The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu says the commission is already working to resolve election result issues that may arise from blind network spots. Professor Yakubu stated this at a One-Day Strategic Interactive session with journalists in Lagos on Friday. The INEC chairman’s reaction followed reservations...
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday, produced Form CF001, containing WAEC-GCE certificate and Secondary School Testimonial of Gov. Ademola Adeleke before the Osun Election Petitions Tribunal, sitting in Osogbo. This was in compliance with the order of Justice Tertsea Kume, the Tribunal Chairman, on Nov. 25. The...
Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, has cautioned Nigerians against vote- trading in 2023 general election. Lawan said this when he received members of an election observation group, Polling Unit Ambassadors of Nigerian (PUAN) on a sensitisation road walk at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja. The Senate President, who was...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Participants at a two day training workshop for journalists and Civil Society Organizations in the North East Zone have called on media practitioners to shun fake news and enhance their conflict sensitive reportage of the 2023 general elections. The participants made their resolved known...
An advocacy group, Polling Unit Ambassadors of Nigeria, on Tuesday urged the National Electoral Commission (INEC) to guarantee the secrecy of the ballots during the 2023 elections. Mr Suleiman Dabass, Ambassador-General of the group, made the appeal at a news conference in Abuja. Dabass said most voting cubicles used...
The National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the recent attacks on its facilities won’t stop the conduct of 2023 general election. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu said this when he received a delegation from Africa Union Special Pre- Electoral Political Mission led by Phumzile Mlambo- Ngcuka on Monday in...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it would not allow collection of the Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) by proxy. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kebbi State, Alhaji Ahmad Bello-Mahmud, made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Birnin Kebbi...
The Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC) on Monday said it has withdrawn the Certificates of Return from the local government chairmen and councillors elected on Oct.15. Its Secretary, Mr Adedapo Adejumo, made this known in a statement in Osogbo. Adejumo said that the commission would not appeal against...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has commenced prosecution of persons arrested for illegal possession of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). The commission disclosed this in a statement by Mr Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee in Abuja on after the commission’s meeting....
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the arrest of one of the alleged brains behind the Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Ltd’s alleged 9.6 billion dollars scandal, Corrado Fantoli. Justice Donatus Okorowo gave the order while delivering a ruling in the ex-parte motion moved by the Economic...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the removal of Rep Chris Azubuogu as the 2023 Anambra South Senatorial District candidate for the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, directed the party to, forthwith, submit the name of the plaintiff, Ben Nwankwo, to...
Out-going Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun approved the appointment of 30 Permanent Secretaries on Thursday to fill existing vacancies in the state’s civil service. This is contained in a statement issued by the Head of Service, Dr Festus Oyebade. In a spontaneous reaction, the governor-elect, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, said...
The Rivers APGA Governorship Candidate, Prince Ugo Beke says his party will defeat the ruling PDP in the state with INEC’s deployment of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that BVAS is an electronic device introduced by the electoral umpire and designed to...
The Court of Appeal Sokoto division on Wednesday struck out a suit filed by the PDP in Zamfara by the Governorship candidate, Alhaji Lawal Dare and others for lack of merit. Other appellants are Adamu Maina-Waziri, chairman PDP primary election committee in Zamfara and rtd Col. Bala Mande. The...
Chairman of the Oyo State Christian Association Of Nigeria (CAN) Apostle Joshua Akinyemiju, has described the destruction of Campaign Billboards and INEC Offices across the country as an act of wickedness. Akinyemiju made the remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan, while reacting...
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to make adequate provisions for the over two million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state ahead of 2023 general elections. He made the call at a roundtable discussion, tagged; “Contemporary Security Challenges and their...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said it would be constitutionally and legally impossible to resume voter registration before the 2023 elections. INEC had ended the registration exercise in July but civil society groups have kicked, arguing that the move would disenfranchise millions of Nigerians. On Tuesday,...
Dr Mutiu Agboke, Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), for Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun, says the commission is no longer in possession of Sen. Ademola Adeleke’s Form CF 001 used in the 2018 governorship election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that the tribunal had earlier granted...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, invalidated the primary election that produced Rep Sani Galadima as the PDP candidate for the 2023 Kaura Namoda/Birnin Magaji Federal Constituency of Zamfara election. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgement, ordered the conduct of a fresh election within 14 days of the...