The Police in Abuja have quizzed some officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission allegedly involved in the illegal substitution of candidates for the general elections. It was learnt that the police moved into action on Monday following petitions by some politicians adversely affected by the activities of the syndicate. Sources at the headquarters […]
IBADAN- UNLIKE the previous elections when governors, their deputies and other public officers moved about unhindered , the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said such movement and undue influence would not be allowed in the April elections. It said the restriction order did not exclude anybody except those on election duties, pointing out to […]
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State’s bid to continue in office beyond April without the conduct of gubernatorial election in Delta State suffered a major setback when the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) told a Federal High Court sitting in Asaba that Uduaghan’s tenure expires in May 2011. […]
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has come under pressure not to publish the list of names of influential politicians who were involved in multiple registration during the voter registration exercise held in the country recently. Investigation by Saturday Tribune revealed that notable politicians, who knew their culpability in the multiple registration saga could mar […]
ON Wednesday, last week, a Federal High Court sitting in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, ruled that five state governors, namely, Ibrahim Idris of Kogi, Aliyu Wamako of Sokoto, Murtala Nyako of Adamawa, Liyel Imoke of Cross River, and Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa who won re-run elections in 2008 would remain in office till 2012 […]
The Peoples Democratic Party National Working Committee (PDP NWC) has frowned at the position of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to appeal against the judgment of the Abuja High Court. In the judgment delivered last week, Justice Adamu Bello had excluded Bayelsa, Kogi, Adamawa, Sokoto, Delta and Kogi as states where gubernatorial election would […]
TRUE to its claim of ability to expose all manner of fraud in the recently concluded voters registration, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has detected double listing by prospective voters in many states. And as the display of voters lists is expected to end today across the country, there have been reports of low […]
Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State Enugu State Governor Sullivan Chime Monday lost his governorship ticket for the April general election to his arch-rival, Chief Anayo Onwuegbu, in the fresh display of candidates’ list in Enugu by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Chief Uchenna Ogbu was listed as the running mate to Onwuegbu. But […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega said yesterday in Abuja that the commission had so far registered 63, 981,460 Nigerians for the April general elections. “With most of the data now reported by the states, we have by this morning registered 63,981,460 Nigerians for the coming elections,’’ he said. Jega made […]
The governorship ambition of a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari suffered a temporary set-back yesterday as an Abuja division of the Federal High Court, issued an interim order restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from publishing his name as the standard bearer of the Congress for Progressive Change, […]
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