The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been tasked to rectify all the lapses observed in the 25 February national elections and use same to conduct a hitch-free state polls this Saturday. The call was made a group of elder statesmen under the aegis of The Compatriots. In a post-election statement signed by its Chairman, who is also former Governor …

Dr Amoniia Lulu-Briggs, the husband of the Port Harcourt City Local Government Area (PHALGA) Collation Officer for the 25 February presidential election, has raised an alarm over continued threats to the life of his wife. Lulu-Briggs said his wife, Prof. Omiete Lulu-Briggs had been receiving several threatening calls and messages from unknown persons after the election for standing by the …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged the Presidential Election Petition Court to vary the orders that were granted to the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Mr Peter Obi to inspect materials used for the last presidential election. In a motion on notice filed last Friday, INEC is praying the …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has vowed to punish its officials, including ad-hoc or collation personnel, who may have been found wanting in the conduct of the 25 February presidential and National Assembly elections. At a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in Abuja on Saturday, INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu conceded that the elections raised several issues that …

After Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was declared the winner of the presidential election which held on 25 February, the opposition parties and their supporters accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of “lack of transparency” in the electoral process. This is actually an old story because there’s no election in Nigeria that …

The Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan has tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to abide by the Constitution and the Electoral Act 2022 in the conduct of the March 11 governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections. He made the call at the close of Thursday’s plenary while also suspending plenary till March 14 to enable senators to participate …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that supplementary elections would be fixed after the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections scheduled for 11 March. In a statement on Thursday by INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Barrister Festus Okoye said: “The commission is aware that in some senatorial districts and federal constituencies, declarations …

The Police Chaplains Electoral Observation Mission in Nigeria, and eight Domestic Observers that monitored Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections have described the poll as a sign of the country’s political maturity. The mission, which is the arm of the International Police Chaplain Sustainable Development and Law Enforcement (IPCSL) Inc., United States said this while presenting their preliminary report on …

Some hoodlums have attempted to set the local government office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ablaze in Takai Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano state. A witness said the incident happened during a clash between political supporters at the headquarters of Takai town on Sunday morning. “The fire was set up from behind the building but it was …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it is ready for the announcements of the Presidential and National Assembly elections conducted yesterday. The collation centre will now open for the announcement by 6 pm, according to INEC National Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. Yakubu had said on Saturday that the collation of elections on Sunday by midday. He said …