The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Rivers on Tuesday handed over 1,238 laptops to the Rivers State Ministry of Education to boost computer literacy among students. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Mr Aniedi Ikoiwak, said the gesture was aimed at expanding the frontiers of education, especially in ICT. Ikoiwak said the […]
Ahead of next year’s general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned political parties to desist from what it described as pre-emptive campaign tendencies. The commission particularly pointed a finger at the subtle, but illegal, electioneering that has characterised the forthcoming governorship polls in Ekiti and Osun states, as well as other upcoming […]
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has said about 160,000 policemen are being trained to ensure hitch-free gubernatorial elections in Ekiti and Osun states this year and the 2015 general elections. The IG said this when the United States Ambassador, Mr. James Entwistle, paid him a courtesy visit at the Force headquarters Abuja, on Tuesday. […]
Views: 1502 Nigeria’s next Presidential and National Assembly Elections will hold on February 14, 2015, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced last night. The electoral umpire in a statement issued in Abuja by its Secretary, Mrs. Augusta Ogakwu, also indicated that the Governorship and State House of Assembly Elections would take place February 28, […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday said it would not declare vacant the seats of 37 members of the House of Representatives who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Peoples Congress. Chief Press Secretary to the commission’s chairman, Mr. Kayode Idowu, said this in reaction to enquiries by The PUNCH on […]
A combined team of security operatives including soldiers and riot policemen on Thursday stopped the leaders of the All Progressives Congress from gaining entrance to the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Abuja. The leaders were on a peaceful protest march against the commission’s handling of the November 16 Anambra State governorship […]
The matters arising from the inconclusive Anambra State governorship election last Saturday were foreseeable. In Nigeria, elections are, cynically speaking, designed to fail. The process of democracy — from campaigns to voting and other post-election activities — is a practice of modernity. Anambra (and by implication, Nigeria) as presently construed, are pre-modern contraptions. Yes, as […]
INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega | credits: File copy The Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday said only the courts could order total cancellation of any election conducted by it. The commission was reacting to the calls by the All Progressives Congress, Labour Party and their candidates for a total cancellation of […]
Mr. Maurice Iwu, Ex INEC Chairman| credits: File copy The All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party have expressed different opinion on Saturday governorship election in Anambra State. While the APC demanded a total cancellation of the entire election based on alleged massive disenfranchisement of voters, the PDP said the APC […]
INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega | credits: File copy The Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Command, Mr Bala Nasarawa, on Sunday confirmed the arrest of an electoral official involved in Saturday’s governorship election in the state. Nasarawa told the News Agency of Nigeria in Awka that the command was interrogating the official […]
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