The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has issued the time table and schedule of activities for the 2019 General Elections, fixing the conduct of party primaries including the resolution of disputes arising from primaries for August 18, 2018 to October 7, 2018 for national and state elections while that of the FCT Area Council is...
The recent announcement of the dates for the much expected 2019 general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has once again heightened anxieties regarding the preparedness of the electoral commission to sufficiently and successfully deliver on the expectations of Nigerians in view of emerging challenges in the political and electoral scenes. According to...
The National Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, has advocated for the scrap of the State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC) and called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to take over the conduct of local government election across states of the federation. The union also cautioned state Houses of Assembly against succumbing to pressure...
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Tuesday, said it had received applications from 80 new groups that are seeking to be registered as political parties ahead of the 2019 general elections. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) INEC which made the disclosure at a National Stakeholders Forum on Elections,...
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters, Aishatu Dukku, on Tuesday said the National Assembly was working on 12 Electoral Reform Bills to be passed before the 2019 elections. Mrs. Dukku made this known at a session of coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSO) known as “Situation Room’s Fourth Stakeholders’ Forum...
A pro-democracy group, the Justice Initiative for the Disadvantaged and Oppressed People (JIDOP) has tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to reconstruct the electoral laws of the commission through the legislature and return it to the path of constitutional democracy for stable polity. The Convener of the group, Mr. Lawman Nzenwa said this during...
Candidates in the March 2015 senatorial election in Anambra Central have urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to respect the court judgment and issue a certificate of return to Dr. Obiora Okonkwo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). According to the candidates, the judgment of Justice John Tsoho of an Abuja High Court is...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says no fewer than 3.63 million new voters have been registered in ongoing Continuous Voter Registration across the country. The Chairman of the commission, Mahmood Yakubu, made this known at a retreat for Resident Electoral Commissioners in Uyo on Friday. Mr. Yakubu said the voter registration would continue until...
The Anambra governorship election has come and gone and the incumbent governor, Willie Obiano of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) emerged winner for a second term in office, after defeating two other major contenders in the race; Mr. Oseloka Obaze of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Dr. Tony Nwoye of the All Progressives Congress...
