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...
•Bandits The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Supervising Presiding Officer (SPO) assigned to registration area 06 in Ossioma, Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, has been abducted. The INEC official, whose identity was not known as at the time of filling this report was abducted at Amassoma Community in Southern Ij...
•INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Bayelsa State has said that it decided to use only permanent staff of the Commission as Supervisory Presiding Officers in today’s governorship elections in the state to protect the sanctity of the process. It was however learnt that about 26,000 security pers...
•Uzodimma Less than 24 hours to the Imo State governorship election, the Peoples Democratic Party has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission to disqualify the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Governor Hope Uzodimma. The PDP, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba on Friday said Uzodimma shou...
•INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu Despite growing controversy and calls that the Resident Electoral Commission (REC) in Imo State, Prof Sylvia Agu, be removed, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has insisted that there is no reason to remove the official. “The REC will conduct the election,” said Rotimi Oyekanmi on Channels Tele...
•Timipre Sylva Ahead of the November 11, 2023 governorship election in Bayelsa State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has added the name of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timipre Sylva, to the final list of candidates for the poll. INEC, in the new list published on its website, said the addition [&h...
•Senate President Godswill Akpabio The Senate has confirmed the remaining three Resident Electoral Commissioners for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) nominated by President Bola Tinubu. The nominees are Dr. Bunmi Omoseyindemi from Lagos State, Dr. Anugbum Onuoha from Rivers State and Mr. Isma’ila Kaura Moyi from Zamfara Sta...
•Senate President Godswill Akpabio The Senate has approved the appointment of seven of the nominees of President Tinubu as Resident Electoral Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission. The remaining three nominees were not present for screening, reports Channels TV. The nominees approved are Mr Etekamba Umoren – Akwa Ibom;...

