The Independent National Electoral Commission ,INEC, has announced the time it will commence the collation of results for Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State. In a statement from the commission’s Resident Electoral Commissioner Anugbum Onuoha, the collation would kick off by 10 am. The collation will take place at INEC head office in Benin, Edo capital. […]
Afrobeats singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has described the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as the most dangerous institution in Nigeria. Davido made the allegation in a series of posts on his X handle amid the ongoing gubernatorial election in Edo State. The Afrobeat singer urged Edo residents to be ready to follow […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission has uploaded over 73.67 per cent of the results from the Edo governorship election onto its Result Viewing Portal. Reports confirmed that 3329 results out of 4,519 polling units where elections held in the state have been uploaded. Recall that Anugbum Onuoha, the Resident Electoral Commissioner ,REC, in Edo, had […]
Abure made this statement at a media briefing by the factional National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja. He also alleged that Obi and Otti had betrayed all that the Labour Party ever stood for, stressing that the duo now take sides with INEC which according to him disappointed Nigerians […]
Edo State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chairman Anthony Aziegbemi and the party’s candidate, Asue Ighodalo, who were present during the signing of the Peace Accord, declined to sign. Aziegbemi told newsmen that they were declining because 10 members of the party were currently being detained by the police in Abuja. It would be recalled that […]
They urged the Commission to be neutral to ensure a free and fair election come September 21, 2024. A concern group, the Edo Youth Collectives, warned that all eyes are on INEC to remain neutral and not to take side with any political parties. Secretary of the group, Musa Iyoha, said the allegations that faulty […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission ,INEC, has been ordered by an Abuja High Court presided over by Justice M. M. Adamu to recognise Chris Imumolen as the National Chairman of Accord Party. This directive is pending the hearing and determination of a suit filed by Imumolen and 12 other officials of the party against Maxwell […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suffered a devastating loss with the sudden passing of its Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Ogun State, Niyi Ijalaye. Ijalaye, a respected figure within INEC, succumbed to a medical emergency on Monday evening. According to reliable sources, he collapsed at his hotel room in Abuja shortly after attending […]
The Chairman of the Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, made the clarification at a meeting with the Inter Party Advisory Council ,IPAC, in Abuja, following the agitation for the conduct of fresh elections in the FCT. According to the INEC Chairman, the tenure of office of the elected officers begins on the date of taking the oath […]
Former Labour Party ,LP, presidential candidate Peter Obi held meetings with his Peoples Democratic Party ,PDP, counterpart, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.He also met with two PDP chieftains, former Senate President Bukola Saraki and former Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido.Speaking on Obi’s meeting with Atiku, the ex-VP’s media aide, Paul Ibe, said although they discussed […]