As Kenya is moving closer on Monday to knowing the outcome of its closely-fought presidential election after days of anxious waiting, a former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, has highlighted what he described as “urgent lessons” that the Independent National Electoral Commission must learn from the Kenya polls. Monday morning, Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto...
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INEC Refuses To Pay 630 Workers Allowances Over Missing Equipment
The Independent National Electoral Commission has refused to pay the allowances of 630 ad-hoc workers, who participated in the November 6, 2021 Anambra governorship election for failure to return the commission’s devices and other materials. This was revealed by Resident Electoral Commissioner of Anambra, Dr Nwachukwu Orji, during a press briefing on Tuesday in Awka,...
2023: E-transfer will eliminate ‘Greek votes’ says TMG
Electronic transfer of election results will eliminate ‘Greek votes’ in the 2023 general elections in Nigeria, the Delta State Coordinator of Transition Monitoring Group, Edewor Egedegbe, has said. Egedegbe said the electronic transfer of election results would ensure that thw votes of the people count. “With the new Electoral Act, particularly the electronic transmission of...
Avoid using makeup on election day, INEC tells Anambra women
The Independent National Electoral Commission has advised female voters in Anambra to avoid using makeup during the November 6 governorship election in the state. The commission said the advice becomes necessary because of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System the agency would deploy to capture voters’ faces during the poll. The INEC State Deputy Director, Gender...
Postpone Anambra election if insecurity persists, PDP tells INEC
THE Peoples Democratic Party has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to consider postponing the governorship election in Anambra State if the increasing level of insecurity in the state cannot be contained. The state Secretary of the party, Mr Chukwuebuka Okoli-Akirika, who made this call while speaking in a telephone interview with UGAMATV on...
Banditry, kidnapping posing threat to Anambra, 2023 elections, INEC raises fresh alarm
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has raised fresh alarms over the security threat from the activities of banditry and kidnapping in the country confronting the conduct of free, fair and credible elections. National Commissioner and Chairman Board of Electoral Institute (BEI), Mallam Mohammed Kudu Haruna, raised the alarm in his opening remarks at the Annual Prof...
Online CVR: INEC vows to prosecute hackers
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will not hesitate to prosecute anyone who tries to hack its website in the cause of the online Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). Dr. Emmanuel Hart, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Cross River said this on Tuesday in Calabar while speaking to newsmen after day one of...
APGA replies INEC, says Anambra governorship primary holds today
THE Chief Victor Oye-led faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance has said the planned Anambra State Governorship primary will go ahead today (Wednesday) as scheduled. This was contained in a statement titled, ‘Anambra State Governorship Primary Holds June 23, Unfailingly,’ signed by the National Publicity Secretary of APGA, Tex Okechukwu, in Abuja, on Tuesday....
INEC introduces portal for voters e-registration
The Independent National Electoral Commission, in its bid to resume the Continuous Voter Education next week, has introduced an online portal for registration. The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, made this known while briefing the press on Monday in Abuja. In an statement released on Tuesday titled “Continuous Voter Registration: Media professionals, INEC agree to sensitise...
APC holds primaries 26th June as INeC fixes nov. 8th for ANAMBRA polls
The All Progressives Congress(APC) says it will hold its primary election for Anambra governorship election on June 26. The party’s Director of Organisation, Prof. Al-Mustapha Medaner, disclosed this in a schedule of activities for the election released on Thursday in Abuja. Medaner said that the party would start the sales of expression of interest and...