By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Chairman of Akpabuyo Local Government Area (LGA) of Cross River State, Mr. Emmanuel Bassey, has expressed optimism that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) would emerge victorious in the Akpabuyo State Constituency byelection.. Mr. Bassey have the assurance shortly after casting his vote...
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced new dates for the 2023 elections. This was announced by the National Chairman of the commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu at a news conference in Abuja, the Federal capital. According to him, the Presidential and National Assembly elections will now hold on...
Saturday’s Akure North/Akure South Federal Constituency by-election recorded large turnout of voters in most of the polling units, as electorate applauded INEC for early commencement of the exercise. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that election commenced at about 8:30 a.m. in most polling units visited in Oba-Ile...
There is heavy presence of security personnel in Jos North and Bassa Local Government Areas of Plateau for the ongoing by-election for Bassa/Jos North Federal Constituency. Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who visited some areas reports that a combined team of security personnel were stationed in...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja –The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said today that the new Electoral Act contains many progressive provisions that will facilitate the conduct of free, fair and credible elections in Nigeria. President Muhammadu Buhari had earlier in the morning signed the Electoral Bill 2022 into law....
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Friday that the commission is ready for Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency and Akpabuyo State Constituency by-elections scheduled for Saturday. Speaking during the movement of sensitive materials from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Calabar to the Local...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has observed that the Saturday by-election in two constituencies in Plateau will be a litmus test for 2023 general elections. Mohammed, a co-chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Council for the by-elections, told journalists in Jos on Friday that the outcome would significantly...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will on Saturday make public its position on the 2022 Electoral Amendment Bill singed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday. The commission disclosed this in a statement by National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye,...
The Federal Fire Service (FFS) said the huge smoke emanating from the Federal Ministry of Finance located in the Central Business District, Abuja on Wednesday morning was caused by a spark on inverter batteries. The FFS Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr Paul Abraham, confirmed this to the News Agency...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 6,082,639 Nigerians has done fresh registration in the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) as at 7 a.m., Monday. Feb. 21. The commission, in an update on the CVR Quarter 3, Week 7 released on Monday in Abuja, also disclosed that 3,329,204...
The All Progressives Congress on Monday said it had scheduled its Zonal Congresses to hold on March 26. This means its National Convention earlier set for February 26 may now be held at a later date. The announcement was contained in a letter of the party to the Independent...
Efforts by the South-East to produce the next president may hit the rock as some of the aspirants from the region have vowed not to step down for one another. This is as the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, warned that any presidential aspirant from the South-East who...
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), has denied plans to hold its national convention on Feb. 19, describing it as fake news. The National Publicity Secretary of PRP, Mr Kabiru Gwangwazo, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, said the party has been informed of a rumour by a...
The House of Representatives on Thursday called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to urgently deploy physical enumerators and other assistance to conduct new voter registration across all federal constituencies. INEC had put in place a machinery for a virtual continuous voters registration, but the online process does not...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday objected to an application for examination of the iPhone SIM slot of a musician, Azeez Fashola a.k.a Naira Marley, charged with cybercrime. EFCC counsel, Mr Rotimi Oyedepo, raised the objection during cross-examination of the second prosecution witness, Mr Augustine Anosike,...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Cross River State has trained over 1914 ad-hoc staff, in preparation for the February 26, 2021 Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency and Akpabuyo Constituency byelections in the state. The Cross River Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Cyril Omorogbe, who disclosed this...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has decided to devolve Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise in Ekiti and Osun states to ward levels. The INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this on Tuesday during a meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in Abuja....
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commended the Training of Supervisory Presiding Officers (SPOs) ahead of the constituencies by-election holding on Feb. 26 in Plateau, Cross River, Imo and Ondo States. The commission in a Bulletin made available to newsmen on Monday in Abuja, said the training was...
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has said the Saturday’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Councils poll witnessed massive vote buying by politicians who were desperate of winning. Mr Austin Aigbe, Senior Programme Officer, CDD, said this at a news conference in Abuja on Sunday. Aigbe said that...
Mr Amido Sarki, the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kuje Chairmanship candidate in Saturday’s FCT Area Councils Poll, has expressed dissatisfaction over lack of enough polling units in his voting centre in Gaube, Kuje. Mr. Sarki said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday...