The Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday resumed the collation of results of the Rivers State governorship election. National Commissioner supervising Bayelsa, Edo and Rivers States, Mrs. May Agbamuche-Mbu, while announcing the resumption of the governorship results collation, assured party…
De-registration: INEC demands dialogue on number of parties (Punch)
The Independent National Electoral Commission has expressed concern over the growing number of political parties in Nigeria saying it had made the conduct of elections cumbersome. The commission which said it “Can deregister parties that fail to meet the constitutional threshold embedded…
INEC: No fresh elections, only completion of process in Rivers (ThisDay)
Against the backdrop of the recent suspension of the 2019 governorship election in Rivers State, halfway through the process, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Saturday in Port Harcourt that no fresh elections would be held in the…
Obi congratulates Tambuwal, Ortom on re-election
Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23, 2019 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has felicitated with Governors Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State and Samuel Ortom of Benue State, both of whom won re-election during last…
Court orders INEC to continue collation of Bauchi gov election results (Punch)
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday gave the Independent National Electoral Commission the leeway to continue and conclude the collation of the results of the March 9, 2019 governorship election in the Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of…
Indicted INEC staff shouldn’t partake in supplementary polls – TMG (Punch)
A coalition of over 400 civil society organisations under the aegis of Transition Monitoring Group has demanded that all personnel of the Independent National Electoral Commission who were indicted for any wrongdoing in the last elections should not be included…
We don’t know if army rigged elections – INEC (Punch)
The Independent National Electoral Commission says it does not know if soldiers rigged elections in the River State governorship poll which was marred by violence. The INEC National Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, said this during an…
Why Atiku hasn’t inspected election materials – INEC (Sun)
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained why presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has not inspected election materials. Atiku had headed to the court after losing the February 23 election to incumbent, President Muhammadu…
INEC fixes Ebonyi Gov, Assembly supplementary polls for March 23 (Punch)
The Independent National Electoral Commission has scheduled Saturday, March 23, 2019 for supplementary elections in Ebonyi. The supplementary elections are being held due to inconclusive elections in some polling units during the 2019 governorship and state Assembly elections in the…
Rivers guber election: Obi alerts international community on Nigerian military’s undue interest
The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has expressed concern over the fallout from some states in last Saturday’s gubernatorial and state assembly elections, particularly in Rivers State –…