APC’s Ododo in early lead as INEC collates results in Kogi governorship election
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Usman Ahmed Ododo, is presently in early lead in results of 18 local government areas declared so […]
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Protests break out in Bayelsa over election results
A massive protest is going on at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over allegedly concocted election results from Nembe Bassambiri. Top […]
‘Save this election by canceling fake results in these LGAs’ – CSOs appeals to INEC boss
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman has been urgently urged to step in following yesterday’s governorship election by the Bayelsa Civil Society Forum, a collective voice representing a number of civil society organizations in the state. Unsettling rumors of purported anomalies and the submission of forged results from certain polling locations in the local government areas of Nembe, Brass, and Southern Ijaw have surfaced. The Bayelsa Civil Society Forum, in a statement issued in Yenagoa and signed by Comrade Mike Koripamo condemns in the strongest terms any […]
Kogi: Why INEC suspended elections in 9 wards
Along with poor voter turnout throughout the state, Imo State saw violent ballot box snatching during the gubernatorial election by thugs thought to be employed by the state’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). There were also some complaints of vote-buying by the APC. At Uzuna Umu Ward 1, booth 008 at Mgbidi in Oru West Local Government […]
Bayelsa, Kogi, Imo: Identify, arrest sponsors of electoral offences – SERAP tells INEC
Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has been urged by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) “to promptly establish a joint, credible, transparent, effective, and broad-based investigation into allegations of electoral bribery and violence in the off-cycle governorship elections in Kogi, Imo, and Bayelsa states.” SERAP urged him to “identify, arrest, name and shame suspected perpetrators and their sponsors of these grave human rights crimes, and ensure their effective […]
Mayhem erupts as INEC begins collation in Imo
A fight has broken out at Umuodu Community Primary School, Ezinihitte Mbieri, in Mbaitoli local government area of Imo state, as politicians carted away electoral […]
#Imodecides2023: I’ll win because I’ve never lost election – PDP candidate, Anyanwu brags
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), governorship candidate in Imo State, Samuel Anyanwu, has expressed confidence in winning the poll. Anyanwu spoke after casting his vote […]
#KogiDecides2023: What INEC told YIAGA Africa on ‘report of pre-filled result sheets’
The Independent National Electoral Commission, on Saturday, responded to a report of alleged pre-filled result sheets from a civil society organisation, Yiaga Africa, in the governorship election […]
Breaking: ‘We received report of pre-filled results sheet’ – YIAGA Africa Raises Alarm, calls out INEC over forged election results in Kogi
A civil society organisation, YIAGA Africa, has raised the alarm over the discovery of election results from a polling unit in Kogi that was forged […]
Off-cycle election: INEC officials arrive Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi polling units
Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have arrived at polling units in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states for the conduct of the governorship […]
Guber 2023: Seven steps to voting in Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi polls today
Governorship elections have been scheduled in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi states for November 11. On election day, voting will take place between 8:30 am and […]
Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi guber: INEC boss, Yakubu provides fresh update on readiness
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Yakubu Mahmoud, has provided a fresh update on how far the commission has prepared for […]
Kogi guber: Political parties sign peace treaty ahead of poll [photos]
Stakeholders and political parties in Kogi State signed a peace accord ahead of the November 11th governorship election in the state. The peace accord seeks […]
Off-season polls: ‘Electronic collation is illegal in Nigeria’ – INEC, police insist, warn NLC
The Independent National Electoral Commission has maintained that Nigerian law prohibits the electronic compilation of results. The commission made this statement in light of the anticipation that the results of the off-cycle governorship elections in the states of Imo, Kogi, and Bayelsa on Saturday will be sent electronically. The Chief Press Secretary to the INEC chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, made the clarification to one of our correspondents on Wednesday, as the police […]
137,973 polling and collation agents set to participate in Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi guber polls – INEC confirms
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said a total of 137,973 polling and collation agents registered to participate in the November 11, 2023 governorship poll […]