The Trade Unions Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has called on the Federal Government to pay the remaining three months’ arrears of the Wage Award and review the Nigerian Labour Laws. This demand was made on Wednesday at the 7th Registrar of Trade Unions’ Annual National Workshop, which aimed to...
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The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has demanded the return of petrol prices to what they were as of June 2023. “We want the price of the product to go below what it was before; not just reverse to what it was before but to go below,” said TUC President,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will begin post-election review of the 2023 general election in July. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja. Okoye said that the decision...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is determined to conduct transparent, fair, equitable, just and conclusive election in the Saturday Supplementary elections. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
INEC assured in Abuja on Saturday that it would conduct credible supplementary governorship election in Adamawa that would be the pride of Nigerians and of the international community. INEC’s Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Mr Festus Okoye, gave the assurance when some women staged a protest at the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the suspended collation of results for the governorship election in Abia and Enugu States will continue today, Wednesday in both states. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, who disclosed this in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disowned a fake identify card for security personnel on election duty. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, stated this in a statement issued in Abuja. He said: “INEC’s attention had been...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says the award of contract for the printing of sensitive election materials for 2023 general elections to Binani Printing Press Limited followed due diligence. National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, stated this in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Barring any further extensions, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reached a decision to postpone Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections to March 18, 2023, The postponement was due to the commission’s inability to promptly commence reconfiguration of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System...
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday led officials of the party on a protest to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja over the Feb. 25 election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some of the officials included PDP National...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says March 11’s Governorship and State House of Assembly elections will hold as scheduled. The commission gave the assurance in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, in Abuja on...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says its contract for logistics delivery for the forthcoming general elections in Lagos State is with individual drivers and not with Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, made the clarification in an...
Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Information and Voter Education Committee says the commission is gradually getting set for 2023 general election. Okoye said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday, saying that Saturday’s mock accreditation...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Gunmen on Tuesday set ablaze the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Ogidi, Idemili South LGA of Anambra State, destroying non-sensitive materials for 2023 general elections. The Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, disclosed this in a statement issued...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – At least one police officer have been killed after an unknown gunmen have attacked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State. INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, said...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in a bid to ensure that registered voters have ample opportunity to collect their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) ahead of the forthcoming election, has extended the timeframe for collection of PVCs by eight days. Instead of ending on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disowned a purported final list of candidates for the 2023 general elections, which was released on Sunday. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, who stated this in a statement issued...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) at registration areas/wards across the country would commence on Friday. In a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye on Thursday in Abuja, the commission said that the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has established committees for National Situation Room and Collation Centre for the 2023 general elections. The commission disclosed this in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, on Thursday in Abuja. Okoye said that...
INEC has taken delivery of its last consignment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, said on Wednesday that INEC’s Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, National Commissioners and senior officials took delivery of the machines on...