•Underage voters A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to identify, within 90 days, its officials involved in the registration of the underage during the continuous voters’ registration (CVR) exercise in polling units across the country. Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a judgement, also direc...
•Kogi REC residence and gunmen Armed men this morning attacked the official residence of the Kogi Resident Electoral Commission, Hale Gabriel Longpet, in Lokoja. Kogi is one of the three States that recently concluded off cycle governorship elections with the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Usman Ododo declared winner. Chief Press S...
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it would conduct fresh electiion in nine wards where election was suspended in Kogi State. INEC had yesterday suspended election in nine wards in Ogori/Magongo Local Government Area of Kogi State, reports The PUNCH. This suspension was as a result of electoral malpractices, particularly th...
INEC has again adjourned the collation of governorship election results from the local government areas in Bayelsa State to 6pm today. The State Returning Officer, Prof Kuta Farouq, announced this adjournment after the collation of results from Sagbama, Nembe and Ekeremor LGs. The two remaining local governments are Brass and Southern Ijaw.
Many supporters of the various political parties in the Bayelsa State governorship election awaiting the announcement of the final results have besieged the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Yenagoua, the Bayelsa State capital. The party supporters, mainly youths on hearing that the collation of results had begun were ...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has adjourned the state collation of results for the Bayelsa governorship election. The Returning Officer for the election Faruk Adamu Kuta announced this late yesterday at the INEC Collation Centre in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The exercise was also adjourned in Kogi State, reports Channels TV...
•Bag of Naira notes The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) has apprehended an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) during the Imo State governorship election, in possession of a substantial amount of money. The INEC staff, whose name was not disclosed, was apprehended at Polling Unit 005, Township Prima...
A fight has broken out at Umuodu Community Primary School, Ezinihitte Mbieri, in Mbaitoli local government area of Imo state, as politicians carted away electoral officials and result sheets today. The chaos started at the venue of collation for the ongoing governorship election as the officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission...
Agents of the Labour Party at Ikenegbu areas of Owerri Municipal Council in Imo State Girls Polling Unit in the Owerri municipal council protested the alleged swapping of Polling Unit officers already trained on how to make use of the BVAS on Election Day. This development caused an uproar as the party said it was […]
•Chekwas Okorie Founding National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Chekwas Okorie, has said it is suicidal and dangerous for governorship candidates in the off-season elections of Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa states to trust the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He advised all the contestants to ensure tha...
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