The electorate have been tasked to vote their conscience in order to see their desired candidates emerged. Speaking, Ngozi Iwere, Director of Community Life Project, (CLP) responsible for grass root governance and election monitoring across Africa said: “ The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has worked assiduously to clean up the electoral process by blocking […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reminded political parties that Oct. 7 remains the deadline for conduct of primaries for all elective positions for the 2019 general elections and resolution of disputes emanating from the primaries. The reminder is in a statement by Mr Solomon Soyebi, the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and […]
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Chairman of Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has said the commission lacks the capacity and resources to prosecute all electoral offenders in the country. He stated this yesterday, in Calabar, Cross River State, at the opening ceremony of a two-day training workshop for staff of the commission on legal and police officers’ prosecution […]
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There are fresh indications that the leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is, once again, disturbed by the role of personnel of security agencies in the electoral process as the integrity of the 2019 general elections appears to hang in the balance based on reports of election monitors. Penultimate Sunday, Vanguard had published […]
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Ado-Ekiti-Gov. Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State has described last Saturday’s Osun State governorship election and the Thursday re-run as show of shame. Fayose who said the only conclusion one Could draw from the Osun’s scenerio is that “democracy is now dead in our beloved country”. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari, Friday charged all the contestants in Osun election to seek redress in court if they disagree with the final verdict of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Recall that INEC on Friday morning declared the candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Adegboyega Isiaka Oyetola winner of the Osun re-run election after scoring […]
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Following the declaration of the Osun State Governorship election as inconclusive by INEC, due to some identified lapses, bye election will now take place in seven polling units in the state on Thursday, to determine the eventual winner of the election. The election had ended in a stalemate between the candidates of the PDP senator […]
Read More The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) in partnership with Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ), has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the conduct of the Osun governorship election. According to the Preliminary Report made available on Saturday by the CDD Director, Idayat Hassan, to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
Read More The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged members of the public to disregard the allegation that it created illegal polling units in Osun ahead of the Saturday governorship election in the state. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi made the call in an interview on Friday in Abuja. Oyekanmi, stated […]
Read More The Peoples Democratic Party has accused the All Progressives Congress of conniving with Independent National Electoral Commission to create illegal polling units with the intention to rig the poll. Addressing a press conference on Friday, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, however, said the party would dismantle all the plots of APC. He […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it has powers to prosecute allegations of vote buying by both the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the recently concluded governorship election in Ekiti State but lacks the powers to arrest and investigate suspects. INEC said this in response to […]
Read More The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has adjusted its budget for 2019 elections from ₦189 billion to ₦143 billion in compliance with directive from the National Assembly. The Chairman of the National Assembly Joint Committee on INEC, Sen. Suleiman Nazif, made this known to newsmen after a meeting in Abuja on Tuesday, saying that INEC […]
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