The Police Command in Kano State has assured of its readiness to provide security for the Feb. 3 re-run elections in three state constituencies across six local government areas of the state. The Police Commissioner, Mr Hussaini Gumel, gave the assurance on Wednesday in Kano while addressing newsmen...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has completed the case file of three electoral offenders out of nineteen currently standing trial in various courts across the country, for electoral offences committed during the 2023 general election. The Director of Voter Education and Publicity...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed readiness for the conduct of the Feb. 3 Sokoto State rerun election. Mrs Hauwa Kangiwa, the state INEC Administrative Secretary, said this at a stakeholders meeting in Sokoto on Tuesday. She stated that the re-run would hold in 18...
A Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) governorship aspirant in Ogun during the 2023 general elections, Segun Sowunmi has dragged the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party to court for failing to convene a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting. Sowumi filed the suit marked (FHC/ABJ/CS/T024) at the Federal High...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Litigation and Prosecution officer of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Sokoto State, Barrister Fodio Saidu, has said to the best of his understanding they are not prosecuting anybody for now over any infraction or electoral offenses from the 2023 general election....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is set to hold by-election in 39 national and state Constituencies across the country. To this end, the commission has called on the Inter-agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) to pay attention to the potentials for...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)C, says it has concluded arrangements to conduct re-run elections in four state assembly constituencies in Bauchi State. The state INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Mohammed Nura said this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday in Bauchi. “The...
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to update its records on the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) membership. The party in a statement on Saturday by its Board of Trustees (BoT) Chairman, Dr Temitope Aluko, also urged the media to...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral (INEC) has published the final list of candidates for the February 3, bye-elections to fill vacant seats in the Senate, House of Representatives, and state Houses of Assembly. The vacancies were created as a result of the resignation and...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kano State, on Tuesday said it has completed all arrangements for conduct of all bye-elections in the state. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Kano state, Mr Abdu Zango said this while addressing stakeholders at its state headquarters in Kano...
Mr Adeola Adebanjo, an engineer, has emerged candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for the Feb. 3 bye-election in Surulere Federal Constituency I in Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adebanjo defeated two other aspirants in the primary election held on Sunday at Surulere,...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to halt the Thursday scheduled inspection of the Nov. 11, 2023 Kogi Governorship Election materials by the Social Democratic Party (SDP). The party also called for the removal and discipline of the Kogi INEC Resident...
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be bold in implementing provisions of the Electoral Laws and the Constitution in the conduct of future election. The SDP National Chairman, Malam Shehu Gabam said this when he spoke with the...
The National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Malam Shehu Gabam has advocated for true independence for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to add credibility to Nigeria’s elections. Gabam said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. He...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – In a bid to improve the welfare and development of its staff, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has promoted Five Thousand One Hundred and Ninety-Six (5,196) members of its staff nationwide. The promotion was on the heels of the 2023...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, extended the Dec. 15 interim order stopping the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from taking any action step against the 26 Rivers House of Assembly members who defected to All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has fixed Jan. 8, 2024 for the conduct of its primaries for the by-elections holding February 2024. The party in a timetable and schedule of activities for the party primaries issued by PDP National Organising Secretary, Umar Bature, also fixed Dec. 28, 2023...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday issued certificates of return to 16 members-elect for the Plateau State House of Assembly. The members-elect were declared winners of the March 18 elections after the Court of Appeal nullified the election of those that were declared by INEC....
No fewer than six elders in Rivers have dragged President Bola Tinubu and others to the Federal High Court, Abuja, for allegedly compelling Gov. Siminilaya Fubara to sign what they describe as an unconstitutional agreement. The plaintiffs, in the petition sighted by the News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN)...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the timetable and schedule for upcoming by-elections and court-ordered re-runs. The move was due to the resignation or death of members of the National and State Houses of Assembly, a statement by the commission...