Tag Archives: INEC

The plot to release an electoral offender arrested with AK 47 Rifle with 200 rounds of ammunition by the police during the last Saturday governorship election in Edo State is raising some ripples as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised alarm over the clandestine move.

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The former President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has congratulated Governor Godwin Obaseki over his landslide victory in the governorship election.

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Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mr. Rotimi Oyekanmi has expressed the readiness of the commission to conduct safe and credible governorship elections in Ondo and Edo States. Oyekanmi gave the assurance during a webinar tagged, “Edo/Ondo Elections: The imperative of Safety Consciousness and Conflict Sensitivity in Media Coverage and Reportage” organised by …

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated that its members of staff are not partisan. In a release made available to National Wire and signed by INEC’s  National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye Esq, the electoral body said it conducted general elections in 2019 to fill 1,558 positions. Judging the election to be well …

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday said that the military would not be involved at the polling boot security, except on the invitation of the lead security agency, the Nigeria Police.

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The Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mr. Rotimi Oyekanmi has applauded the Women FM, Arepo, Ogun State for its role during the 2019 general elections. Oyekanmi who gave the commendation at the Public Presentation/Media Stakeholders’ round-table titled ‘trends in reportage of post 2019 elections issues’ in Lagos said, “Women Radio is doing …

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The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it has recorded over 1,689 court cases arising from the 2019 general election.

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Bello Matawalle of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner of Zamfara state governorship election. 

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On 23rd February 2019, general election was held across Nigeria to elect the President, members of the National Assembly. The election was earlier scheduled for 16th February but the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) postponed the polls by a week at 03:00 on the original polling day, citing logistical challenges in getting electoral materials to polling stations on time. In …

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Senator representing Kaduna Central in the Senate, Senator Shehu Sani has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to substitute Mr. A. U. Mustapha, its defence Counsel at the tribunal, alleging conflict of interest. According to Sani, INEC has hired  a personal lawyer to Gov. Nasiru El-Rufa’i to represent it at the National and State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in …

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