As a Follow-up on its report and advisory on election-related violence in the forthcoming general elections, the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, said it has taken several verifying, fact checking and advocacy visits to some states, to mitigate the “worrisome trend of violence” ahead of the polls at a briefing in Abuja on Thursday. The…
U.S Restates Support For INEC
The United States of America, USA has reiterated its support for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and its effort to deliver free, fair, and credible elections, a statement from the information office of the US Embassy in Abuja has said. The US has also said it will continue to support INEC in its essential…
Parties Sue INEC Over Electronic Card Readers
Besides the delay in the collection of the Permanent Voters Cards PVC, and insecurity the emerging headache of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC is the debate over the legality of the use of electronic card readers. Meanwhile, a Federal High Court in Abuja has refused an application filed by four political parties seeking to restrain…
INEC Records 63 Per Cent PVC Collection in Ogun
Timothy Ibitoye, Ogun State resident electoral commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Monday, March 2, corrected conflicting figures as far as Personal Voters Card, PVC, is concerned in Ogun State. Ibitoye said the actual number of registered voters are 1, 795, 794, while the PVC received so far from the National Headquarters…
NURTW President Warns Members Against Violence
Najeem Yasin, president of National Union of Road Transport Workers NURTW, has warned members of the union to refuse monetary inducement from politicians who might want to lure them into politically motivated violence. Yasin reminded members that the union has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on the movement…
INEC Defends Use of Card Readers
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has defended the effectiveness and reliability of electronic card readers it plans to use for the forthcoming 2015 general elections. Attahiru Jega, Chairman of the Commission stated this while addressing the Senate today. He said a mock test conducted on the card readers which will be used in all…
2015 Polls: Jega to Appear Before Senate
Attahiru Jega, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC is to appear before the Senate today in order to brief Senators on the Commission’s readiness for the forthcoming March 28 and April 11 elections. Victor Ndoma-Egba, Senate Leader, moved a motion to summon Jega during the plenary session on Tuesday, the senators first meeting…
How Jega Was Rescued
There were people who were of the opinion that if the first leg of the general elections held last Saturday February 14, as originally scheduled; there would be a lot of controversy in the air this week. The election did not hold, but the noise about why the timetable needed readjustment did not subside. Attahiru…
PDP Distributes Branded Phones At Rallies
With the recent decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to shift elections date by six weeks, Nigerian politicians seem to have upped the ante of their campaign strategy by introducing more items branded with their party logos. Prior to this time, there have been branded shirts, shoes, caps, and even bags of rice.…
Sambo’s Challenge to Jega
“Who do these toughs represent? They don’t represent the so-called South-south because there is no such political division in Nigeria known to law,” one Bini chief wondered while laughing away Asari Dokubo, Tompolo and co’s threats. They threatened to sink Nigeria if President Goodluck Jonathan is rejected at the polls. Their bravado does not bother…
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