Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
Coronavirus: INEC postpones bye-elections in Bayelsa, Imo, Plateau
Gbeleyi Abayomi The damaging effect of the dreaded corona virus has continued unabted as Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the postponement of bye-elections for senatorial districts in Bayelsa, Imo, and Plateau states. In a statement issued by INEC, the affected locations in Bayelsa are Bayelsa Central and Bayelsa West which their seats in …
2023 and Tinubu’s rumoured interest
By Abiodun KOMOLAFE Rumours are rumours! But, if, indeed, there is any substance or element of truth in the rumoured presidential ambition of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, then, he will have to take some serious steps for it to become a reality. Charity, they say, begins at home! For him to be sellable to the majority …
Supreme court ruling dashed bayelsans hope.
An apparently aggrieved David Lyon, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November election in Bayelsa state, in a statement the supreme court ruling on the exercise may be seen as judgement without justice. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared him winner of the election but the apex court sacked …
Nigerians back INEC, support deregistration of political parties
Over 8,000 Nigerians who participated in an online poll have supported the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister 74 political parties. The INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, announced the deregistration on February 6. The latest act by the electoral umpire was welcomed with mixed feelings. While many applauded INEC’s decision saying it …
Why Supreme Court sacked Bayelsa APC Governor-Elect, David Lyon
Gbeleyi Abayomi Less than 24 hrs to the swearing of David Lyon as the executive governor of bayelsa, The Supreme Court, on Thursday, has annulled his election. A five-member panel of the apex court led by Justice Mary Odili nullified the election of Mr Lyon on the grounds that his deputy, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo, presented false …
INEC fixes March 14 for four bye-elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed March 14 for the bye-election in Babura/Garki Federal Constituency of Jigawa State. INEC‘s national commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, disclosed this on Wednesday via a statement. This means four bye-elections will now hold on February 14. The commission earlier last week announced the same …
PDP wins Kaduna Assembly seat
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced Mrs Comfort Amwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of the rerun election for Sanga constituency seat in the Kaduna State House of Assembly. The Returning Officer, Salihu Kargi of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria who announced the results in Gwantu on Sunday, said Amwe polled …
ANALYSIS: Okorocha’s failed succession plan and Uzodinma’s victory in Imo politics
In one moment, it seemed it was all over for him, and then, suddenly, he is the one with the last laugh. That is the story of Hope Uzodinma, who has just been declared the validly elected governor of Imo State, South-East Nigeria, by the nation’s Supreme Court, thereby making Emeka Ihedioha, become the first …
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY GRANTS FULL AUTONOMY TO THE 774 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OF NIGERIA
…..AS INEC IS NOW TO CONDUCT LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS… The National Assembly on Tuesday, granted full financial and administrative autonomy to all the 774 local council authorities across Nigeria by amending section 124 of the nation’s constitution. The section provides a consequential provision for the making of the local councils, a full third tier government …
Kogi Poll: Let’s meet in court, Gov Bello tells PDP, others
The re-elected Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has expressed his readiness and that of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) to meet any of his opponents in court over the result of the November 16 governorship election in the state. The governor stated this when he fielded questions from State House Correspondents after …
