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Labour Party asks INEC to remove Imo REC, demands free, fair governorship election

Dailyblast — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 18:42:05 +0000

Ahead of the Imo State governorship election in November, Labour Party supporters staged a peaceful protest on Friday to demand a credible, free, and fair election in the state and the replacement of the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC). The protesters carried banners and placards, chanting songs at the entrance of the state office of the [...]

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BVAS must be used for accreditation, transmission of results in Bayelsa election – INEC

Dailyblast — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 10:06:59 +0000

INEC on Thursday restated that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) would be deployed for voter accreditation and transmission of results on the November 11 governorship poll in Bayelsa. Resident electoral commissioner Obo Effanga gave the assurance at a news conference at the INEC office in Yenagoa. Mr Effanga said almost all the non-sensitive materials [...]

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Anambra election: INEC denies mass resignation of ad-hoc officials

Dailyblast — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 13:19:12 +0000

The Independent National Electoral Commission says it has adequate manpower for the conduct of November 6 governorship election in Anambra. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Anambra State, Nwachukwu Orji, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Awka. Orji, who was reacting to viral media report that hundreds of [...]

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INEC uncovers over 60,000 double voter registration in Anambra State

Dailyblast — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 19:01:02 +0000

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that about 62,698 cases of double voter registration were discovered in Anambra State. The INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, stated this in Abuja on Friday at an emergency meeting with political parties. Yakubu said the meeting was necessary in order to brief the parties on the commission’s [...]

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Anambra Guber: INEC drops Soludo, Ozigbo. Full list of candidates

Dailyblast — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 15:17:10 +0000

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has omitted former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Charles Soludo as well as Mr Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the candidates’ list for the Anambra Governorship poll. Nigeria’s electoral body released the list of candidates for the November 6 poll on Friday It instead [...]

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Lauretta Onochie anywhere near INEC would pollute the commission – PDP

Dailyblast — Fri, 09 Jul 2021 05:05:02 +0000

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie, to stop denying her members of the All Progressive Congress APC. Lauretta who has been nominated by President Buhari to become a Commissioner in INEC, denied being a member of the ruling party three times during her screening at the Senate Committee on INEC held [...]

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Ubani petitions NASS over Lauretta Onochie’s INEC REC

Dailyblast — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 12:07:56 +0000

By Henry Ojelu The Chairman of Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law, NBA/SPIDEL, Dr. Monday Ubani has petitioned the Senate Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, over the nomination of President Muhammadu Buhari’s special adviser on social media, Lauretta Onochie as INEC Commissioner. In the petition addressed to the Chairman, [...]

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INEC headquarters in Enugu attacked, vehicles set ablaze

Dailyblast — Mon, 17 May 2021 07:47:06 +0000

Barely 48 hours after an office of the Independent National Electoral Commission was razed in Udenu Local Government of Enugu State, the state headquarters of the commission on Sunday night also went up in flames with some official vehicles destroyed as well. It was learnt that hoodlums numbering about seven in a Mini-Bus stormed the [...]

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INEC office in Akwa Ibom set ablaze

Dailyblast — Sun, 02 May 2021 13:48:20 +0000

The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that its office in Essien Udim Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom State has been set ablaze. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye Esq. More details to follow…

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