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Voters’ Registration: 5 foreigners nabbed

Posted by admin Elections 2011 Sunday, January 30th, 2011

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has arrested five foreigners for allegedly attempting to participate in the ongoing voters’ registration in Lagos. The five persons comprising three women and two men are currently facing interrogation at the NIS office at Alagbon Close, Ikoyi. Comptroller of Immigration, Lagos State Command, Mr Ahmed Suleiman who paraded the suspects […]

Fake INEC Officials Arrested

Posted by admin Elections 2011, INEC Politics Sunday, January 30th, 2011

The Nigerian police, “A” Division, Ughelli, Delta state have arrested two fake INEC officials in Ughelli North local government area of the state in possession of some DDC machines. One of the suspects who gave his name as Mr. Samuel Amiaze said he is a youth corps member attached to Ekpakamre Secondary School, Ughelli South. […]

Voter Registration: How 8 Drowned in Bayelsa

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Elections 2011, State News Sunday, January 30th, 2011

Fresh facts yesterday emerged on the circumstances that led to the death of Eight persons on Thursday along the Nembe waterways in Nembe Local Government Area of the State with indigenes of the area claiming the deceased were non-indigenes inported by some politicians to register in the area. The indigenes of the twin cities of […]

Five die on their way to register

Posted by admin Elections 2011 Saturday, January 29th, 2011

Five persons said to be on their way to participate in the ongoing voter registration died in a boat mishap in Beyelsa State. The 12-seater passenger fibre speedboat capsised on Thursday, a short distance from Nembe. It had taken off from the Ogbia jetty before running into turbulent wave along the Nembe creek. But another […]

INEC Loses 20 DDC Machines to Thieves

Posted by admin Elections 2011 Saturday, January 29th, 2011

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) may have lost no fewer than 20 Direct Data Capturing (DDC) machines to thieves who stormed various centres earmarked for the ongoing voter registration exercise. Some of the machines were reported stolen in the stores in which they were kept by the commission. Saturday Tribune findings, however, show that out […]

More complaints about DDC machines

Posted by admin Elections 2011 Thursday, January 27th, 2011

MORE complaints over inadequate number of Direct Data Capture (DDC) machines, on Wednesday, trailed the ongoing voter registration in the Lagos metropolis, as it entered the 11th day. However, our correspondent observed that some centres had devised means of easing public tension by granting concession to senior citizens, who could hardly cope with the rigours […]

Corps member on INEC assignment drowns in River Niger

Posted by admin Elections 2011 Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

ONE of the youth corps members engaged in the ongoing registration exercise in Delta State has drowned in the River Niger. The corps member, whose identity was not immediately ascertained was posted as one of the ad-hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to register voters at Oko, a riverine community near Asaba. […]

VOTERS REGISTRATION: Jega seeks fresh N6.6bn

Posted by admin Elections 2011 Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

FOUR days to the end of the voters’ registration exercise, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has requested for additional N6.6 billion to cover the period of extension of the exercise being sought. Jega also claimed that 28.5 million out of a target of 70 million Nigerians have so far […]

Voter registration: Senate summons Jega

Posted by admin Elections 2011, Legislature, Senate Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

The Senate has summoned the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, to appear before it on Wednesday (today) over the poor conduct of the ongoing voter registration. It also voted to amend the Electoral Act 2010 to provide for an extended time for INEC to continue the conduct of the exercise […]

INEC discovers four centres inside thick forest

Posted by admin Elections 2011, Top Stories Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

The Independent National Electoral Commission has discovered four voter registration centres in a thick forest in Anambra State. The centres were found six kilometres deep into the Nziko forest at Nteje, Oyi Local Government Area. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof. Chukwuemeka Onukogu, led a team that included the state’s Deputy Governor, Mr. Emeka Sibeudu, to […]