Jubilation rented the air in Lagos on Thursday following Court of Appeal affirmation of Sen. Dr Tony Nwoye as duly elected Senator for Anambra North Senatorial District. The three-member panel held that the appeals against the lawmakers lacked merit and unmeritorious. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had, on Feb. 25, declared the Dr Tony Nwoye
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Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Wing has distanced itself from calls for “no election” in Imo state, come November 11, urging youths in the State to come out enmass to exercise their franchise and protect their votes. He also expressed confidence in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deliver a free, fair and credible poll. Speaking to
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The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) has fixed September 21, 2024, for the Edo State governorship election while that of Ondo State will be held on November 16, 2024. The electoral body said the announcement was in line with Section 178 (2) of the constitution, stipulating that election into the said offices shall be held not earlier than
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has insisted that the Labour Party (LP) has no ground to call for the sack of its chairman, Mahmood Yakubu. The LP in a press briefing on Thursday, called on the international community to take “punitive action” against Yakubu and other top officials of the commission over the conduct
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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 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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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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…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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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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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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…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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The ongoing collation of results of last Saturday’s election has raised a number of issues that should naturally arouse the curiosity of the average Nigerian. Why is there so much obsession by INEC on Obingwa LGA to the exclusion of other Local Government Areas in Abia State? First, INEC claimed yesterday that thugs attacked their
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…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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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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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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