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The Independent National Electoral Commission has admitted that there were hitches in the presidential and National Assembly elections conducted on February 25 across the country. This was disclosed by the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Saturday, at the meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners in Abuja. Yakubu told the …

FORMER presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Kingsley Moghalu, has criticised the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, over its conduct of the February 25 presidential election. Moghalu, a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank, also insisted that the INEC needs a complete overhaul. His statement was made …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX8IrwW-FQQ THE Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says there is no law making it mandatory for INEC to transmit electoral results electronically. Dele Alake, Special Adviser on Media and Communications at the PCC made the declaration in Abuja on Friday when he spoke at a …

A group of aggrieved Nigerian youths invaded the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Minna, the capital of Niger State, over alleged irregularities during last Saturday’s polls. The group numbering about 100 stormed INEC’s office and protested over what they described as ‘rigged’ election results in Niger …

Hours after Nigerians lamented a picture of a female uploaded by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as a result in the portal, the Commission is yet to delete it. Newsextra24 checks found that the picture is still on the INEC result portal. The upload was done in Ado Ekiti …

The state collation officer for the presidential election in Rivers State, Prof Charles Adias, has adjourned the collation of Saturday’s election results. Adias adjourned the collation of results in the state over alleged threat to his life by unnamed party supporters. The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Otueke, announced …

Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has won the just concluded Presidential Elections in Kano State with the highest votes of 997,279. Bola Ahmad Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, came second with 517,341, while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, polled 131,716 …

The Presidential election Collation officer of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dino Melaye has issued a stern warning to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Dino Melaye is bothered that the electoral umpire is not being very clear and transparent with the collation of the presidential results …

The Resident Electoral Commissioner for Rivers State, Dr Johnson Alalibo, has urged Rivers voters and all stakeholders to be patient and to trust the process of electioneering. Alalibo gave the advice in a briefing on Sunday to journalists at the Commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt. He explained that the presidential …

THE Independent National Electoral Commission INEC in Delta State has rejected the presidential results of the local government area of the vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party and governor of the state, Ifeanyi Okowa, citing over