President Muhammadu Buhari has replaced Lauretta Onochie’s nomination as national commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with Mrs May Agbamuche-Mbu. This was after Mrs Onochie was rejected by the senate because her nomination violated the Federal Character Principle. President Buhari reappointed Mbu who was confirmed an INEC commissioner by the 8th senate andContinue reading “Lauretta Onochie replaced as INEC commissioner”
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Official INEC Results For 2021 Anambra Gubernatorial Election
(4) Ayamelum LGAAPC 2409APGA 3424PDP 2804YPP 407 (5) Anaocha LGAAPC 2085APGA 6911PDP 5108YPP 868 (6) Anambra East LGAAPC 2034APGA 9747PDP 1380YPP 559 (7) Idemili South LGAAPC 1039APGA 2312PDP 2016YPP 752 (8) Onitsha South LGAAPC 2050APGA 4281PDP 2253YPP 271 (9) Njikoka LGAAPC 3216APGA 8803PDP 3409YPP 924 (10) Nnewi North LGAAPC 1278APGA 3369PDP 1511YPP 6485 (11) OrumbaContinue reading “Official INEC Results For 2021 Anambra Gubernatorial Election”
Anambra Election: Why INEC Didn’t Declare Soludo Winner After Winning 18 LGAs
The 2021 Anambra governorship election has generated a lot of intrigues and speculations over who will be declared as the winner of the poll. Photo credit: Vanguard The election which was held on Saturday, November 6 was extended to Sunday to be able to conduct the election in areas where the Independent National Electoral Commission,Continue reading “Anambra Election: Why INEC Didn’t Declare Soludo Winner After Winning 18 LGAs”
UPDATED: #AnambraDecides2021: INEC declares Anambra election inconclusive APGA’s candidate, Charles Soludo, has won in 18 out of the 21 local government areas in the state. As predicted by PREMIUM TIMES, the Anambra governorship election has been declared inconclusive by INEC. The state Returning Officer for the election, Florence Obi, the vice-chancellor of University of Calabar, who made theContinue reading
Anambra: Soludo, Uba, Ozigbo, others sign accord, IPOB cancels sit-at-home
Anambra poll Soludo, Uba, Ozigbo call for dialogue with IPOB The Chairman of the National Peace Committee, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, on Thursday called on candidates and political parties in the Anambra governorship election to abide by the letters of the peace accord to ensure a free, fair and credible election in the state. He urgedContinue reading “Anambra: Soludo, Uba, Ozigbo, others sign accord, IPOB cancels sit-at-home”
New amendment empowers INEC to use electronic voting machines – Senate
The Senate said its recent committal proceedings carried out on the 2010 Electoral Act (amendments) Bill 2021 would enable the Independent National Electoral Commission to make use of electronic voting machines whenever it had the capacity to do so. The spokesperson for the red chamber, who is also a member of the Conference Committee onContinue reading “New amendment empowers INEC to use electronic voting machines – Senate”
BREAKING: Senate bows to pressure, says INEC can transmit elections electronically
The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to rescind its decision which subjected the Independent National Electoral Commission to seek approval from the Nigerian Communications Commission before it could transmit elections results electronically. The upper chamber also voted in support of the conduct of party primaries only by direct method. The Bill is titled, “RecommittalContinue reading “BREAKING: Senate bows to pressure, says INEC can transmit elections electronically”
JUST IN!!! It’s Clear Anambra Election ‘ll Not Hold Under Current Chaotic Conditions – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission says it is “deeply concerned” about the situation in the South-East especially as it concerns threats to disrupt the elections in the zone, IgbereTV has learned. INEC also explained that there could be constitutional crisis if it (commission) was unable to conduct general elections in the region. It said itContinue reading “JUST IN!!! It’s Clear Anambra Election ‘ll Not Hold Under Current Chaotic Conditions – INEC”
INEC begins display of newly registered voters’ details
INECThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has started the nationwide display of details of newly registered voters in the first quarter of the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the commission on Friday started the display of details at local government offices across the country. The display whichContinue reading “INEC begins display of newly registered voters’ details”
2023: Nigeria has adequate ICT Infrastructure for e-Transmission of election results — INEC insists
By Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has again reiterated its readiness to embark on electronic transmission of election results whenever it gets a legal backing, saying Nigeria is ripe for the deployment of such technology. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu who stated this in a 25-page “Position Paper No. 1 ofContinue reading “2023: Nigeria has adequate ICT Infrastructure for e-Transmission of election results — INEC insists”
INEC requests NPC’s data on deceased Nigerians to enhance voters register
Nigerian women’s political apathy worrisome — Zainab Abiola The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged the National Population Commission (NPC) to periodically avail INEC the data of deceased Nigerians to further enhance the credibility of the nation’s register of voters. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the request when he received the ChairmanContinue reading “INEC requests NPC’s data on deceased Nigerians to enhance voters register”
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