The chief returning officer of the Anambra State Governorship election, Prof. James Epoke, on Monday morning declared that the governorship election was inconclusive. Willie Obiano is leading comfortably but the outcome of some areas have been nullified while a rerun will be held in those areas. -Punchwp_posts
About 200 women from the 21 local government areas in Anambra State on Sunday protested the conduct of Saturday’s governorship election in the state. They said the election was not credible and called for its cancellation and conduct of a fresh one. The women, who carried leaves , expressed their disappointment with […]
The quest for a solution to the festering crisis besetting the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party came under threat on Friday as an Abuja Federal High Court ordered the ruling party to replace the embattled former National Secretary, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, with Prof. Wale Oladipo. In a ruling on an application filed by Ogun […]
The parallel Peoples Democratic Party led by Abubakar Baraje has said the faction of the party led by Dr. Bamanga Tukur should be deregistered by the Independent National Electoral Commission. It hinged its position on what it described as the failure of the faction to complying with Section 222(D) of the 1999 Constitution which requires […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it will not comment on the controversy between the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party over the women rally organised by the First Lady, Patience Jonathan, in Abuja last Thursday. The APC had referred to the event as a political rally and accused the Presidency of […]
The All Progressives Congress has accused the Presidency of violating the Independent National Electoral Commission’s rule which bars political parties and aspirants from campaigning for the 2015 elections. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who stated this in a statement on Sunday, referred to the women’s rally organised in Abuja by President Goodluck […]
The chairman of the African People’s Congress (APC), Chief Onyinye Ikeagwuonu, has described the regisration of the rival All Progressives Congress (APC) as an attempt by the Professor Atahiru Jega-led Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to plunge the country’s democracy into chaos. The chairman of the yet-to-be registered APC said this in Abuja, on Thursday, […]
BY LEVINUS NWABUGHIOGU ABUJA—Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, has admitted the presence of corrupt officials and staff who aid and abet rigging and other electoral malpractices during elections in the commission. The admittance came as a reaction to various knocks given Jega by some political parties and stakeholders who converged […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission is eagerly awaiting the resolutions from the conventions held by both the Congress for Progressive Change and the All Nigeria Peoples Party on Saturday, a top source in the commission said on Sunday. The two parties had their conventions in Abuja and Gusau respectively, where the decision to merge with […]
Federal Executive Council on Wednesday okayed the Independent National Electoral Commission’s request to use the National Identity Cards as voter cards beginning from the 2023 general elections. Information Minister, Mr. Labaran Maku, stated this in Abuja at the end of the weekly FEC meeting presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan. Education Minister, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, […]
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