The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended election in some parts of Kogi State. Off-cycle governorship elections were conducted in two other states – Bayelsa and Imo. Midway into commencement of the exercise, a civil society group, Yiaga Africa raised an alarm over some doctored result sheets. INEC responded by saying that it was investigating the issue. In a …

Polls opened early in many centres in the three states of Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi where governors are being elected. The off-season governorship elections have two incumbents – Senator Duoye Diri (Bayelsa) and Senator Hope Uzodimma (Imo) – seeking re-election, while Kogi State will be having a new governor after 48-year-old Alhaji Yahaya Bello completes his second tenure on 27th …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday urged an Abuja Federal High Court to reject an ex-parte motion filed by the Alhaji Lamidi Apapa-led faction of the Labour Party (LP) to replace the party’s governorship candidate in Imo State. In its affidavit to show cause pursuant to the court order, INEC told Justice Inyang Ekwo that the plaintiffs’ suit …

Ahead of Saturday’s governorship poll, security has been beefed up around the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Kogi State. This is just as the commission distributed sensitive materials to local governments. It was observed on Friday the heavy presence of military, police, and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps personnel seen around the state’s capital as citizens went …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday distributed electoral materials to all 27 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the Imo State ahead of the governorship election holding on Saturday. At the Central Bank of Nigeria’s branch in Owerri, the state capital, the electoral body distributed the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System machines, ballot papers and result sheets for the election …

Elections in Nigeria this year might be nearly over but the war by other means could well receive fresh fire from three state elections this weekend. The year began with general elections in February and March, and is closing with off-cycle elections in Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi on 11th November. Conducting elections for three governors after the major round of …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that there are no registered voters in 38 polling units in Imo State and two in Bayelsa State. The electoral body also noted that of the 2,419,922 registered voters for the November 11 governorship election in the state, only 2,318,919 permanent voter cards were collected. This was contained in a graphical representation …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released an amended list of candidates for the Bayelsa State governorship election. According to the amended list uploaded on the commission’s website on Monday, the names of Timipre Sylva and his running mate, Joshua Maciver of the All Progressives Congress (APC) made the list. The list was signed by the Secretary to the …

With six days to the governorship elections in Imo, Kogi and Bayelsa States, the Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun has deployed undercover agents, who are currently carrying out covert operations to identify criminals’ hideouts and clamp down on them in the affected and neighbouring states. Governorship elections in the three states have in recent years been marred by several …

The Senate on Wednesday approved the appointment of seven of the nominees of President Bola Tinubu as Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The remaining three nominees were not present for screening. The nominees approved are Mr Etekamba Umoren (Akwa Ibom State), Mr Isha Ehimeakne (Edo State), Barrister Oluwatoyin Babalola (Ekiti State), Mr Abubakar Ahmed …