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
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,…
Read MoreWike Drags Atiku, Tambuwal, PDP, INEC To Court Over Presidential Primary
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,…
Read MoreHow Hoodlums Set INEC Office Ablaze, Burnt 345 Ballot Boxes, 135 Cubicles
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…
Read MoreBuhari, Osinbajo’s Successors emerge in 660 days – INEC
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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