Yiaga Africa, a Civil Society Organisation (CSO), says the Ekiti governorship election result announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) falls within its Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT). Mr Ezenwa Nwagwu, Board Member, Yiaga Africa, made this known in the group’s final verification statement on the Ekiti election on...
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Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State has congratulated Mr Biodun Oyebanji,the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti, on his victory at Saturday’s governorship election in the state. This is contained in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Ismail Omipidan, on Sunday in Osogbo...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to prosecute all those involved in vote-buying in the course of the Ekiti State governorship election. SERAP in a short tweet on Saturday said the prosecution must not end with those caught in the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Biodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress winner of the 2022 Ekiti governorship election. Mr Oyebanji polled a total of 187,057 votes to defeat his two closest challengers – Segun Oni of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Bisi Kolawole of...
The uploading of election results on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) results viewing portal for the governorship election in Ekiti has commenced. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the uploading of election results started shortly after the close of voting and sorting of votes in some...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced sorting and counting of ballots at the ongoing governorship election. Voting has ended in most of the polling units across the 177 local government areas of the State where the election is taking place in the area. At ward 08, unit...
Accreditation of voters began early in most polling units in Ado-Ekiti for Saturday’s Ekiti State governorship election, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN correspondent who monitored the exercise, reports that election materials and officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) arrived early in readiness for the...
The 988,923 registered voters in Ekiti State across 16 local government areas are going to the poll to elect the governor and the deputy governor of the state today. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the election will hold in 2,445 Polling Units (PUs) in 177 Registration...
Unprecedented numbers of enthusiastic voters on Saturday thronged various polling units in different towns, villages and hamlets in Ekiti to perform their civic rights in the ongoing governorship election. Also, there were combined security personnel on the ground to protect the lives and property in different parts of the...
Former presidential spokesperson Dr Doyin Okupe on Friday said he is ‘standing in’ as vice presidential candidate of the Labour party. Dr. Okupe made the announcement on Channels Television’s Politics Today. If his candidacy holds, he will run alongside Peter Obi in the 2023 presidential elections. However, Dr Okupe...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Tinubu has named Kabiru Masari as his running mate for the 2023 elections. A chieftain of the party Kabiru Faskari said this during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “Ibrahim Kabiru Masari is our vice presidential nominee. He was the Welfare...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Benue Sate has withdrawn two of it staff in Oju Local Government Area from field and issued them query for demanding payment from registrants. The Benue State Administrative Secretary of INEC, Shehu Abdulwahab, revealed this in a...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appealed to its staff to uphold the commission’s Code of Conduct, display usual sense of responsibility, professionalism and firmly resist any unethical behaviour during the June 18 Ekiti governorship election. INEC Chairman, Prof. Marhmood Yakubu, made the appeal in Abuja in his...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday commenced the distribution of sensitive materials for Saturday’s Governorship Election in Ekiti. The materials were distributed at the INEC State Office in Ado Ekiti in the presence of journalists, political parties and security agents to the electoral officers across the 16...
INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Kwara, Malam Garba Attahiru-Madami, says the Commission has nothing to do with primary elections of political parties. Attahiru-Madami made this known on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin. He said that contrary to the opinion of...
The House of Representatives has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), to extend the voter registration by 60 days. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise is scheduled to end on June 30. This followed the adoption of a motion by...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is ready to conduct a good governorship election in Ekiti State. Speaking on Tuesday during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, Chairman of INEC’s Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, said the commission would deploy the Bimodal Voter Accreditation...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Edo office, has said that a total of 29,631 Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) had yet to be collected by their owners in state. Mr Timidi Wariowei, the Office’ Head of Voter Education and Publicity, said this to newsmen on Sunday in Benin. He...
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu on Saturday, said the commission would soon make its stand known on calls for extension of June 30 deadline for the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). Yakubu disclosed this while addressing youths in Lagos State at a Mega Musical Concert on ‘Youth Vote Count’, organised...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has deployed additional 209 voter enrollment machines to five South Eastern States, Lagos and Kano to ease the congestion at the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) centres. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr....