Elsewhere; the Independent National Electoral Commission has recruited more than seventeen thousand support staff for the governorship election in Ondo State on October 10. INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, FESTUS OKOYE, said fifteen thousand of the support staff are members of the National Youth Service Corp. OKOYE, who made…
The All Progressives Congress in Edo State continues to face criticism over its allegations against Akwa Ibom State Resident Electoral Commissioner, MIKE IGINI. The Edo APC had alleged that IGINI was conniving with the PDP and Governor GODWIN OBASEKI to rig the governorship election on September 19, 2020, in favour of the rival party. The Northern Youth…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has added a new Resident Electoral Commissioner. He is RAHMON ADENIRAN TELLA from Osun State, and he has just been sworn-in at the INEC headquarters in Abuja. RAHMON ADENIRAN TELLA is expected to resume as the Resident Electoral Commissioner for Ekiti State.
INEC CONFIRMS 1,478,460 VOTERS FOR ONDO STATE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION Close to one point five million voters are expected to take part in the Ondo State governorship election on October 10. They are those who have collected their permanent voter cards, out of one million, eight hundred and twenty-two thousand, three hundred and forty-five registered voters. This was…
The Bayelsa State Governorship Election Tribunal has nullified the victory of Governor DOUYE DIRI of the People’s Democratic Party in November last year. The Tribunal also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct a fresh governorship election in the state within ninety days. The judgment read by Justice YUNUSA MUSA was based on a petition…
The Independent National Electoral Commission now has a new Director of Voter Education and Publicity, in the person of NICK DAZANG. DAZANG replaces OLUWOLE OSAZE-UZZI, who is currently on working leave, ahead of his retirement in October. Also new in INEC’s Voter Education and Publicity Department is ANDY EZEANI who takes charge as Director of Publicity. Meanwhile;…