By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) for the deployment of over 100,000 vehicles to transport electoral materials and personnel in the 2023 general election. Chief Technical Adviser, CTA,...
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A Federal High Court, Abuja will on Feb. 15 deliver judgment in a suit filed by Nigerians of voting age living in the diaspora to enforce their fundamental rights to vote in the 2023 general elections. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date on Tuesday after counsel for the parties...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says it plans to meet with the leadership of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to ensure adequate fuel supply during the 2023 general election. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman, INEC said this at a consultative meeting with the National Union of...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is currently investigating the viral video of extortion in Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu State during the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). Mr Rex Achumie, Head of Department of Voter Education and Publicity in the Enugu State branch...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept and publish Fred Atteng’s name as Social Democratic Party (SDP)’s candidate for the Feb. 25 Rivers South East Senatorial District election. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment, held that the refusal of INEC...
A Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo on Saturday night, dismissed an alleged certificate forgery case brought by chief David Kente, against the governorship candidate of the APC, Sen. Emmanuel Bwacha, for lack of evidence. Justice Bala Usman, in his ruling, said the plaintiff and his counsel failed to...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Following the Osun Governorship Election Tribunal judgement, a leading Civil Society organisation, the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has charged the Independent National Electoral Election (INEC) to be circumspect and thorough with regards to all aspects of its responsibilities in view...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced a further extension of the deadline for the collection of Permanent Voter Cards PVCs by one week. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, disclosed this in a statement issued on...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has released the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the conduct of a fresh Governorship Election Primary in Abia State. This followed the death of its Governorship Candidate for the 2023 general elections, Prof. Uchenna Eleazar Ikonne, on Wednesday. The party in a statement...
All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun, on Friday, expressed divergent views on the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal judgment delivered on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tribunal had, in its judgment, declared former Gov. Adegboyega Oyetola as the authentic winner...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Feb. 4 for the conduct of mock accreditation of voters with its Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) in 436 polling units nationwide. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made this known at a meeting with Resident Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday in...
Heavily armed security operatives have barricaded roads leading to the Osun State High Court complex as the Election Petition Tribunal delivers verdict on the July 16, 2022, governorship election in the state. Mr Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the immediate past governor of the state, had...
A Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja on Thursday struck out a suit seeking to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept and publish the name of Mr Akanimo Udofia as governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the March 11 election in Akwa Ibom....
A chieftain of Labour Party (LP) Chief Mike Nwankwo says housing needs of Nigerians especially the civil servants will be given priority if Peter Obi wins the Feb.25 presidential election. Nwankwo, a Director, Administration in the Peter Obi/Datti Ahmed Presidential Campaign Council, made the disclosure in an interview with...
The Gombe State Government has reacted to the Federal High Court’s judgment on Tuesday that dismissed the forgery allegation by the PDP and its governorship candidate, Muhammed Barde, against Gov Inuwa Yahaya, the APC and INEC. In a statement by Alhaji Shuaibu-Gara, Special Adviser on Strategy and Information Management...
As the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is making finishing touches to the conduct of general elections, the commission says all ad hoc staff will be taken through the nitty gritty of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and all the electioneering processes. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
Social Democratic Party’s (SDP) candidate for Yagba West Constituency in the Kogi House of Assembly, Mr Opeyemi Ajagun, has resigned from the party. In a letter dated Jan. 25 and addressed to his Ejiba Ward, Yagba West chairman, Ajagun also notified the SDP leadership of his withdrawal from the...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday dismissed a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the disqualification of Gov. Inuwa Yahaya as candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Gombe State governorship election. The party alongside Mr Muhammed Barde and Mr Timothy Danlele...
About 1.5 million polling agents have been nominated across the country by the 18 registered political parties for the 2023 general election, an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said. The official who spoke on an anonymous condition told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
The Osun Election Petition Tribunal has fixed Jan. 27 to deliver judgment in the petition challenging Gov. Ademola Adeleke’s victory in the July 16, 2022, governorship election The former governor of Osun, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had challenged the victory of Sen. Ademola Adeleke...