Tag: INEC

INEC fixes Sept, Nov 2024 for Edo, Ondo guber polls

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed September 21, 2024 for the conduct of Edo governorship election and November 16, 2024 for Ondo State. The commission announced the dates in the timetable and schedule of activities for the two states governorship elections released on Tuesday in Abuja. The schedule was signed by by Sam Olumekun, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee. According to him, for Edo governorship election, the party primaries will hold from February 1 to February 24, 2024. “The submission of the list…

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INEC tasks media on ethics ahead of Kogi guber poll

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday tasked media practitioners to ensure ethics in their reportage, ahead of the November 11 Kogi governorship election. Professor Mahmud Yakubu, the Chairman, INEC, said this at a meeting with Kogi media executives in Lokoja as part of preparation for the election. Yakubu, through his media aide, Rotimi Olakanmi, said that the appeal became imperative because of the reoccurring cases of fake news in the media in recent times. “As stakeholders, the media should refuse the temptation to move away from facts as…

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Bayelsa Guber: Group cautions stakeholders to abide by INEC rules/regulations

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) has called on stakeholders in the Nov. 11 governorship election in Bayelsa to play the game according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) rules and regulations.  The group said it will resist any form of bloodshed before, during and after the poll; therefore, everyone should play the game accordingly.  Rising from its Executive Council meeting, the IYC also appealed to the federal and state governments to prioritise lasting solutions to flood disasters in the Niger Delta region. The council, in a communiqué issued on…

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INEC staff petitions EFCC, lay heavy allegations on Nat. Chairman, REC

Aminu Imam

Some staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), in Kaduna State, have petitioned the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), seeking that the Acting Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC)-cum-Administrative Secretary of the Commission in the State, Mohammed Awwal Mashi, be investigated. The petitioners, under the umbrella of “2020 promoted staff of INEC Kaduna State”, alleged that Mashi was favoured by the INEC National Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to become the REC and preside over the 2023 general election in the state even though he lacks the necessary…

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Presidential election: ’BVAS failed to transmit Feb 25 results’ – INEC staff

Aminu Imam

Two subpoenaed witnesses of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar yesterday in Abuja admitted at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) failed to transmit results of the election after collation. The witnesses, Friday Egwuma and Grace Timothy, who are both ad-hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said that the BVAS machine allocated to them developed system error immediately results of the Senate and House of Representatives aspects of the…

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INEC releases final list of candidates for Kogi, Imo, Bayelsa Gov. polls

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has released the final list of candidates for the November 11 governorship elections in Kogi, Bayelsa, and Imo States. The approval of the list followed a meeting held by the Commission yesterday in Abuja. According to a statement signed by INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, all 18 political parties nominated candidates in Kogi, 17 in Bayelsa, and 16 in Imo States. Two political parties are also fielding female candidates in Bayelsa State, one in Kogi…

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Tribunal: Rivers APC withdraws petition against PDP, INEC

Aminu Imam

The Rivers State Election Petition Tribunal has struck out the petition filed by the All Progressive Congress (APC) following the withdrawal by the party’s counsel. With this withdrawal, the governorship candidate of the APC, Tonye Cole remains the only petitioner against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Fubara Siminalayi. Cole is challenging the victory of Siminalayi in the March governorship poll in the state. Drama ensued at the Tribunal as the APC filed an application for change of counsel in their petition…

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“Declare suspended Adamawa REC ‘wanted’ – INEC urges Police

Aminu Imam

…Says his whereabouts unknown The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has said the suspended Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner, (REC), Hudu Ari, is nowhere to be found. The Commission also urged the Nigeria Police to declare the suspended REC as ‘wanted’, following his declaration of All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Senator A’isha Dahiru, popularly known as Binnani, as the winner of the April Adamawa supplementary poll. Festus Okoye, who disclosed this when featured on Channels Television programme yesterday, said, “We don’t know where he is; because, after this particular incident, the…

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‘Tinubu didn’t have to score 25 percent votes in Abuja to be president-elect’ – INEC

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, did not have to score 25 votes cast in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) before being declared Nigeria’s President-elect. The President-elect polled 8.8 million votes to beat the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, who came second and Labour Party’s Peter Obi who came third in the 25 February election. To be declared the winner of Nigeria’s presidential election, a candidate must also score 25 per cent…

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Supplementary Election: ‘No Governor-elect yet in Adamawa State’ – INEC

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the collation of Saturday’s supplementary governorship election in Adamawa State. National Commissioner, Information and Voter Education, Barrister Festus Okoye said on the Commission’s Twitter handle that the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Adamawa state and the Returning Officer have been summoned to Abuja with immediate effect. This followed the premature announcement of the winner of the election when collation had not been concluded by the Resident Electoral Commissioner who is not empowered to do so.

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