Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), will be presenting the certificate of return to successful candidates of 23 Feb 2019 general elections. The event is slated for March 14 2019 at Main Hall (Africa Hall), International Conference Centre, Abuja. This was…
Dickson congratulates re-elected South South governors
Chairman of the South South Governors Forum, Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has congratulated governors of the region re-elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Dickson, who is the…
INEC to conduct supplementary poll in 3 Bayelsa constituencies (Guardian)
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday announced that it would conduct a supplementary election in the three constituencies that elections were declared inconclusive in Saturday’s state house of assembly election in Bayelsa. Mr Wilfred Ifogah, INEC Head of…
Governor Okowa re-elected in Delta State
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Ifeanyi Okowa, winner of the governorship election in Delta State. A Channels Television report said Professor Seth Acrajaja of the Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State, who…
Obi laments failed card readers, says Nigeria must get elections right
Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the February 23 polls, Mr. Peter Obi, has decried what he called “persistent lack of preparedness” on the part of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He spoke shortly after…
Despite N150m budget, INEC fails to provide Brailled ballot papers (Punch)
A visually impaired civil servant, Mr. Hamzat Kamarudeen, has protested against the Independent National Electoral Commission’s failure to make Brailled ballot papers available for him and others like him. This is despite INEC’s budget of N150m for Braille. INEC’s election…
Ambode reacts over INEC ad-hoc staff protest, seeks residents participation (Vanguard)
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, Saturday, cast his vote, urging Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to address issues raised by its ad-hoc staff. Ambode stressed that the demand raised by the staff could affects registered some registered voters in…
Pay us or we won’t work, Lagos INEC Ad-hoc staff members protest (Vanguard)
Some Ad-hoc staff members of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in Lagos State have refused to move an inch or commence electoral processes in the ongoing governorship and state houses of assembly elections over alleged unpaid allowances. The Ad-hoc…
Ortom says victory belongs to God after casting his vote
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has said that victory belongs to God after he cast his vote in the ongoing governorship and state houses of assembly elections taking place in the country. A report in Vanguard newspaper said that…
Guber Poll: Buhari, wife vote in Daura
President Muhammadu Buhari and his wife, Aisha, have just cast their ballots in the Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections. According to a report by Punch newspaper, the pair voted in Daura, Katsina State around 8.04am. Buhari, the report…