The Labour Party (LP) in Imo has raised the alarm over alleged plan by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to hold the November 11 election in polling units with zero voter registration.la o The Imo LP Chairman, Mr Callistus Ihejiagwa, made the claim at a news briefing...
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has defended a supplementary budget of N18 billion at the National Assembly, largely aimed at addressing the issue of staff welfare and allowances. The commission’s Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, according to the INEC daily bulletin on Thursday in Abuja, led a team...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Thursday, affirmed the election of Sen. Mohammed Ndume and Sen. Kaka Lawan of Borno South and Central Senatorial Districts respectively. The three-member panel, presided by Justice Biobele Georgewill, held that the two appeals against the lawmakers lacked merit. The News Agency of...
The Appeal Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, vacated the judgment of a Federal High Court, Abuja which nullified Mr Timipre Sylva’s candidacy for All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Nov. 11 Bayelsa governorship election. The three-member panel, in a unanimous judgment read by Justice Binta Zubairu, held that Mr...
The 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Bill of N2.1 trillion expeditiously scaled second reading on Tuesday in the Senate. President Bola Tinubu had written the Senate seeking the approval of the sum of N2,176,791,286,033 as 2023 supplementary budget to address labour wage adjustments, security and other urgent issues. The President...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that it has distributed a total of 5,169,692 Permanent Voter’s Cards, PVCs, in the three states ahead of the November 11 off-cycle governorship elections in Imo, Kogi and Bayelsa states National Commissioner and Chairman,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to pursue constitutional and legal reforms that would explicitly recognize “Nigerians’ right to vote and to vote securely in free, fair and honest elections as a fundamental right.” This request...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Wednesday, organised a one-day capacity building for voter education providers aimed at ensuring increased voter turnout during the November 11 governorship election in Imo. Declaring the workshop open, the State’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof. Sylvia Agu, said the voter education...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) allocated votes to Gov. Abdullahi Sule of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the 2023 governorship election in Nasarawa state. In a statement by Alhaji Ibrahim Hamza, PDP spokesperson in the state, said...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has no plans to extend the Oct. 10 deadline for political parties to upload the list of their agents for polling units and collation centres for the Nov.11 Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo governorship election. Mr Sam Olumekun, INEC National Commissioner...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has debunked report on the purported withdrawal of the commission against the decision of governorship election in Kano state. This is contained in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it plans to transmit results of the Nov.11 Bayelsa governorship election manually. The state INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Mr Obo Effanga, stated this in Yenagoa on Wednesday, during an interactive section with religious leaders and faith based organisations. Effanga said...
The 2019 governorship election in Imo state will go down in electoral history as a watershed. The Supreme Court of the country received scorn when it declared Hope Uzodinma as who won that gubernatorial election from the fourth position and is currently the governor of Imo state based...
Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, the Delta Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says he plans to challenge the ruling of Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal which affirmed the election of Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori. Omo-Agege said this in a statement he personally signed on Friday in Asaba. ...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced dates for the conduct of governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states. The National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education, Sam Olumekun, the commission said that the governorship election in Edo...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has set up modalities to conduct mock accreditation of voters for the forthcoming off-cycle Governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States. The National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun disclosed this...
Ahead of the Bayelsa State governorship election slated for November 11, by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, strong indications have emerged that the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Timpre Sylva and his running-mate, Joshua Maciver, risk disqualification. This was disclosed on the...
The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal has since reaffirmed the declaration of Mr. Bola Tinubu as our duly elected president. In response, the two major contenders Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar of the Labour Party and Peoples Democratic Party respectively have scaled up their legal objections to the Supreme Court....
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Enugu, on Thursday, dismissed NYSC certificate forgery suit brought by the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) and the Labour Party against Gov. Peter Mbah.a The three-man tribunal, chaired by Justice Kudirat Akano, said there was no evidence before it to support the petitioners...