The National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Shehu Gabam, has called for true independence of INEC, to add credibility to Nigeria’s elections. Gabam said this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja. He appealed to the executive, judiciary and legislature to act within the law to boost the electoral processes in the country. According…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says it will conduct re-runs and by-elections simultaneously in nine states of the federation on Saturday, February 3, 2024. It said these vacancies were declared by the presiding officers of the National Assembly—the Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives—and speakers of state houses of assembly. INEC…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it will conduct reruns and bye-elections across the country in February 2024 to fill existing vacancies in the state and federal legislatures. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this at a meeting with leaders of political parties in Abuja on Monday ahead of the elections. Re-run elections…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday, inaugurated nine out of the ten Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) that were recently appointed by the president and cleared by the National Assembly. Ekweanaedo News recalls that President Bola Tinubu on the 1st of November, had requested the Senate to confirm the nomination of recently-appointed RECs. Tinubu…
Some unidentified Gunmen in the early hours of Friday, December 1, 2023, attacked the residence of the Kogi state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Lokoja. The armed men according to the chief press secretary to the INEC chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, engaged the security personnel in a gun battle for over 30 minutes until reinforcement arrived….
The Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Imo State, Senator Athan Achonu, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of frustrating his legal team’s efforts at inspecting the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and other electoral materials used for the conduct of the November 11 governorship election in the state despite getting a court…
…..Says Parties yet to agree on inspection modalities The Labour Party (LP) in Imo, on Tuesday, said it was not involved in the inspection of election materials conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Imo. INEC displayed the materials for inspection in its headquarters in Owerri on Tuesday. The materials were displayed in…
The Senate Committee on Electoral Matters has said that it will make it mandatory for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to upload election results online. The committee chairman, Senator Sharafadeen Alli, told newsmen that the current law does not make it mandatory for INEC to upload results, but that the committee is working on…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented Certificates of return to the Governor-Elect of Kogi State, Usman Ododo and his running mate, Joel Salifu. The certificates of return were presented at the INEC headquarters in Lokoja, the state capital, on Friday amid jubilation by a mammoth crowd of party supporters. Presenting the Certificates, the Kogi State…
At last a winner has emerged in the Kogi state governorship election. He is Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The State Returning Officer, Prof Johnson Urama, who is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, announced Ododo as the winner at 10:23pm on Sunday. “Ahmed Usman Ododo of APC,…
