The Independent National Electoral Commission said on Tuesday it canceled a total of 146,555 votes from Plateau State in Saturday’s presidential election over failure to adhere to electoral guidelines.
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A Federal High Court sitting in Jos on Tuesday sacked a Plateau State lawmaker, Ibrahim Baba-Hassan, over certificate forgery.
Salihu Adamu Musa, the Independent National Electoral Commission Electoral Officer in Bokkos Local Government of Plateau State, on Monday apologised over the “shameful” behaviour of the Returning Officer deployed to the area.
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, has won Saturday’s presidential election in Plateau State with 548,665 votes.
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, is maintaining his lead in last Saturday’s presidential poll in Plateau State.
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, is currently leading in Saturday’s presidential election in Plateau State.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has removed Prof. Musa Izam, the Collation Officer it assigned to Bokkos Local Government of Plateau, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
The Independent National Electoral Commission in Pankshin Collation Centre in Plateau has doused tension over disagreement with the use of voter register in place of the malfunctioned card reader.
Osaretin Imahireogbo, Head, Voter Education and Publicity of the Independent National Electoral Commission in the state, revealed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Jos.
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has complained about the size of the ballot paper for the ongoing Presidential and National Assembly elections, saying the paper is long and the parties’ logos small.
Unidentified Gunmen have abducted a twelve-year boy at staff quarters of the Hiegpang campus of Plateau State Polytechnic in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of the state.
Dr Spak Shaset, the Chief Veterinary Officer of the State, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Jos, that the outbreak has affected two farms in Jos North and Jos South Local Government Areas of the state.
The Plateau State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mallam Halilu Husseini Pai, has expressed regrets that despite high level of preparedness of citizens for Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections, the commission could not go on with the election as scheduled.
Plateau Governor, Simon Lalong, says he is disappointed over the “last minute” postponement of the general elections, but adds that it might have been the only option to save Nigeria from an inconclusive exercise.
Reactions have been trailing the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission to reschedule the Presidential and National Assembly Elections in the country initially billed for February 16.
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, says the destiny of Nigeria rests on the shoulders of ‘each one of us’.
Plateau governor Simon Lalong says he will organise a thanksgiving party for Internally Displaced Persons in their ancestral homes, when they fully return.
The Independent National Electoral Commission says election would hold as scheduled in Qua’an Pan Local Government Area of Plateau and Isiala Ngwa South LGA of Abia, in spite of the fire disaster its offices in the areas.
Rtd. Gen. Jerry Useni, the Peoples Democratic Party Governorship Candidate in Plateau, says that former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar’s presidential candidature is a blessing to Nigeria.
A week to the beginning of the general elections, the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Qua’anpan Local Government Area of Plateau has been gutted by fire.