National Chairman of Labour Party, despite retaining his name on its website, on the list of political party chairmen. This new revelation is contained in a counter-affidavit filed in the Federal High Court Abuja, in...
The Labour Party (LP) on Tuesday said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) lacked the powers to deregister any political party in the country. National Secretary of the party, Mr Obiora Ifoh, made this known in a statement in Abuja. He said the attention of the party’s leadership had...
Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Edo, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said a total of 2,249,780 registered voters have collected their Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) in the state. This represents 85.57 per cent of the 2,629,025 total registered voters in the state. Mr Sam Olumekun, INEC...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – All others parties involved except the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have signed the Peace Accord initiated by the National Peace Committee (NPC) led by former military Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd) for the political parties and gubernatorial candidates for the September...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Inspector General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, has said that 35000 police personnel to be complemented by another 8000 personnel from other security agencies would be deployed in the Edo state governorship election. Disclosing this on Wednesday at the stakeholders meeting in Benin...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed readiness and strong commitment to conducting a free fair and credible election in the forth coming Edo state governorship election. The INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, who gave this assurance in Benin City on Tuesday,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has opened a dedicated portal for online accreditation of journalists and media organisations to cover the Ondo State Governorship election scheduled for 16th November 2024 will open today Monday 9th September 2024. National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the recent hike in price of petrol will not affect the conduct of Edo governorship election. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, said this while fielding questions from newsmen during the pre-election news conference in Abuja. Oyekanmi...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, reserved judgment in the suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the conduct of the local government election in Rivers. Justice Peter Lifu said that a date for the judgment would be...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Sept. 12 for the signing of Peace Accord for the Edo Governorship election in Benin City. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at an extraordinary meeting with political parties on the 2024 Edo governorship election on Thursday in Abuja. Yakubu...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said 125,928 of the 184,438 newly printed Permanent Voters’ Card (PVCs) have been collected in Edo, ahead of the Sept.21 Governorship election in the state. INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Sam Olumekun, said this in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – In continuation of preparations for the Edo State Governorship Election holding on Saturday 21st September 2024, the Commission is test running the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and result upload to the INEC Result Viewing (IReV) portal for the election using...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Edo on Tuesday presented soft copies of voters register to political parties participating in the Sept. 21 Edo governorship election. Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Edo, Dr Anugbum Onuoha, presented the register to the chairmen and secretaries of political parties and other...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Edo has fixed Aug. 22 to 30 for the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in the state. Head of Department, Voter Education and Publicity, INECp, Timidi Wariowei, confirmed this in a statement on Friday in Benin. Wariowei said that a...
The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed claims of discrepancies between the results on its website and those presented by returning officers at the National Collation Centre, which were broadcast live. The commission stated this in letter dated Aug. 15 to the Centre for Collaborative Investigative Journalism (CCIJ),...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja- The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has called on security agencies to heighten their vigilance as the gubernatorial elections in Edo and Ondo States approach. Speaking at the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) meeting held at...
The Chairman of Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos State, Mr Fatai Ayoola, has faulted calls for INEC to take over conduct of local government elections. Ayoola made his position known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. NAN reports that State Independent...