Tag: INEC

Tompolo Talks Tough As Protesters Attack 28,000bpd Facility

Ganiyu Amodu

Angry Itsekiri protesters, on Wednesday, shut down a 28,000 barrels-per-day oil facility in Ugborodo Community, Warri South-West Local Government Area. The action was in protest against what the youths described as a biased ward delineation report released by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The protesters accused INEC and its “collaborators” of orchestrating an ethnic cleansing agenda aimed at marginalising the Itsekiri people. They also warned that any attempt to use the pipeline surveillance contract awarded to High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, would be resisted if perceived to…

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‘Dead End,’ INEC Trashes Petition To Recall Natasha + REASON

Ganiyu Amodu

The Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC) has dropped the recall petition against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan because it has not met the requirement of Section 69(a) of the Constitution. “Therefore, no further action shall be taken on the recall of the Senator,” INEC said in a statement entitled: “OUTCOME OF THE REVIEW OF SIGNATURES/THUMBPRINTS OF THE PETITIONERS FOR THE RECALL OF THE SENATOR REPRESENTING KOGI CENTRAL SENATORIAL DISTRICT”. The statement signed by Sam Olumekun, national commissioner and chairman, Information & Voter Education Committee Thursday, April 3, reads: “The Commission held…

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INEC Commissioner Slumps, Dies

Ganiyu Amodu

Olaniyi Ijalaye, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Ogun State, is dead. The Ogun REC was said to have slumped and died in Abuja on Monday evening after he attended a meeting with other RECs at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters. Ijalaye had returned to his hotel room, when the tragic incident occurred. The meeting, according to Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of INEC, focused on two off-cycle governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States, and seven vacant positions in the National and State Assemblies. READ ALSO NNPCL Declares ₦3.3Trn…

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N10m or Jail Terms: INEC, EFCC Bicker On Electoral Offences Commission Bill

Abibat Babalola

Why our position on the bill is the best, INEC’s Professor Yakubu. No, the EFCC’s view should be considered, Abdulrasheed Bawa. On the bill, here are what to know about the chairmen and their mien   Chairmen of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and his Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have expressed divergent views on a bill seeking to establish the electoral offences commission. While INEC emphasized the need for the establishment of the proposed commission, the EFCC kicked against it. READ ALSO: Atiku Camp Unsettled As Tinubu, Wike,…

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Wike Drags Atiku, Tambuwal, PDP, INEC To Court Over Presidential Primary

Precious Ibekwe

Platforms Africa reports that informations about this suit became known less than 24 hours after the Rivers state Governor described himself as Mr. Trouble   The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the build up to the 2023 presidential election has Degenerated as  Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has gone to Court. Platforms Africa reports that this suit became known less than 24 hours after Governor Wike described himself as Trouble. Wike, who lost the presidential ticket to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has sued Atiku, PDP,…

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How Hoodlums Set INEC Office Ablaze, Burnt 345 Ballot Boxes, 135 Cubicles

Precious Ibekwe

  Without any election going on, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Local Government Office in Essien Udim Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom State, Southsouth Nigeria, was on Sunday set on fire. This ugly news was disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Barr. Festus Okoye. The statement said the security guard at the INEC office escaped unhurt, adding that the building and properties were destroyed. INEC, however, revealed that an investigation by the police into the incident has commenced. The statement…

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Buhari, Osinbajo’s Successors emerge in 660 days – INEC

Aliyu Aliyu

  Here are reasons the Nigeria’s election umpire, INEC, fixes February 18 for 2023 General elections The Successors for the Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and vice President Yemi Osinbajo are billed to emerge in the next 660 days. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, which disclosed this, added that the 2023 general election would hold on February 18, 2023. Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmud Yakubu disclosed this Wednesday in a keynote address at a public hearing on a Bill for an Act to establish National Electoral Offences Commission organised by the Senate Committee on…

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