2023 Poll: INEC Adhoc Staff Protest Non-Payment of Allowances in Anambra
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2023 Poll: INEC Adhoc Staff Protest Non-Payment of Allowances in Anambra

Hundreds of adhoc staff engaged for the 2023 General Elections in Anambra State by Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on Tuesday protested non-payment of their allowances. The protesters, who thronged the INEC Headquarters in Awka with placards bearing various inscriptions, blocked entrance or exit of the office, insisting they would not vacate until they their

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Adhoc staff threaten to drag INEC to EFCC over unpaid stipends
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Adhoc staff threaten to drag INEC to EFCC over unpaid stipends

Adhoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Anambra State in the 2023 general elections have protested non-payment of their stipend by the electoral body. The protest is coming barely two months after the polls that reportedly gulped about N305bn. The commission had recruited about 1.4 million adhoc staff to complement its personnel

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Jubilation as 29yrs old APC candidate wins Mbaitoli/Ikeduru federal constituency
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Jubilation as 29yrs old APC candidate wins Mbaitoli/Ikeduru federal constituency

There was jubilation in Imo State as the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) on Sunday night announced 29-year-old Akarachi Amadi, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC), the winner of the supplementary election for Mbaitoli/ Ikeduru Federal Constituency of Imo State held on Saturday. Announcing the votes polled by the respective candidates at the federal constituency’s collation centre

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INEC budgets N3bn, appoints 9 SANs to defend 2023 election results
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INEC budgets N3bn, appoints 9 SANs to defend 2023 election results

…the SANs include a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appointed no fewer than nine Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) to defend the results of the February 25, 2023 presidential election. According to City Lawyer, the team is to be led by a former president of the

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Call your PRO to order over unruly conduct - Anambra journalists tell INEC
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Call your PRO to order over unruly conduct – Anambra journalists tell INEC

Correspondents’ Chapel Nigeria Union of Journalists Anambra State Council have petitioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over unwholesome and repulsive attitude of its Public Relations Officer, PRO, Dr Kingsley Agu to them in the State. The journalists asked the electoral umpire to call Agu to order to avert avoidable rift capable of erupting between

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INEC sets March 29-31 For Issuance Of Certificates Of Return To Assembly, Governorship winners
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INEC sets March 29-31 For Issuance Of Certificates Of Return To Assembly, Governorship winners

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has set March 29, 30 and 31 date for the issuance of Certificates of Return to all the winners of the just concluded March 18, 2023 State Assembly and Governorship elections in the country.  The decision was part of the issues arrived at the Commission’s management meeting of Saturday, March

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Election CP lauds INEC, politicians, security agencies, others over peaceful poll in Anambra
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Election CP lauds INEC, politicians, security agencies, others over peaceful poll in Anambra

…says same peaceful disposition was exhibited during the last Governorship election in 2021 The Commissioner of Police deployed to Anambra State by the Inspector General of Police for the 2023 House of Assembly Election, CP Aderemi Adeoye has commended the good people of Anambra State for their peaceful conduct during the polls. He noted that

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Gov'ship/Assembly poll: BVAS won't disappoint - INEC assures
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Gov’ship/Assembly poll: BVAS won’t disappoint – INEC assures

…says the BVAS will perform optimally Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in Anambra state, Mrs Queen Elizabeth Agwu, has assured that the Biomodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) deployed for the exercise in the state tomorrow will perform effectively during Saturday’s Governorship and State House of Assembly elections. Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mrs Queen Elizabeth Agwu

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Court grants PDP, NNPP leave to inspect election materials
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Court grants PDP, NNPP leave to inspect election materials

The Bauchi State Governorship, National and State House of Assembly Election Tribunal, on Saturday, granted leave to Garba Dahiru of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to access sensitive materials used by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in the February 25 NASS election in the state. Dahiru contested and lost the Bauchi South Senatorial District

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Presidential poll: Lawyer demands quizzing of INEC chair over fraudulent practices
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Presidential poll: Lawyer demands quizzing of INEC chair over fraudulent practices

Anambra based human right lawyer, Barr Christopher Enemuo has accused chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu of contravening relevant sections of the electoral act. The activist said INEC boss should rather be answering questions about fraudulent practices during the presidential election than talking about conducting the governorship and House of Assembly

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Group demands immediate resignation of Mahmood, INEC chairman for flouting Electoral Law
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Group demands immediate resignation of Mahmood, INEC chairman for flouting Electoral Law

A coalition of Civil Society Organizations under the aegis of the Democracy Protection Coalition (DPC) has demanded for the immediate resignation of the national Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, over his failure to comply with copious provision of the Electoral Act in the conduct of the February 25, 2023

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Stop Anambra Govt from meddling with Ogbaru result - Group tells INEC
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Stop Anambra Govt from meddling with Ogbaru result – Group tells INEC

A group, League of Ogbaru Professionals (LOP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to stop Anambra State Government from Meddling with Ogbaru Federal Constituency Result. It also called on the electoral umpire not to compromise its stance on equity, justice and fairness. The call followed ceaseless boasts by top government officials that

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Anambra North poll: Nwoye humiliates Oduah, Obiano, others
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Anambra North poll: Nwoye humiliates Oduah, Obiano, others

Nwoye of the Labour Party was declared winner by the INEC returning Officer for Anambra North Former House of Representative Member, Dr Tony Nwoye has been declared the winner of Anambra North senatorial district by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Nwoye of the Labour Party (LP) was declared winner by the INEC returning Officer

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