The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, dropped said this at a three-day National Stakeholders Forum on Electoral Reform in Abuja
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Justice Ibrahim Auta in the judgment held that INEC and its Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, infringed on the patent rights of BHL in the contract purchase of Direct Data Capturing machines in 2010
The National Chairman of INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, expressed the view in Abuja at the National Youth Conference on the roadmap to the 2015 elections in Nigeria
Fasehun made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos following the release of the timetable for the Ekiti and Osun States governorship elections and the 2015 general elections
In a statement by Augusta Ogakwu, INEC’s Secretary, the commission said the notice of election would come up on April 1
In a petition to the commission dated January 27, 2014, Okwu said that contempt proceedings had been instituted against Umeh and Alhaji Sani Shinkafi, the party’s National Secretary, for undermining the judgment of an Abuja High Court
Investigations by the News Agency of Nigeria across the state on Monday revealed that rather than obeying the directive, aspirants were pasting more posters and raising billboards
The seat became vacant following the death of the member representing the constituency, Hon. Haruna Tsokwa, on November 4, 2013
In a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to borrow a leaf from the Yobe State Independent Electoral Commission on how to organise elections, having allegedly bungled the two elections conducted by it in Delta and Anambra States recently
He commended the Yobe State Independent Electoral Commission for conducting a peaceful and credible election worthy of emulation
In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, Ogunmola said that the problem associated with that election was a blessing in disguise.
The INEC boss was reacting to calls by some sections of the society to stagger the 2015 elections
However, INEC expressed the hope that the security situation would improve to enable it to conduct the 2015 general election
Jega, however, said that the commission was hopeful that the security situation in the affected states would improve before the 2015 general election
He, however, said the commission plans to keep improving on the exercise by updating existing register regularly
Madaki said in the statement: “The commission has noticed the posting of campaign posters of some aspiring politicians throughout the state, which was wrong and against the law
After declaring the November 16 governorship election in the state inconclusive, INEC said supplementary election will hold on Saturday, November 30 in 210 polling units in Idemili North and Onitsha South local governments
The Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, who disclosed this after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday, said the approval was sequel to a memo presented by the President
“There is no doubt that our party has totally lost confidence in the ability and capability of INEC to organize a free, fair and transparent election anywhere in Nigeria
Nwodo said that the accused, who pleaded not guilty, was standing trial on a one-count charge of dereliction of duty contrary to Section 123 (1) (2) and (3) of the Electoral Act, 2010
The APC said that for the umpteenth time and so that Nigerians can understand the absurdity of Jega’s contradictory stance on
the ill-fated election, the party has decided to list its reasons for demanding the cancellation of the caricature election