By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi has urged Nigerians to collect their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) ahead of the 2023 elections. Mr. Obi made the call in a video tweet on his Twitter handle on Friday. He said: “Let me appeal to Nigerians...
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An Enugu state-based political group, known as Njiko Forum (NIF), has begun a house-to-house campaign across rural communities in the South-East in support of the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi. NIF, an affiliate of the Ohaneze Ndigbo, has pledged to deliver 90 per cent...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 1,693,963 Permanent voter cards (PVCS) are yet to be collected in Lagos State as at Dec. 29. The commission, which made this known in a tabular summary to newsmen on Saturday in Abuja, categorised the uncollected PVCs into 916,961 old cards and...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has cautioned the 27 LGCs Transition Chairmen in the state to be prudent and accountable in the management of the councils’ funds while discharging their duties. He stated this on Thursday during the swearing in ceremony of the new...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the time had come for it to organise the freest and fairest election in Africa. The National Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Mr Festus Okoye, said this on Wednesday at the 2022 Calabar Carnival, while sensitising Nigerians on the...
A Catholic cleric, Rev Fr. Andrew Abhulime, has urged faithful to remember to pick up their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) even in the midst of festivities. Abhulime, the parish priest of Saints Joachim and Anne Catholic church, Ijegun, Ikotun, a suburb of Lagos, spoke during his Christmas message. According...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed concerns over the large number of uncollected Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in Imo. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Imo, Prof. Sylvia Agu expressed the worry at a stakeholders’ meeting on Wednesday in Owerri. Agu said the commission had received and...
Residents of Sokoto State residents had conducted a 20,000-man march in support of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. The APC leader in the state, Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC-Sokoto North), Police Affairs Minister, Alhaji Maigari Dingyadi and several other stakeholders of the party received the residents. This...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says politicians buying Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) to manipulate the 2023 general elections are engaging in futile efforts. According to INEC, the Bimodal Voter Registration System (BVAS), the technology that will be used for the accreditation and authentication of voters come 2023, will...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has raised alarm over the rising cases of Gender Based Violence (GBV) and over 700 cases of sexual violations recorded between January and December 2022 in Borno State. The Chairperson, Communique Drafting Committee, Mrs. Fatima Zanna Mustapha stated...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “urgently direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to identify and arrest politicians who are allegedly buying permanent voter cards...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – The Coalition of Imo Young Leaders, a political pressure group, has decried the recent spate of attacks on facilities of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Imo. The Group’s Secretary, Mr Ajachukwu Eze, stated this in a statement issued to newsmen on Wednesday...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has advised people who have registered for their permanent voter cards (PVCs) to collect them, saying, “no PVC, no vote.” INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Katsina State, Prof. Ibrahim Yahaya-Makarfi, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – A Coalition of Civil Society Organizations, known as Democracy Watch Nigeria has called on security agencies to brace up to the challenges of fishing out perpetrators responsible for the incessant attacks on INEC facilities in the country. The Convener of the group, Dr. Nwambu...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the recent attack on its facilities in Osun did not affect any of its sensitive materials, especially permanent voter cards (PVCs). The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Dr Mutiu Agboke, stated this at the commission’s maiden stakeholders meeting on Thursday in...
Nigerian singer/songwriter, Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has called on the youths across the country to protect their votes at their polling units during the 2023 general elections. Oputa made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline of...
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 Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said that the attacks on its offices in some parts of the country won’t deter it from holding the 2023 general elections. Yakubu said this on Tuesday in Abeokuta during an assessment tour of its office recently attacked...
By BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State has been set ablaze by unidentified hoodlums. Several items including ballot boxes, Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs), voting cubicles, among others were destroyed in the fire incident that occurred around...
Mr Mike Igini, a former Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral (INEC) says the commission is moving towards ending Election Tribunal business in the country. Igini said this while delivering a keynote address at the inaugural lecture of Ariyo Dare-Atoye Memorial Election Management and Governance Dialogue...