Tag: INEC

By Editor The much awaited 2019 general elections began this morning across polling centres in Osun State. The elections which comes after last week’s postponement by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is holding to fill positions for the Presidential, Senate and House of Representatives. A visit to many polling…

The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone XI, comprising of Osun, Oyo and Ondo states, Mr Leye Oyebade, has promised adequate security for Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections in Osun State. Oyebade made this promise when he visited the Osun Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, in…

The Independent National Electoral Commission has okayed the resumption of political campaigns. This was contained in a statement by INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of the commission’s Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye. Details later…

The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room has expressed concern over reports of delay in the distribution of election materials in several parts of the country by the Independent National Electoral Commission for the 2019 Nigeria General Elections. It regretted that the reports reaching it indicated inadequacy in the deployment of…

The Peoples Democratic Party has rejected the new dates announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission for the conduct of the general elections. It alleged that shoddy arrangements for the elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission was a deliberate agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari to cling on to power…

The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced the postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections earlier scheduled for today (Saturday) by one week. Consequently, the commission has rescheduled the Presidential and National Assembly Elections to Saturday February 23 2019, while the governorship, State Houses of Assembly and Federal Capital…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun State said it had trained and employed 16,695 ad-hoc staff, in the state, for the forthcoming general elections. Mr Olusegun Agbaje, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state made this disclosure during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun on Monday said 421,379 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) were yet to be collected by their owners in the state. Olusegun Agbaje, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…