Tag: INEC
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INEC fixes date for party primaries ahead of Ondo, Edo guber polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed date for party primaries and nomination of candidates for the Edo and Ondo governorship elections slated for September 19 and October 10 respectively. The party primaries for Edo state will hold from 2nd to 27th June, while that of Ondo State will hold from 2nd to 25th…
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INEC fixes date for Ondo, Edo governorship elections
Deregisters 74 Political Parties INEC-boxThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed September 19, 2020 for Edo Governorship Election and October 10, 2020 for Ondo Governorship election. INEC announced this on Thursday through a tweet by Rotimi Oyekanmi, Media Adviser and Chief Press Secretary to the commission’s chairman, Yakubu Mahmood. According to Oyekanmi, the commission…
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EFCC Recovers N65m From INEC Office In Zamfara
Operatives of the Economic and Finacial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Sokoto zonal office on Wednesday recovered money to the tune of N65,548,000 (Sixty-five Million, Five Hundred and Forty-eight Thousand Naira) from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Zamfara State. The monies which comprise of 81 bundles of N1000 notes, 97 bundle of N500 notes and…
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Breaking: Appeal Court Dismisses Case Against Tofowomo, INEC Over Rerun Election
The Court of Appeal, Monday in Akure, dismissed the petition of the United People’s Congress Party (UPCP) filed to nullify the victory of Senator Nicholas Tofowomo, representing the Senatorial District of Ondo South at the Senate. The UPCP filed an appeal having dissatisfied with the judgment of the Federal High Court in Akure, on July…
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INEC to publish names, particulars of candidates for Kogi, Bayelsa polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is to publish names of candidates and their particulars for Kogi and Bayelsa governorship elections today, The Nation gathered on Thursday. Fifty-two parties submitted lists of nominated candidates for Bayelsa State, while 49 parties submitted for Kogi. INEC monitored 64 primaries in Bayelsa and 59 in Kogi. The publication…
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I got presidential results from website, says Atiku’s witness
A petitioners’ witness, who claimed to be an ICT expert from Kenya, David Ayu Nyango Njoga has said the results of the last presidential election were stored in a server allegedly operated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Njoga said he only got the report, which he later analysed, from a third party website…
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Breaking: Court Strikes Out AA Candidate’s Case Against Tofowomo, INEC Over Rerun Election In Ondo
A Federal High Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State Capital, has dismissed the application filed by the Candidate of Action Alliance (AA), Mr. Olatunji Felder, seeking to nullify the victory of Senator Nicholas Tofowomo, representing Ondo South Senatorial District at the National Assembly. The court also awarded the sum of N200,000 cost against Felder, candidate…
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Atiku vs Buhari: Omokri claims to possess ‘damning’ proofs INEC had election server
Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has claimed that he is currently in possession of incontrovertible document that showed that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) deployed the use of computer server for electronic transmission of the 2019 election results. Recall that INEC had stated before the presidential elections petitions tribunal that…
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INEC, Buhari, APC seek suspension of tribunal’s proceedings, complain of ambush by Atiku
Respondents to the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have called for the “suspension” of proceedings of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, on Thursday (today). Thursday was scheduled for the commencement of trial, when the petitioners challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory at the February 23 election, were…
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INEC Under Pressure To Tamper With Election Materials – PDP Alleges
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) In Kaduna State on Sunday alleged that, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was under pressure to tamper with election materials in the March 9th, 2019 governorship elections in the state. The allegation was contained in a statement by the party’s Publicity Secretary in Kaduna State, Abraham Alberah Catoh. According…