Though the final results are yet to be released by the electoral umpire, indications emerged that APC presidential candidate defeated President Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP...
Issues with the smart card reader, delay in arrival of INEC staff and materials including violence in some parts of the country were among things that...
INEC has directed its officials involved in the elections to resort to manual authentication in accreditation of voters for the elections. This adjustment to its guidelines...
A man identified as Ozemena Odeta who allegedly snatched about 300 Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) from INEC staff has been arrested while distributing the cards to...
INEC on Friday announced the postponement the House of Representatives election in Jigawa State. Head of Voter Education and Publicity of the commission in Dutse, Alhaji...
There was fear and pandemonium, at the WTC School 1, polling unit in Enugu state, as an explosive device inside a car parked in the premises...
The INEC card reader called to question the viability of the tool for a successful election, as the ones deployed to the polling booth where President...
Justice Ademola Adeniyi, of the Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected an application to stop INEC from using the Smart Card Reader Machines for the...
The 2015 general elections beginning today, March 28, represent a major watershed in the nation’s history. Perhaps, for the first time in our democratic journey the...
NATIONAL BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, GCFR ON THE 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2015 Dear Compatriots, 1. As we prepare to go to...
The Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, again reechoed his earlier stance, that voters were not banned from monitoring the elections, after casting their votes, but that...
President Goodluck Jonathan has again reiterated that any talk that his government is planning for an Interim National Government (ING) is treasonable, and that government will...
Any governor or top politician, who tries to get in the good books of any Resident Electoral Commissioner (RECs) will have another thing coming, as the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega has restated that next week’s elections will hold as scheduled. This is even as the electoral...
I have often argued that the entire Nigerian political machinery that bears the name “government” is little more than an arrangement to enable a few individuals...
Elections may not hold in north east areas liberated from the Boko Haram insurgents by the military as government structures still need to be restored for...
President Goodluck Jonathan; Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, and heads of the nation’s security agencies are presently in a crucial meeting...
Less than two weeks to the presidential and National Assembly elections, agitations to have Professor Attahiru Jega removed as chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated that the fire incident at the warehouse of its electoral institute will not affect the conduct of the...
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said the level of the Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, distributed to voters so far had reached 81.22 percent. It said...
Former military Head of State, Gen Ibrahim Babangida (retd) has denied that there are any plan for an interim government or that he has a role...
It was a bag of mixed reaction that trailed the exercise embarked upon by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to test run the Card Readers...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the collection deadline for Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) across the country by additional two weeks from March 8...
The Young Democratic Party has stated that it would only wave its insistence on contesting the elections, if the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) assured that...
Critics who have continuously insisted that there is a plot to scuttle the forthcoming elections may not be far from the truth, as a Federal High...
Fifteen political parties and five presidential aspirants have expressed doubts in the ability of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct credible, free and fair...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will this Saturday conduct a mock examination for voters in some parts of the country by embarking on a test...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has questioned the rational and reasons for what it said was the false alarms and uncontrolled nervousness regarding chairman of the...
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Muhammadu Buhari has more troubles to contend with concerning the issue of his school certificate and its authenticity,...
Minister of Culture and Tourism and the Supervising Minister of Information, Chief Edem Duke, has debunked a rumour making rounds that the presidency is planning to...
The Nigerian military took delivery of two Boeing 747 jets fully loaded with ammunition that arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Wednesday evening. The...
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says there is a need to investigate the audio file which purportedly captured some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders giving orders...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected a motion to summon the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, over the postponement of...
The Senate Tuesday summoned the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega to appear before it, Wednesday, February 18, to among other...
The recent postponement of the 2015 general elections by the Independent National Electric Commission (INEC) is threatening the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) by...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, and President Goodkuck Jonathan on Saturday took each other on, trading words over the postponement of the general elections, and allegations of...
A group in Lagos State, Greater Lagos Alliance, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to disqualify governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress...
President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Nigerians to clearly differentiate between a thief and a corrupt official, noting that thieves are often referred to in the country...
Following the shift in election dates, the United Nations (UN) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have both impressed on the Independent National...
ABUJA — President Goodluck Jonathan has assured Nigerians that the May 29 handover date remains sacrosanct as it is the terminal date of his first term...
It is becoming increasingly obvious that chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Attahiru Jega is likely to be replaced before the commencement of...
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muhammadu Buhari, has called on all Nigerians to remain calm following Saturday’s postponement of the general elections...
After weeks of anxiety, allegation, and counter-allegation, the Independent National Electoral Commission emerged from consultative meetings with stakeholders yesterday in Abuja with a decision to postpone...
ABUJA — Barely 24 hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission,INEC, told the nation that it was ready for the February 14, 2015 presidential election, the...
ABUJA — The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday, reiterated its readiness for the forthcoming general elections even as strong pressures were brought on its National...
ABUJA—THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidate for Ado/Opoku/Ogbadibo Federal Constituency in Benue State, Christian Adabah Abah, as winner...
The Governor of Adamawa State, Mr. James Ngilari, has begged the Independent National Electoral Commission not to hold elections in his state in February. He asked...