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The party said its position is predicated on reports that the APC-led Federal Government as well as the State of Osun are paying policemen between N50,000 and N250,000 as inducement to assist the APC in its plot to suppress free, fair and…

The Independent National Electoral Commission said it was not banning the use of Smartphone around the polling unit areas, but the moment a prospective voter entered voting cubicle to cast his or her vote.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Murtala Mani, also warned against hate speeches and illegal assembly.

“Yes, Senator Dariye has picked a nomination form to seek a third term. It is true. He is among those jostling for the APC ticket in Plateau Central,’’ Chindo Dafat, APC Publicity Secretary in Plateau, told the News Agency of Nigeria on…

The lawmakers, who were set to address newsmen on the Amendment of the Electoral Bill, were hurriedly invited for an emergency meeting at the office of the Joint Chairman of the Panel, Senator Nazif Suleiman.

The I-G and INEC chairman both gave the assurance while speaking at the “Election Stakeholders Forum on the 2018 Governorship Election”, organised by INEC on Monday in Osogbo.

Gumel (APC-Jigawa) told the News Agency of Nigeria in an interview in Abuja that the delay was a deliberate attempt to frustrate the effort of the present government towards free and fair elections.

IPAC is the umbrella body of all registered political parties in the country.

INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on YIAGA Africa Watching The Vote Series with the theme: “Ending the Scourge of Vote Buying and Selling in Nigerian Elections’’.

Executive Director, YIAGA-Africa, Samson Itodo, made the call at the Watching the Vote Series with the theme: “Ending the Scourge of Vote Buying and Selling in Nigerian Elections” in Abuja.

An election observer and monitoring group, the Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Advancement, made the assertion on Thursday in Osogbo.

The PDP also cautioned the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, not to allow the APC and the Buhari Presidency to use him to execute their plots to frustrate the conduct of credible 2019 elections…

Secondus said this when he received officials of the European Union who called at the party's Wadata House headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday.

The Independent National Electoral Commission says it has no plan to postpone the 2019 general elections.

The state Chairman of the congress, Tari Dounana, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Yenagoa.

The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps, Brig.-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, has advised corps members in Osun to remain neutral and apolitical while serving as ad hoc staff for the September 22 governorship election.

He gave the warning at the meeting of Inter-agency Consultative Committee on Election Security held at the National Headquarters of Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday in Abuja.

Enang, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), made this known when at the News Agency of Nigeria Forum in Abuja.

Acting Chairman of ICPC, Musa Abubakar, made this known when he visited INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Monday in Abuja.

Ahead of the September 22 governorship election in Osun, the Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday held an assessment workshop for its electoral officers, head of operations, and assistant electoral officers.