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The Governor of Delta State,Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has warned that the rejection of electronic transmission of election results by the National Assembly, could deter the country’s effort at attracting Foreign Direct Investments, FDIs. Okowa, who made the statement when he received the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in the state, Monday Udoh-Tom, and his management […]
The Senate has passed a bill that seeks to establish an Electoral Offences Commission bill. The bill, if signed into law, will empower the commission to investigate electoral offences, prosecute electoral offenders and maintain records of all persons investigated and prosecuted. The legislation also prescribes a 20-year jail term for offenders found guilty of […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the attacks on its offices may affect early preparations for the 2023 general elections if allowed to continue. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, stated this on Monday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “For us, we don’t know […]
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it would continue to register political parties as long as they meet the stipulated requirements. Head of Department of Election and Party Monitoring, Aminu Idris, stated this, yesterday, at a roundtable on modalities for measuring political parties’ performance in Nigeria organized by Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has carried out a test run of the anticipated electronic voting system in Nigeria. At its headquarters in Abuja on Monday, Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, said 40 companies who indicated interest in the process “will demonstrate how their IT solutions meet our specifications”. He described the initiative as “another […]
INEC on Tuesday presented a certificate of return as governor-elect to the governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki and his deputy Philip Shaibu. INEC south-south national commissioner, May Agbamuche-Mbu who presented the certificate stated that governor Obaseki fulfilled all the constitutional requirements to emerge winner of the election. Meanwhile, Obaseki commended president Buhari for […]
INEC urged participants in the conduct of elections in Nigeria to prove that the success recorded in the Edo State poll was not a coincidence. INEC Director of Publicity, Andy Ezeani, said this in a statement in Abuja. “The INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has expressed appreciation to all those who worked to make the […]
Jubilations on Sunday greeted the declaration of Godwin Obaseki as the governor-elect by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC following Saturday’s Edo State election Obaseki, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), secured 307,955 votes across 18 local government areas while Osagie Ize-Iyamu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), polled 223,619 votes. The governor […]
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