The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said details of only 44,687 out of 80,410 expected party agents for Edo governorship election were submitted on its dedicated portal, by the July 30 deadline. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday, by Sam Olumekun,...
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final register of voters for the upcoming Governorship Elections in Edo and Ondo, an official has said. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee in the state, Mr Sam Olumekun, disclosed this in a statement issued...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has put the number of new registered voters in Edo at 119,206 and Ondo 58,708. National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee of INEC, Mr Sam Olumekun, disclosed this in an analysis on Monday in Abuja. Olumekun said that the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Chairman Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has urged interested media organisations wishing to cover the Edo gubernatorial election to submit their applications before the deadline of Thursday 5th September 2024. He made the call at the INEC Quarterly Consultative...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said it has recovered from the recent flood disaster that damaged some facilities at the Benin office of the commission. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu stated this during the commission’s regular quarterly consultative meeting with leaders of political parties in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC), has called for the amendment of the Constitution and the Electoral Act to empower INEC to conduct all Local Governments polls. National Chairman IPAC, Yusuf Mamman Danttale who made the call on Monday in Abuja at the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Edo office, on Monday call on young female voters to be ambassadors of the Commission ahead of the Sept. 21 governorship election in the state. The State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Anugbum Onuoha made the call in Benin at a one-day...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended invitation to 246 new applicants comprising of 82 from Edo and 164 from Ondo state to provide complete data so that they will be eligible to vote in the upcoming governorship election in both states....
The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Thursday, affirmed the re-election victory of Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa in the Nov. 11, 2023 governorship poll. The three-member panel of justices led by Justice James Abundaga, in a unanimous judgment, held that the appeal filed by the appellants; Mr...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – In anticipation of the upcoming Edo and Ondo governorship elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) organized a pre-election training workshop for accredited election observers. The event which took place at the Commission’s headquarters today was chaired by Mr. Sam Olumekun, the National...
The National and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal for Sokoto/Zamfara states sitting in Sokoto on Monday sacked a member of the National Assembly representing Yabo/Shagari Federal Constituency, Umar Yusuf Yabo, popularly called Danmaje. The three-judge Tribunal, in a unanimous ruling, further ordered the sacked lawmaker to...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said a total of 134 observer groups have been accredited to monitor the governorship elections which will hold in Edo and Ondo States later this year. The Commission in a statement issued on Monday by the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has welcomed the judgment of the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja that upheld the decision of the governorship election petition tribunal affirming his return as the duly elected Governor of Kogi State. In his reaction to...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain and a former deputy governor of Benue State, Chief Stephen Lawani has Supreme Court’s ruling on autonomy for Local Government Councils would require something additional to make that tier of government functional and relevant. Lawani said in a...
The Concerned Kogi Citizens Forum has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure full implementation of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) in the off-cycle Edo and Ondo elections. The group’s convener, Isaiah Ijele, who made the call on Sunday in Abuja, said that his...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Thursday, reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the Social Democratic Party (SDP)’s candidate, Muritala Ajaka, and his party in the Nov. 11 Kogi governorship election challenging the judgement of the State’s Election Petition Tribunal. The tribunal had, on May 27, affirmed...
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has cleared the air over the tenure of the incumbent council chairmen in the six area councils of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, disclosing that their tenures will end in June of 2026. INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Friday...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned political parties involved in the off cycle governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States to avoid the use of hate speech and offensive languages in the conduct of their campaign for the elections. The Commission...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the publication of the final list of candidates for Ondo governorship election. A statement by the National Commissioner & Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekunin, said the announcement followed the publication of the...
Former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, has charged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Nigeria Judiciary to end the avalanche of post- elections litigations in Nigeria. Jonathan gave the charge while inaugurating the multi-million naira State High Court edifice equipped with modern facilities and 24 hours...