The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) in Cross River on Friday threatened to punish collation and returning officers who engaged in sharp practices in the governorship and state house of assembly elections. Prof. Gabriel Yomere, INEC’S Resident Electoral Commissioner for Cross River, made the threats during a training in...
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says only two National Assembly (NASS) elections earlier suspended by the commission will hold along with the Saturday governorship and state assembly elections. The commission explained this in a statement issued by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr...
A civil society organisation, Connected Development, has urged the electorate across the country to come out en mass and cast their ballots, saying the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) had enhanced its capacity. The Chief Executive of the organisation, Amb. Hamzat Lawal, gave the advice, while speaking with newsmen after...
The police command in Lagos State says it has arrested a 53-year-old woman, who was allegedly found with laminated electoral materials. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday. Hundeyin said that the suspect was arrested on Thursday at about...
Coalition urges INEC to consider re-run instead of canceling election results National Voters Drive Coalition (NVDC) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to consider election re-run in areas where disruptions occur in election day instead of canceling the results. Mr Godbless Otubure, the spokesperson for the group,...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Former Deputy Governor of Cross River State and Director General of Cross River State People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Efiok Cobham, has alleged that the ruling party in the state has perfected plans to rigged the Gubernatorial elections on Saturday. Addressing Journalist at Ernest Etim...
INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Akwa Ibom, Dr Cyril Omorogbe says the commission has delisted 100 ad hoc staff in the state over alleged involvement in election malpractices. Omorogbe made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Uyo on Thursday. He said the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says the award of contract for the printing of sensitive election materials for 2023 general elections to Binani Printing Press Limited followed due diligence. National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, stated this in...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has refuted media reports alleging that it has withdrawn its petition at the Presidential Election Tribunal. Mr Debo Ologunagba, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja on Thursday, describing the reports as false and reprehensible fabrication. “The...
Mrs Ibim Semenitari, Director, New Media, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Rivers Governorship Campaign Council, has denied conniving with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to rig the March 18 Governorship election. Semenitari, who said this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, described the allegations of conniving with INEC...
The Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed Mr Herman Hembe as the lawful governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Benue for the Saturday Governorship election. Justice Heleen Ogunwumiju in a unanimous judgment of the court dismissed the disqualification request filed by Mr Benjamin Lorlumum on the grounds that...
Mr Ifagbemi Awamaridi, a former candidate of the Labour Party in Lagos State, says he still remains the candidate of the party in the March 18 Gubernatorial Election. Awamaridi, who was also the National Coordinator, Labour Party Concerned Stakeholders, made the disclosure in Lagos on Thursday at a news...
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar has said he withdrew a motion before the Appeal Court over a request to inspect electoral materials because the issue had been overtaken by events. In a statement, Abubakar, said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had already...
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 9, Mr Ibrahim Kaoje, has assured citizens in Ebonyi of maximum security during and after the Saturday Governorship and House of Assembly elections. Kaoje gave the assurance during his visit to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) office in...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed Dr Patrick Dakum as the Plateau State Labour Party (LP) candidate for the Saturday Governorship election. The 5-man panel of Justices led by Justice Inyang Okoro dismissed an appeal brought before it by Amb. Yohanna Margif, a LP aspirant in the state, challenging...
Sir Siminlalayi Fubara, Rivers Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s governorship candidate and his deputy, Dr Ngozi Odu, in the Saturday’s election has sued the party and its national executive members over alleged planned to suspend them. The duo, alongside other PDP’s candidates in the Feb 25 National Assembly and the...
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the 2023 population and housing census earlier scheduled for March 29 has been shifted to May 2023. Mohammed confirmed this when he briefed State House correspondents at the end of the meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State says INEC and security agencies must raise the bar of elections in the area in Saturday’s elections. The Chairman of PDP, Alimosho LGA, Mr Ishola Shodiya, who made the call on Wednesday during a media briefing...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says its operations are guided by the Electoral Act and not by political parties. Prof. Gabriel Yomere, Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Cross River, made this known in Calabar during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Yomere was reacting to...
The Labour Party (LP) has alleged that some opposition parties are pressurising the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to upturn the victory of its FCT senate candidate, Ireti Kingibe in their favour. Mr Peter Diugwu, the FCT LP Chairman, said this at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja....