By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The undemocratic takeover of government in some West African countries has created a great challenge for Electoral Commissions in the sub-region, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. Speaking on Wednesday during plenary of the ECOWAS Network of Electoral...
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A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Sustainable Initiative for Nurturing Growth (SING), Nigeria, has said that the incidences of vote buying by major political parties are capable of destroying the country’s democracy if not nipped in the bud. A statement issued by the organisation on Saturday quoted Mr Victor Agi, Communications...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed February 12, 2022 for the conduct of elections into the offices of Chairman, Vice Chairman, and members of the FCT Area Councils. INEC Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, who disclosed this on Thursday...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has very little role to play in the conduct of direct primaries by political parties for selecting their candidates for elections. Prof. Yakubu Mahmood, the Chairman, INEC disclosed this when he met with members of the House of Representatives Committee on...
The House of Representatives has passed a resolution to invite the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Mahmood Yakubu to brief the House on the cost of conducting direct primaries in the country. The motion to invite the INEC boss was raised by Representative Leke Abejide who informed...
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi has fixed Dec. 18 as the deadline for governorship aspirants who are still in the state’s civil service to resign their positions. The aspirant are those wishing to contest the primaries of the ruling All Progressives Congress where the party’s candidate will be picked...
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has lifted the ban on mobile telecommunication network in the state. Matawalle made the announcement at the state congress of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gusau on Saturday. Matawalle said the Nigerian Communication Communication (NCC) would release all the networks by Monday. He said...
An economist, Dr Abayomi Awujola, has said that cooperative societies contributed over N500 billion to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2020. Awujola, Head of Department, Economics, Bingham University, Abuja, stated this during a paper presentation at the North East regional meeting of Presidents of the Cooperative Societies of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that fresh registration in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) has hit 4,297,494. INEC disclosed this in the second quarter, week seven, weekly update released by the commission on Monday in Abuja. The commission said that...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and civil society organisations on Monday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The National Assembly has passed the bill and transmitted the document to President Buhari on November 19 for assent. While the Executive Director, Policy and...
Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) held a closed door meeting on Sunday night in Abuja. Meeting under the aegis of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) were the host governor and chairman of the group, Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi, his counterparts from Kwara, Imo,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The National Assembly has transmitted the Electoral Bill 2021 to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. The Senior Special Adviser to the President on the National Assembly Senator, Babajide Omoworare, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. He said this is in pursuance of Section...
A Federal High Court, Abuja fixed Dec. 10 for judgement in a suit filed by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) against Sen. Andy Ubah, the All Progressives Congress(APC)’s Candidate in the Nov. 6 Anambra governorship election. Justice Taiwo Taiwo fixed the date after taking arguments from counsel to the...
Dr Sani Shinkafi, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara, on Sunday said that there is no order from the Federal High Court restraining the party from conducting congresses in Zamfara. Shinkafi stated this at a news conference, in Gusau on Sunday, while commenting on the...
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Charles Soludo, has received his Certificate of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) following his victory in the just-concluded guber election in Anambra State. Soludo, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), received the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chairman, National Peace Committee (NPC), Gen. Abubakar Abdulsalami (Rtd) has commended the people of Anambra for the peaceful conduct of the Nov. 6 gubernatorial election. Gen. Abubakar, who gave the commendation in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja, also congratulated Prof. Charles...
By JACOB KUBEKA – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) met on Thursday and conducted an initial review of the Anambra Governorship election. The Commission is awaiting the reports of all officials deployed for the election for an indepth review of the processes. National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has pledged to address all identified challenges with its newly introduced Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) ahead of FCT Area Council election in February. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, said...
A group, Initiative for Leadership Development and Change (ILDC), has affirmed that the just-concluded Anambra gubernatorial election is a testimony of INEC’s impartiality and credibility. The group’s National Coordinator, Ugochukwu Nnam, made the observation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. He...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, has congratulated the governor-elect of Anambra, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) on his victory in the Nov. 6 governorship election. In a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja, Kalu also...