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National shame as INEC postpones election

The 2011 general elections took off on a dismal note yesterday as the Independent National Electoral Commission aborted the first election in the series. While some of the expected 73 millions registered voters were at the polling stations waiting to elect 469 lawmakers to the National Assembly, comprising 109 senators and 360 members of the […]

Postponement of National Assembly election okay –Jonathan

  President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday said the Independent National Electoral Commission’s postponement of the National Assembly election would give the agency more time to prepare for better results. Speaking with the Nigerian Television Authority at his country home in Otuoke, Bayelsa State after the announcement of the postponement, Jonathan said his faith in INEC’s […]

Election riggers’ll be shocked –Jega

As 74 million Nigerians go to the polls today, to elect members of the National Assembly, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, has promised that tough time awaits election riggers. The INEC chairman told editors and news managers, in a meeting in Abuja, that politicians who are planning to hijack […]

INEC postpones N/Assembly elections till Monday

The Independent Electoral Commission, INEC has postponed the National Assembly elections across the country  till Monday, April 4th, 2011. In a televised address, Mr Jega , blamed the postponement on ‘ unprecedented late arrival of results sheets’. He however apologised to Nigerians for the problems. Before the postponement was announced, the elections  had started, Saturday […]

Vote monitoring: INEC insists voters can stay

  Nigerians who will file out today to cast their ballots have the backing of the Independent National Electoral Commission to stay back after voting and peacefully monitor the exercise, if they so desire. They are also free to go to the polling centres with their cell-phones. Some state electoral commissioners who spoke with SATURDAY […]

INEC to announce results in 48 hours

Results of the coming elections will be announced in 48 hours, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chair Prof. Attahiru Jega said yesterday. He also said that the distribution of ballot papers, which are being kept at the Central Bank of Nigeria, would be tracked to avoid being hijacked by politicians and thugs. Jega, who spoke […]

INEC, parties, police perfect polls plan, warn against violence

AMID persistent political violence in some parts of the country, elective office seekers and other party leaders yesterday appealed to their followers to refrain from acts that can affect the smooth conduct of the April polls, which begins with National Assembly elections on Saturday. The police have also scaled up their preparations for the polls […]

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Why crooked politicians win elections in Nigeria -Jega

The national chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, on Wednesday stated that political apathy by the citizens was responsible for the emergence of crooked politicians as leaders across the country. He observed that people did not get involved in the electoral process because their votes did not count adding that […]

Anambra polls: Police arrest ACN agent with INEC result sheets

Men of the Anambra State Police Command yesterday, arrested a suspected senior aide to Dr. Chris Ngige, a former governor of Anambra State, over illegal possession of election materials, belonging to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The suspect, Kingsley Ezenwenyi, was arrested when he came to the headquarters of the commission in Awka yesterday […]