INEC in its 37-page report on the December 10 Rivers State legislative re-run elections indicted personnel of the police, citing obstructive involvement of security agencies
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The EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, said the suspect will be put on trial as soon as investigation is concluded
The commission’s Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria
The INEC Director of Publicity and Voter Education, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, on Monday in Abuja said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria that the commission was already processing the applications
A statement by the commission’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Aniedi Ikoiwak, in Port Harcourt on Tuesday said the exercise would hold in Etche and Omuma Local Government Areas
The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmud Yakubu, said this during the 2016 budget defence session before members of the House of Representative Committee on Electoral Matters and Political Parties Affairs on Monday in Abuja
The by-election was sequel to a Federal High Court judgement, which invalidated the victory of Vincent Bulus, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate in the April 14, 2015 elections, after it was proved that he was an ex-convict
The spokesperson of INEC in the state, Alhaji Taiwo Gbadegesin, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Ado Ekiti that all those engaging in such activities would be referred to law enforcement agencies
The panel, which was constituted by the police high command, submitted its report to the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on Tuesday in Abuja
The Chairman of the panel and Deputy Commissioner of Police, Damian Okoro, made the allegation while presenting the team’s report to the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, in Abuja on Tuesday
Olorode told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday that the law could end up convicting innocent individuals, adding that capital punishment has not been very effective in curbing crime
According to the police, the bribe given to the INEC officials was a total of N360 million
Oyekanmi told the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja Chairman that Yakubu was operating a policy that allowed recommendations that would strengthen the election process from stakeholders
The commission disclosed this in its daily bulletin issued on Wednesday in Abuja
Yero told the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Dutse that the council polls would only be seen to be credible if conducted by INEC
Seun Abimbola, the state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, disclosed this at a news conference in Ibadan on Tuesday
Akingboye and the others took the Independent National Electoral Commission and nine others to court asking for an order of mandamus to compel INEC to issue certificates of return to them
Iwu, in a statement on Thursday, said he was baffled to have been told that he was quoted by a television station, Igbere TV, as having confirmed that Buhari possesses no certificate
Yakubu made the assertion at the opening of a two-day strategic workshop to review the implementation of the commission’s strategic plan for 2012-2016
The commission announced this in its daily bulletin issued on Friday in Abuja