The Independent National Electoral Commission says it has embarked on training on gender mainstreaming to ensure effective participation of people, especially women, in the electoral process ahead of the 2019 general elections.
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The Court of Appeal Benin Division on Friday granted the prayers of five prisoners, seeking the order of the court to direct the Independent National Electoral Commission to include all prisoners in the voter register.
A statement by INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Dr Festus Okoye, on Thursday in Abuja, said that the appointment took effect from December 6.
The Social Democratic Party has distance itself from Wednesday’s endorsement of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, by Coalition of United Political Parties as consensus candidate for 2019 presidential election.
The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Enugu State, Dr Emeka Ononamadu, made the observation in Enugu on Wednesday during the voter pre-election dialogue tagged “Towards credible 2019 elections”.
The Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency on Wednesday explained that the agency removed some billboards and posters from some roads over the failure of parties concerned to obtain appropriate permissions.
The State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Frankland Briyai, said Nkoro was the only candidate that stood for the election and was, therefore, declared the winner.
The Commissioner, Lagos State Police Command, Edgal Imohimi, has summoned the governorship candidates of all the political parties taking part in the 2019 elections in the state and the leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission to a meeting on December 5, 2018.
As the 2019 gubernatorial election campaign begins on December 1, 2018 based on the timetable of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate for Lagos State, has wished his main opponent and flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party, Jimi Agbaje, well.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that a total of 73 political parties fielded nominations for 2019 presidential election, at the end of deadline for withdrawal and substitution of candidates for the election.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Rufus Akeju, gave the warning on Friday at the stakeholders meeting organised by the commission in Akure.
The European Center for Electoral Support on Friday said it was proud to support efforts by the Independent National Electoral Commission to deliver credible, free and fair elections in 2019.
Speaking at the inauguration of his Presidential Campaign Council on Thursday in Abuja, Abubakar said signing the Electoral Act Amendment into law was necessary because elections were governed by laws and good laws are required to ensure credible elections.
This is even as the tribunal adjourned its sitting till January 9, 2019 for adoption of final written addresses of parties in the petition.
Agboke made this known on Thursday in Ibadan when the House of Representatives Committee on INEC visited him as part of the committees’ oversight functions.
“He did not complete that programme and could not have obtained any certificate in 1996 as is being claimed,” Danjem explained while being cross examined by the defence counsel, Solomon Umoh (SAN).
The Commission disclosed this in a statement issued by Mohammed Haruna, INEC National Commissioner and Member, Information and Voter Education Committee on Thursday in Abuja.
Shehu, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano, said the commission received the nominations of the candidates from political parties in the state.
The Independent National Electoral Commission says it is working on efficient delivery of logistics for the 2019 general elections.
Dukku who represents Dukku/Nafada, in Gombe state at the National Assembly stated this on Wednesday during an oversight visit in Gombe on preparations for the elections.