politics

The United States Government has applauded the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the successful completion of the Anambra State Governorship Election. A statement issued by the US Mission in Nigeria stated that the result of the poll reflected the will of the people. The statement, which noted that the tremendous challenges faced by INEC and security agencies, commended the efforts that led to the success of the election. It, […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission has said the governorship election in Anambra state is a taste of resilience to our democracy. This was disclosed by the supervising national commissioner voter education, Festus Okoye, at a stakeholders meeting in Akwa the state capital. Also speaking INEC chairman Mahmood Yakubu reveals that out of the 5720 polling units in the state, 86 polling units have no voters. Meanwhile the inspector general of […]

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu is in Akwa, the Anambra State capital to finalize preparation for the forthcoming Governorship election in the State. Yakubu immediately met with members of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security, ICCES, Anambra State chapter, to discuss the security situation with regard to the election taking place on Saturday 6th November, 2021.

The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that the number of fresh registrants in the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration has hit 3million. This is contained in the CVR weekly update released yesterday. The breakdown of the pre-registration statistics shows that Osun State has the highest number of online registrants followed by Delta State and Bayelsa State. The update also indicated that 575,380 of the registrants registered online, while 934,609 […]

The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, has said that the commission is ready for the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State. Yakubu disclosed this yesterday in Abuja at a meeting with the Joint National Assembly Committee INEC and Electoral Matters to engage with the commission over the forthcoming election in Anambra. He revealed that the commission has recovered from the series of attacks on its facilities, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Nigerian Armed Forces and law enforcement agencies to ensure that no group or individual is allowed to stimulate anarchy and chaos in Anambra State ahead of the governorship election scheduled for November 6. The National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, disclosed this after a security meeting presided by President Buhari at the State House on Thursday. According to the President, peace must be maintained in […]

The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, says it has screened 33 candidates seeking election into the office of the National Chairman and other various positions in the party’s National Convention. The aspirants were examined on Wednesday by the screening committee led by a former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, Mohammed Adoke in Abuja. According to Adoke, the committee finished the exercise within a day to enable enough […]

Ebonyi State Government says that the law on legislative and Judiciary autonomy recently passed by the State House of Assembly will strengthen the workings of government. This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Uchenna Orji during an interview with newsmen on Wednesday in Abakaliki, the state capital. Orji noted that the law is an Executive Bill that was conceptualized by the Executive Council and sent to the […]

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has described the decision by the National Assembly to allow the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to determine the use of electronic voting and transfer of results as a good development. A statement issued yesterday by his Spokesman, Kelvin Ebiri revealed that a lot of countries have moved above manual transmission of results. The statement commended the senators for their action which is good for […]