Thirteen political parties on Wednesday signed a peace accord toward peaceful conduct of the July 16 Osun governorship election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some of the parties included the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Action Alliance (AA). Speaking at the...
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By JOHN ONAH, Osogbo – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has promised to conduct a free, fair, credible, inclusive and conclusive Gubernatorial election in Osun come 16 July, 2022. The INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who disclosed this on Tuesday in Osogbo at the stakeholders meeting, assured political...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State has commenced the door to door political evangelism tagged “Operation Get Your Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC)” across the 3281 polling units in the state. The Cross River State Chairman of APC, Alphonsus Ogar, disclosed during...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – A Federal High Court sitting in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital will on Wednesday, commenced the hearing on a suit filed by Barr. Labaran Shuaibu Magaji, a frontline Senatorial hopeful, who is challenging the outcome of the Senatorial primary election which produced Architect Shehu...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said fresh registration in the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) has hit 10,487,972 as at 7 a.m., on July 4. INEC disclosed this in its Quarter four, week 12 update released in Abuja on Wednesday. The...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has been asked to stop the All Progressives Congress (APC) from replacing Kabiru Masari as the running mate to the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. Shortly after Tinubu emerged as the APC flagbearer, the party submitted Masari’s name to the Independent National...
By JACOB KUBEKA – With barely 10 days to the Governorship election in Osun state, South-West Nigeria, there are fears that the activities of cultists and political thugs in some local government areas could threaten the peaceful and credible conduct of the election, if not contained. This warning is...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Igboeze North Local Government Area of Enugu State has been burnt down by unknown arsonists. The office, situated at the council’s headquarters in Ogurute was set on fire late Sunday night and the affected building was...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has condemned the alleged act of electoral misconduct involving a corps member, Orji Nkenna and some staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun State. This is contained in a statement by the NYSC Director, Press and Public Relations, Mr Eddy...
Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola on Friday, expressed confidence that he will emerge victorious in the July 16 governorship election, to enable him to secure a second term in office. Governor Oyetola said this during a re-election campaign in Ila-Orangun, Ila Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. “It...
By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI – Acting on the strength of the current political tempo (or is it temperatures) in the country which encourages all to obtain their permanent Voters Cards (PVC), I took a trip to one of the Government buildings in Lagos venue of the programme. The venue was...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended indefinitely the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise nationwide. INEC also directed all the Resident Electoral Commissioners and Electoral Officers to continue with the exercise pending further directives from the commission. The National Commissioner and Chairman Information...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said Thursday that it registered 1,955,657 voters for the July 16 Osun governorship poll. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Prof. Abdulganiyu Raji, disclosed this at the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room Dialogue (NCSSRD) on Osun Governorship and Review of the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reminded political parties that the deadline for uploading list and particulars of the their nominees remains July 15. The commission made the disclosure in a statement issued by Mr Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, on Thursday...
Prof. Wahab Egebwole (SAN) of the University of Ilorin (Unilorin) has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to enforce the basic constitutional educational qualification prescribed for all political office seekers. Egbewole gave the advice on Thursday in Ilorin during an interview with newsmen on the sidelines of a...
A bill to establish the National Electoral Offences Commission and Tribunal on Thursday, passed second reading at the House of Representatives. The bill, which has seven parts and 48 sections sought to take the “burden” of prosecuting electoral offenders off the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The bill which...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has reassured that his administration would conduct free and credible elections in 2023. President Buhari gave the assurance on Wednesday during a meeting with representatives of Nigerians living in Portugal. He added that his government will give the Independent National Electoral...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commiserated with the family of a Correspondent with Pilot Newspapers, Mr Yomi Kareem, who died on June 23 in Abuja. This is contained in a statement issued by INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee,...
Many residents of Abuja have alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is making it difficult for them to be registered for the Continuous Voters Card (CVR) . They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja that they left their homes as early as...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says fresh registration in the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) has hit 10,487,972 as at 7 a.m. on Monday, June 27. The commission in its CVR weekly update, released in Abuja on Monday, also disclosed that 8,631,696 registrants had completed their registrations....