Tag Archives: INEC

Dayo Emmanuel A total of 246,126 persons would not be able to exercise their franchise tomorrow as the people of Ekiti State, South West Nigeria would go out to participate in the governorship election, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Professor Abdulganiy Raji has said. Raji, who answered questions from journalists in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, on Friday, said a total …

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A total number of 40 candidates on the platforms of various political parties are to contest for the governorship seat of Ekiti State on July 14. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday published the names of candidates who emerged from the primary conducted by their parties. Their names were forwarded to the electoral umpire to beat the May 15 …

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Dr Rufus Akeju, the new Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Ondo State, says the Independent National Electoral Commission is considering burning unclaimed Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) before the 2019 general elections. Akeju told newsmen on Monday in Akure that all attempts had been made by the commission thorough sensitisation campaign to reach out to the affected voters to collect their …

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Nigerians have been enjoined to maximize the opportunities of the ongoing Continuing Voter Registration (CVR) exercise in order to prepare themselves for the 2019 elections. The appeal came during a one day Citizens Engagement/Forum on Advancing the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) Exercise in Lagos on Tuesday. The event, orgnised by the International Press Centre, Lagos under the Strengthening Citizens Engagement …

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    Founder of Kudirat Initiatives For Democracy (KIND), Hafsat Abiola-Costelo has challenged Nigerian women to demand their political power and rights. Abiola-Costelo, daughter of the presumed winner of the June 12 1993 presidential election, the late Chief M.K.O. Abiola whose wife, Alhaja Kudirat Abiola was also assassinated in Lagos, gave the charge recently at an event organized by her …

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has ordered the removal of the names of 190 non-Nigerians from the country’s Voter’s Register as part of measures to clean up the register. The commission disclosed this in a statement by its Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Mr. Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, in Abuja, yesterday. The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), recently retrieved several …

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The International Press Centre (IPC) has held a one-day Inter Party Dialogue on Advancing Youth Participation in Elections in Lagos. The event which IPC held in partnership with ACTIONAID Nigeria and the UKAID through the Department for International Development (DFID) had a robust youth participation from Lagos and beyond. Over 100 participants comprising youths, representatives of political parties, institutional stakeholders- …

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the timetable and schedule of activities for the recall of Sen. Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West Senatorial District. The commission released the timetable in a statement Mrs Augusta Ogakwu, Secretary of the Commission, on Monday in Abuja. Ogakwu said that on July 10, INEC would issue verification notice to be pasted at …

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The Independent National Electoral Commission says it has so far registered about 16,000 new voters in Zamfara in the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration. INEC Commissioner in charge of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara, Hajiya Amina Zakari made this known in Gusau on Friday during a tour of the zone. Zakari said that the voters were captured between April 27 and …

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The National Commissioner, Independent National Electoral Commission, Dr Adekunle Ogunmola, has officially flagged-off the Continuous Voters’ Registration in Lagos State. The event was held on Thursday in Lagos at the INEC office in Surulere Local Government Area. It marked the commencement of CVR exercise nationwide. Ogunmola, the Supervisory National Commissioner in charge of Ondo, Ogun and Lagos States, urged leaders …

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