By Our Correspondent The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Enugu dismissed the petition by Sen. Chimaroke Nnamani of PDP, challenging the victory of Sen. Kelvin Chukwu of the Labour Party (LP), Justice Nusirat I. Umar, leading the three-member panel, held that Chukwu, who replaced his brother Oyibo, was duly elected to represent Enugu […]
By Our Correspondent The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has written to intimating the INEC of alleged plans by some groups to change the party’s logo. The party also wrote to Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, its 2023 presidential candidate, to end the MoU it entered with the Kwankwasia group for the 2023 general elections. TheNewsZenith reports […]
By Our Correspondent Media professionals have called on the political class in Nigeria to shun violence, embrace peace, and exhibit the spirit of sportsmanship whenever they lose at the polls. They made the call at a Public Lecture organised by the Lagos State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). TheNewsZenith reports that the theme […]
The European Union in Nigeria has dismissed a report that it called for the sack of the Chairman of the INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. A report alleges The EU, in partnership with National Democratic Institute and International Republican Institute, wanted the INEC boss sacked. The EU, in a purported letter currently circulating, allegedly observed that […]
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will, on Tuesday, begin the presentation of Certificates of Return to elected members of the National Assembly. Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu announced this at a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in Abuja on Saturday. Yakubu said that the commission would present certificates to senators-elect on Tuesday, March […]
The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, says the commission will still use the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) in the second leg of the general elections next Saturday. Yakubu gave the assurance during a meeting with state Resident Electoral Commissioners at the INEC headquarters on Saturday in Abuja. According to him, INEC is reviewing […]
Prof. Charles Adias, the State Collation Officer for Presidential election results in Rivers, has adjourned the collation of results till further notice. Adias told newsmen in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, that adjournment became imperative in view of alleged threats to his life. The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa, alleged that there were several […]
The Police Command has vowed to deal decisively with the hoodlums terrorising Imo state after attacking the INEC office in Owerri. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Micheal Abattam told newsmen that men of the Command have killed three members of the hoodlums. Abattam described the breakthrough made by the command to the […]
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of JIgawa State Prof., Muhammad Lawal Bashar has flagged off the distribution of the last batch of 98,890 Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs). Bashar said the distribution will end on 22/01/2023 at all the commission’s local government and registration areas in the State. Bashar said: “I’m not aware of PVCs sales […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has started distributing non-sensitive materials and deploying officials to local government areas ahead of the 2023 general elections in Anambra. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Elizabeth Agwu, announced this at a stakeholders meeting, on Wednesday in Awka. The NewsZenith reports that traditional rulers, community leaders, politicians, National Orientation Agency […]