The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned Nigerians against a fake and unauthorised website circulating online, claiming to be an “INEC Ad-hoc Staff Recruitment Portal 2026.” In a public notice issued on Sunday, the Commission described the website — okripeti.org/Inec-ADhoc-Staff-Recruitment.html — as fraudulent and not affiliated with INEC in any capacity. It urged members of the public […]
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The governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintiri, says he contested the gubernatorial election in the state against “enemies of democracy”. Speaking on Tuesday in an interview with Channels Television after his victory, Fintiri said those against his reelection wanted a woman to become governor without considering his performance. Earlier, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Siminialayi Fubara, the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the winner of Rivers State governorship election held on Saturday 18 March. Fubara scored a total of 302,614 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Tonye Cole, the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 95,274 votes, according […]
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The leadership of the Labour Party (LP) has the described Nigeria’s electoral process as a rape of democracy in areas where voter intimidation took place. The governorship and state houses of assembly elections took place across the country on Saturday. Julius Abure, LP national chairperson, in a statement on Saturday, also asked INEC to conduct […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged political parties to prevail on their supporters to refrain from acts of violence during the governorship and state assembly polls. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, spoke on Tuesday during a meeting of the inter-agency consultative committee on election security. The INEC chairman thanked security agencies for the professionalism […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said that it will appeal the Thursday’s ruling by the Federal High Court, Abuja, ordering it to allow the use of Temporary Voter Cards (TVC) in the March 18 governorship and state houses of assembly elections. Mr. Rotimi Lawrence Oyekanmi, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Prof. […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released an official statement, shifting the conduct of the governorship and houses of assembly elections from March 11 to March 18. On Wednesday, the court of appeal refused an application by Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), to restrain INEC from reconfiguring the bimodal voter […]
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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has inaugurated the legal team to challenge the outcome of the February 25 presidential election. The former vice-president of Nigeria briefed the team at his campaign headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday. He mandated them to “establish the claim of illegality in the February […]
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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to exclude its corrupt staff engaged in malpractices during the Feb. 25 elections from participating in the March 11 governorship and State assemblies elections. The NBA made the call on Wednesday in Abuja in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, […]
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The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, on Thursday, broke his silence on the outcome of last Saturday’s presidential election, claiming that the exercise was programmed. He has therefore, vowed to explore all legal options to recover his “mandate”, claiming he won the presidential poll. Full Text of the Address “Again, my […]
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