The governor, who spoke to the State House correspondents after the closed door meeting with the President, said two suspects were apprehended Monday in connection with the incident.
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Following this, the Commission enjoined any political party whose candidate is missing from the list to notify it through a letter duly signed by its Chairman and Secretary, respectively.
The Commission enjoined any political party whose candidate is missing from the list to notify it through a letter duly signed by the Chairman and Secretary, respectively.
The apex court Friday in its ruling upturned an earlier judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which voided the de-registration on the grounds that INEC failed to accord the parties fair hearing and that the electoral body acted during the pendency of a suit by the parties.
The apex court Friday in its ruling upturned an earlier judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which voided the de-registration on the grounds that INEC failed to accord the parties fair hearing and that the electoral body acted during the pendency of a suit by the parties.
The commission made the pledge in a statement signed by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, Thursday in Abuja.
NAN reports that the exercise was marred with series of complaints and frustrations in most of registration centres visited.
Ismail Ahmed of the Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), said this Friday in Abuja while speaking with newsmen.
The commission disclosed this in a statement signed by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, in Abuja Friday.
INEC Electoral Officer, Idowu Olayemi, disclosed this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Friday in Abuja.
The elections which is scheduled for Febrauary 12, is expected to be conducted into offices of Chairman, Vice Chairman, and members of the six area councils in FCT.
The party disclosed that INEC has fixed Saturday, February26 for a bye-election to fill the vacancies in Jos North/Bassa and Pakshin Federal Constituencies of the State.
Falore also admonished the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other stakeholders to be impartial in the execution of their duties.
From the 119,974 voting units the country had used for 25 years, INEC shot up the total number of voting booths to 176,846, an increase of 56,872. This new configuration inflated Nigeria’s voting space by 47 percent. For the 2019 general elections, voters on INEC’s register amounted to some 84,004,084 names. That means that, give or take a few voters, the new figure of 176,846 booths would be catering for 500 voters apiece. That should create some elbowroom of convenience for voters.
In a statement signed by its Secretary General, Chief Willy Ezugwu, the CNPP counselled both the eventual winner and the other contestants to join hands to turn the fortunes of the state around for the benefit of Nigerians resident in Anambra State.
The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that the training is being held at the local government secretariats in the state.
Chairman, Senate Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Senator Kabiru Gaya, made this known while addressing newsmen after the National Assembly Joint Committee on Electoral Matters and INEC met with stakeholders on the November 6, 2021 governorship election in Anambra State.
The commission disclosed this in a statement titled “ Update on Preparations for the Anambra State Governorship Election” signed by Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, on Tuesday in Abuja.
In a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye in Abuja, the commission said that virtually all non-sensitive materials have been delivered in readiness for the election.
The Co-coordinator of the United Kingdom (UK) Chapter of the NDN, Dr Aminu Ahmadu, gave the commendation on Wednesday in a telephone chat with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.