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The gubernatorial and senatorial elections in Kogi state has proved once again that corruption has eaten deep into our political system. Some of our politicians went as far as bribing INEC officials to manipulate the results of the election in their favor. Today, a collation officer of the Independent National ...

Sagbama Local Government Area Collation Officer, Prof Moses Osawarue of the University of Benin, has announced that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP won the local government area with 60,339, while the All Progressives Congress, APC received 7,831. Sagbama LGA is where the outgoing Governor Seriake Dickson and the PDP running ...

After the late commencement of voting in some of the polling units in Bayelsa and Kogi state, YIAGA Africa has urged INEC to extend the voting time for the gubernatorial election. In a recent press statement via Twitter, the group said polling units in the 2 states did not start ...

Ex-President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan is not happy with the late arrival of election materials at his home state in Otuoke, Bayelsa State. GEJ disclosed this as he addressed journalists after casting his vote in the Bayelsa governorship election. According to him, the delayed voting exercise in some parts of ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked for exemplary conduct of non-partisanship on the part of election and law enforcement officials in Saturday’s governorship polls in Bayelsa and Kogi. Buhari, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu in Abuja on Thursday, said that voters ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission is not responsible for the monitoring of the sharing of salt, rice and other commodities by political parties during political campaigns according to the Head, INEC’s Department of Voter Education and Publicity in Bayelsa State, Wilfred Ifogah. Ifogah said this as a reaction to an ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission a.k.a INEC has come out to warn everyone concerned that it would not condone any kind of attack on its personnel, ad hoc staff or materials to be deployed for the Bayelsa State November 16, governorship polls. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu dished out this ...

Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade has blasted INEC for they way they have treated now stranded NYSC corps members after the elections was postponed in a manner most people did not expect. She even blasted parents that allow their kids act as officers for INEC. Her words, “I still maintain what ...

Singer turned Politician, BankyW, has said that whatever is done or not done on social media doesn’t affect anyone in any election. He revealed this recently, At the meeting, Banky W who is running for the Federal House of Representatives, Eti-Osa constituency, on the platform of the Modern Democratic Party ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has praised 2Face Idibia a.k.a 2baba and other celebrities for using their position in the society to encourage the youths to be play a role in the electoral process. According to INEC, the general elections set to happen in Feb will be for the ...

Banky W has notified Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for using the wrong logo as the logo of his political party, the Modern Democratic Party, MDP, on the ballot paper for Feb elections. He also talked about how his surname was spelt wrongly. His words, “VERY URGENT!!! It turns out ...

The Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress ( APC), Godwin Obaseki , has been declared winner of the Edo State governorship election . The APC candidate won majority of the votes cast, getting a total of 319,483 votes, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, announced. Mr. Obaseki ’s closest ...

The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, on Monday reviewed his tenure as the boss of the electoral body and concluded that his only regret was that he was unable to create a separate salary structure for INEC workers. Jega spoke in Abuja during a retreat� titled, ...

Press statement from INEC. Read below… The Independent National Electoral Commission conducted Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections across the country on Saturday, April 11, 2015. Governorship elections were held in 29 States of the Federation, while State Assembly elections were held in 36 states. No election took place ...

Press statement from INEC ahead of Saturday Gubernatorial elections.. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has received reports that some political leaders are asking members of the public to disregard its stated resolve to use Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and Smart Card Readers (SCRs) for the April 11, 2015 Governorship ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the moment, releasing the official 2015 presidential results..So far they have released results from six states ..will keep updating FCT ABUJA(PDP Winner) PDP:157,195 APC – 146,399 EKITI(PDP WINNER) PDP-176,466 APC-120,331 CPP 330, �HDP 94, KOWA 108 PPN 388, UPP 145. OGUN (APC WINNER) ...

Today is the presidential elections amd as events are unfolding, INEC’s official website has been hacked. Above is what else the hackers posted

In the past, after voting during elections, many Nigerians stay back at the polling booths,to witness the votes being counted. But the Inspector General of Police,Suleiman Abba has said no one should wait at the polling booths. Two to three police officers will be attached to each polling unit, and ...

INEC chairman, Attahiru Jega said the commission would proceed with plans to use card readers in the forthcoming elections despite resistance from PDP. Jega made this comments on Monday, march 16, 2015 during a town hall meeting in Abuja. The INEC boss said �If we don’t use card readers, we ...

In a piece titled “Democracy, Deferred”, award winning author, Chimamanda Adichie described the recent postponement of the general elections as an act of desperation from an incumbent terrified of losing. Below is the article published on The Atlantic… Last week, Victor, a carpenter, came to my Lagos home to fix ...