The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday formally opened the 2023 presidential election collation centre at the International Conference Centre in Abuja. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu opened the centre and set certain ground rules for the collation of results. “The collation centre is hereby declared open until the final announcement of the results of … [Read more…]
The Labour Party (LP) has faulted the process of collating the result of last Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly Elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), saying it will challenge the outcome in court. LP alleged that most of its members were deliberately disenfranchised through varied means across the country, but were more discerning … [Read more…]
The collation of the Presidential and National Assembly results will commence on Sunday, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has announced. Yakubu made this announcement while addressing a press briefing on the voting process nationwide on Saturday. The INEC Chairman said the Bi-modal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) worked perfectly … [Read more…]
An election monitoring group, the Centre for Democracy and Development, CDD, on Saturday released its preliminary reports, identifying late commencement of polls, glitches in the functionality of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines among other operational deficiencies that characterised the Presidential and National Assembly elections . The Chairperson of CDD’s Election Analysis Centre, Prof. … [Read more…]
The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to extend voting time in areas and polling units were glitches led to late commencement of balloting. The NBA, which is the umbrella body of legal practitioners in the country, said its request to INEC was based on reports from over 1000 … [Read more…]
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has shifted the conduct of senatorial election in Enugu East following the death of the Labour Party LP candidate The election would now hold alongside the governorship polls on March 11, 2023. The development followed the death of Labour Party (LP) candidate in the Enugu East senatorial race, Barr. … [Read more…]
“It is with sadness, that I received the news of the brutal assassination of Barr. Oyibo Chukwu, the Enugu East, Labour Party Senatorial Candidate. “Without doubt, this is too painful to bear. “I express my deepest sympathy and condolences to the immediate Family of Barr. Oyibo Chukwu, the good people of Enugu East senatorial zone … [Read more…]
Chetanne Chinelo, Enugu The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Enugu State, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, has condemned, in totality, the dastardly “attacks on the campaign trails of the Labour Party, Peoples Democratic Party, and All Progressives Congress” in the state which occurred in the night of Wednesday, February 22, 2023, leaving scores … [Read more…]
In less than 48 hours, Nigerians will head to the polls to determine who will be the next President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I have been clear on my preferred candidate from the onset, and my faith in seeing a Peter Obi victory has only grown stronger through the duration of the campaign. … [Read more…]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has taken possession of a “substantial part” of the cash it requested of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) amid the naira scarcity. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, confirmed receipt of the funds on Thursday during a press conference in Abuja on the commission’s activities two … [Read more…]
After weeks of preparation, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has cleared 87,209,007 voters out of the 93.5 million it registered to vote in tomorrow’s Presidential and National Assembly election and the March 11 governorship and state Assembly polls. The 87.2 million voters were the number of people who collected their Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, … [Read more…]
Former Enugu Governor Senator Chimaroke Nnamani has condemned attacks and killings in the State that have claimed some politicians. The Enugu East Senator, in a statement in Abuja, urged the security operatives not to leave any stone unturned to bring the perpetrators to justice. He said the perpetrators of the heinous crimes are enemies of … [Read more…]