Tag: INEC
Ignore fake news, no date has been fixed for resumption of CVR – INEC tells Nigerians
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged Nigerians to ignore fake news making the rounds that it would resume its Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) on Monday. The commission, in a flyer titled “Fake News Alert” on its social media page on Sunday, said no date had been fixed for such exercise. “INEC wishes to ...INEC chief to NASS: Conclude Electoral Act amendment by first quarter of 2021
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has urged the National Assembly to use a bipartisan approach in amending the Electoral Act to help improve conduct of elections in the country. Yakubu made the call at the inauguration of the Joint Technical Committee on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill on Friday in Abuja. ...University of Ibadan, in court, clears Obaseki of certificate forgery
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo opened his defence on Tuesday at the Federal High Court Abuja, calling two witnesses one of whom was the Deputy Registrar, Legal, University of Ibadan, Mr Abayomi Ajayi. Ajayi told the court that the fact that some parts of Obaseki’s original degree certificate were missing in the photocopy he attached ...APC witnesses insist Obaseki forged his degree certificate; Gov. opens defence Tuesday
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo will on Jan. 5, open his defence at the Federal High Court, Abuja, in the ongoing alleged certificate forgery suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) against him. The trial judge, Justice Ahmed Mohammed, adjourned the matter on Monday for Obaseki to open his defence on Jan. 5, after ...Diaspora council describes voting Bill in NASS is History in the Making
The Nigeria Diaspora Voting Council (NDVC), on Wednesday, in Abuja, described as history in the making the Second Reading and passage of the Nigeria Diaspora Voting Bill at the National Assembly. Mr. Tolu Oluwatuyi, the council’s secretary, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) while speaking on the Bill, which ...Seriake Dickson, others take oath of allegiance as members of the 9th Senate
The Senate has administered oath of allegiance on four new senators as members of the 9th Senate, following their victory at the Dec. 5 bye- election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC). The new senators included Seriake Dickson (PDP-Bayelsa), Cleopas Moses (PDP-Bayelsa), Tokunbo Abiru (APC-Lagos) and Nora Daduut (APC-Plateau). The oath of allegiance was ...Mahmood Yakubu sworn in as INEC Chairman for a second term
Professor Mahmood Yakubu was on Wednesday sworn in for a second term as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and believes the country’s elections are getting better. “We have clearly demonstrated in recent elections that elections are getting better and better and elections will continue to get better and better,” he said ...Bye election: APC Imo North candidate was disqualified, revisit your pronouncement – Protesting youths tell INEC
The Coalition of Okigwe Youths, a political pressure group, barricaded the entrance to the offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Owerri, in protest against the outcome of the Dec. 5 Imo North senatorial by-election. Members of the group were seen in a peaceful protest in front of INEC offices on Tuesday, displaying ...Dickson wins Bayelsa West senatorial bye-election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mr. Seriake Dickson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of Dec. 5, Bayelsa West senatorial by-election. INEC Returning Officer Prof. Okechukwu Okeke, of the Federal University Otuoke, (FUO) said that Dickson polled 115,257 votes to defeat his closest rival, Mr. Peremobowei Ebebi of All Progressives ...Bye-election: Plateau State gets first female senator, Dadu’ut
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has congratulated Prof. Nora Dadu’ut over her victory in the senatorial by-election for the southern zone of the state held on Dec. 5. This is contained in a congratulatory message by the governor’s Director of Press and Public Affairs (DOPA), Dr Makut Macham, issued on Sunday in Jos. Dadu’ut, who ...
