All is now set for this weekend’s off cycle election in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states. Electoral umpire INEC has since begun the distribution of sensitive and non-sensitive materials for the exercise. The electoral body also distributed life jackets across the eight local government areas of Bayelsa State where the governorship election will be held….
INEC Chairman Prof Mahmood Yakubu says “the Independent National Electoral Commission is not interested in who wins the governorship election in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states”. In a statement on Thursday the electoral chief pledged to ensure a level playing field for all political parties and candidates in the elections. In less than 48 hours,…
The main opposition part the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has warned Governors, Yahaya Bello of Kogi state and his Imo state counterpart Hope Uzodinma against anyb attempt to rig this weekend’s governorship election in the states. PDP asked the politicians to perish any thoughts of rigging Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States…
The Department of State Services DSS has warned individuals or groups who may want to engage in illegitimate acts or conducts inimical to public order during this weekend’s elections in Imo Bayelsa and Kogi to think twice or be prepared to face the wrath of the law The warning comes two days before elections in…
The Independent National Electoral Commission {INEC} has insisted that it will not remove Imo state Resident Electoral Commissioner {REC} Oyekanmi, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, said there is no reason to remove the REC, adding that complaints against Agu were based on suspicion. He said, “We don’t have any reason…
Ahead of this weekend’s governorship election in Kogi state, eighteen political parties have signed a peace accord. Some of the parties include the All Progressives Congress (APC), the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the Labour Party (LP), and the Action Alliance (AA). Others include the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP), the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that over one hundred and thirty seven thousand polling agents have been registered for the November 11, 2023 governorship poll in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states. In a list of polling and collation agents released on Tuesday, INEC said at the close of the deadline for uploading…
With just five days to go before the November 11, 2023 election and in compliance with an Appeal Court judgment, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has added the name of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timipre Sylva, to the final list of candidates for the poll in Bayelsa state INEC, in…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has been urged to conduct a free,, fair and credible election in Imo state. A Coalition of Civil Society Groups which made the call, said by conducting credible polls, INEC will help end the ongoing bloodletting and violence in Imo State The group also tasked the commission to guard against…
With days to the November 11, 2023 off-season governorship polls in Kogi, Bayelsa, and Imo states, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured Nigerians that polling unit results will be uploaded real-time on the Result Viewing Portal (IReV). INEC’s Acting Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Mary Nkem, stated this in Abuja on Sunday…
