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INEC Can’t Impose Abacha on Us – CPC

Posted by admin CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), INEC Politics, Party Politics Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

Gov Chime, Masari names missing ln INEC list || The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has challenged the right of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to replace the name of Col Ja’afaru Isa, which was submitted to the commission, with that of Muhammed Abacha, as the party’s governorship candidate in Kano State. The names […]

INEC releases more lists, Bankole, others missing

Posted by admin INEC Politics Monday, February 7th, 2011

The name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, was missing from the list of candidates for the April general elections released on Monday by the Independent National Electoral Commission in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Other notable names missing from the list are those of Governor, Gbenga Daniel and Mrs. Lola […]

Man with 86 wives to sue INEC

Posted by admin Headlines, INEC Politics Sunday, February 6th, 2011

The celebrated polygamist, Pa Abubakar Masaba, is heading for a showdown with the Independent National Electoral Commission and the police following allegations that members of his family, numbering over 5,000 were denied registration by suspected thugs in the just concluded voter registration exercise. Our correspondent gathered that suspected thugs allegedly thwarted efforts by members […]

INEC Re-admits 12 Parties

Posted by admin Elections 2011, INEC Politics Saturday, February 5th, 2011

WITH barely 48 hours to the date of the official publication of the list of candidates submitted by political parties, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said yesterday that it had re-admitted about 12 of the 20 political parties, whose submissions were rejected earlier this week. In a statement yesterday in Abuja , the Director […]

INEC registers 6.2m voters in Lagos, Ondo

Posted by admin INEC Politics, Lagos, Ondo, State News Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

No fewer than 1.3m eligible voters have been registered by the Independent National Electoral Commission in Ondo State since the exercise started on January 15. Also, the INEC said on Wednesday that it had registered 4.9 million eligible voters in Lagos State as at Monday. The Resident Electoral Commission in Lagos, Dr. Adekunle Ogunmola, […]

Legislative opera and INEC timetable

Posted by admin Elections 2011, INEC Politics, Legislature Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

The rather flighty way the National Assembly hides behind Constitutional and Electoral Act amendments to shield the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Federal Government from the charge of short-sightedness has become one of the notable features of Nigeria’s Fourth Republic. Since the collapse of the grand effort to amend the constitution in the […]

1,393 DDC machines faulty in 14 states – Investigation

Posted by admin Elections 2011, INEC Politics Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

THE ongoing voter registration, which entered its last week on Sunday, has so far recorded a huge number of faulty Direct Data Capture (DDC) machines across the states of the federation. Investigation by the Nigerian Tribune revealed that no fewer than 1,393 machines are dysfunctional in 14 states across the geopolitical zones. The exercise began […]

How wrong equipment, others mar voters’ registration

Posted by admin Elections 2011, INEC Politics Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

MORE facts emerged yesterday on why the ongoing voters’ registration is enmeshed in controversies and avoidable lapses. While some were discovered to be purely technical, others were induced by boardroom politics within the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the choice of vendors, equipment and consultants. But most importantly, the questions most Nigerians are asking […]

INEC ends Alao-Akala, Olurin, Obasanjo-Bello’s ambitions

Posted by admin INEC Politics, Oyo, State News, Top Stories Monday, January 31st, 2011

The Peoples Democratic Party may not field candidates in Oyo and Anambra states during the April general elections as the Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday rejected the lists of candidates from the states. Investigations by our correspondents showed that the commission rejected the list from Oyo because the state chapter of the PDP […]

INEC yet to request for N6.6bn – N’Assembly

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

INEC Chairman , Prof. Attahiru Jega The Independent National Electoral Commission is yet to make a formal request to the National Assembly for the additional N6.6bn it needs to cover the cost of extending the ongoing voter registration by one week. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Information and Media, Senator Ayogu Eze, […]