The immediate past Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, has been named as the new Pro Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the Plateau State University. His appointment was announced on Friday by the Plateau State Government via a statement issued in Jos, the state capital, by the…
The use of card readers for the forthcoming general elections in Nigeria by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, will be blocked, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has maintained. Speaking with newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja, spokesman of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode, stressed that the party was rejecting the card readers…
National Security Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Sambo Dasuki, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to shift the February 2015 general elections in Nigeria to enable the Commission prepare well for the polls. Dasuki gave this advice on Thursday while speaking as a guest at the London think-tank Chatham House. He said the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said the Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, in six states of the federation has been extended by two days. This information was contained in a press statement issued by media aide to the INEC Chairman, Attahiru Jega, Kayode Idowu. Idowu stated that the extension became necessary following complaints that trailed…
The recently concluded distribution of Permanent Voters Card, PVC, by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in 11 local government areas of Lagos State was not without some hitches. Due to several flaws recorded during the exercise, which made it impossible for some eligible and registered voters to collect their cards, the Lagos State government…
The distribution of the Permanent Voters Cards, PVC, in Ogun State has been extended by one day by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. This was announced on Sunday by the Commission following the several flops recorded during the earlier three days slated for the exercise. A statement issued on Sunday by the state Resident…
National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has accused President Goodluck Jonathan and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of planning to rig the 2015 election. Tinubu made this cry on Saturday in Lagos following the flops recorded in the ongoing distribution of the Permanent Voters Cards, PVC, in the state.…
Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, has kicked against the use of masked security operatives during elections. According to the INEC boss, they (masked security forces) scare voters from getting involved in the voting process. Jega said though he is aware of the role of security personnel in elections, but the…
The Chief Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Bamidele Omole, has declared candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the Osun State governorship election, Rauf Aregbesola, as winner of the poll. Omole said while announcing the result in Osogbo on Sunday that, “Having satisfied the requirements of the law and…
Additional 3,379 voting points have been created in Osun State by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, ahead of the gubernatorial election holding in the state on August 9, 2014. This was disclosed on Friday at a press briefing in Oshogbo by the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in the state, Olusegun Agbaje, who said the…