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Abia: APGA, Otti insists on total rerun of Obingwa, Osisioma, others, writes Jega
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has been urged to wade into the lingering issues that characterised Saturday’s governorship election in the state. The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Umeh, made the appeal on Tuesday in Umuahia, while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the election. He urged Jega…
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Go to tribunal, INEC tells aggrieved politicians
The Independent National Electoral Commission has asked aggrieved politicians to take their grievances to the election petition tribunals.The commission said that though some pockets of violent incidents were recorded during Saturday’s governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections, it still maintained that the exercise recorded a pass mark.The electoral body stated this in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday.…
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GOCOP congratulates Buhari, salutes Jonathan, Jega, Nigerians on successful polls
The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers has described as successful the conduct of the presidential and National Assembly elections in Nigeria. GOCOP, in a statement by its President, Malachy Agbo, said apart from field reports by its members and staff who covered the elections, the commendations locally and by the international community attest to the fact that this is, perhaps,…
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Election results will be announced 48 hours after election – Jega
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega says that results from tomorrow’s general election will be announced 48 hours after the elections have been concluded. So expect results on Monday March 30. He said this during a joint press briefing with the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig. Gen. Johnson Olawumi in Abuja today…
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Polls: Uncertainty as Jonathan, Jega, security chiefs end meeting
President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday met behind closed doors with the heads of security agencies and the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, at the State House, Abuja. But there was no firm commitment from those who briefed the press after the meeting that the general election will go ahead as planned. While Jega simply said the…
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Jonathan, Jega, security chiefs in crucial meeting over polls
President Goodluck Jonathan; Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, and heads of all security agencies are currently locked in a crucial meeting inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Jega is expected to brief the meeting of the Security Council on the latest in the commission’s preparation for the forthcoming general elections. Security chiefs are also expected to…
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MASSOB protests in South East, seeks Jega’s removal
The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra has called for the immediate sacking of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Atahiru Jega. MASSOB, which on Friday, staged a peaceful protest in Umuahia, Abia State as well as other cities in the South East accused the INEC boss of bias and partisanship in the…
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INEC denies RECs’ plan to pass vote of no confidence on Jega
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied the alleged plan by its Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) to pass a vote of no confidence on the commission’s Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega. The Chief Press Secretary of the commission’s chairman, Mr Kayode Idowu, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday. He described…
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If Jega goes, heavens won’t fall – Fayose
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described outbursts of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the possible removal of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega as “mere comedy,” saying; “President Goodluck Jonathan can sack Jega if he wishes and if he does, heavens will not fall.” The governor, who said the APC should stop acting…
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FG shortlists four INEC commissioners to succeed Jega
The Federal Government might have shortlisted four national commissioners to take over from Prof. Attahiru Jega as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission. SUNDAY PUNCH reliably learnt that Jega might be asked to hand over to one of the commissioners in INEC and also proceed on a three-month terminal leave. During a presidential media chat on February 11,…
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APC senators accuse PDP of plotting Jega’s sack next week
Senators of the National Assembly, elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress(APC) have alleged that President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party are on a plan to sack the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, next week. Briefing newsmen on Thursday,the APC senators said only dishonest politicians will want Jega to be removed.…
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How INEC manipulated and sectionalised voters’ register
In recent publications of International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law, we held that the Nigeria’s National Register of Voters; Nigeria’s ground foundation for its democratic elections, is grossly tainted and sectionalised under the midwifery of the Independent National Electoral Commission headed by Prof Attahiru Jega. The National Register of Voters is tainted because it lacks purity…
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Obasanjo likens Jonathan to Gbagbo, says he will be disgraced out of office
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday said President Jonathan is bent on winning the presidential election by hook or crook. Obasanjo, who spoke on Saturday, likened President Jonathan to former Ivorian leader, Laurent Gbagbo, who was disgraced out of power and set his country on the path of crisis in his bid to sit tight as the country’s president. He…
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Jega explains how security chiefs forced him to postpone elections
Civil Societies have revealed that Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, told them that the reasons he must shift election dates is due to intense pressure from the security chiefs of the country. According to a press statement of the joint Civil Societies in Nigeria, Jega stated at a meeting in Abuja that he had received…
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Boko Haram forces INEC to postpone elections by 6 weeks
The Independent National Electoral Commision, INCE, which oversees Nigeria’s elections have postponed the February 14 and 28 presidential and legislative elections for six weeks to give a new multinational force time to battle Boko Haram, and secure North East Nigeria. According to reports presented by INEC to the Council of States meeting on Thursday, millions could be disenfranchised if the…
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No postponement of elections, Council of States decide
An eight-hour deliberation of the National Council of States in Abuja has decided that the general elections must proceed as scheduled. The crucial meeting called to discuss issues about the the nation’s security challenges and the forthcoming elections. The members however, also agreed that elections could be postponed in troubled zones — areas ravaged by the Boko Haram insurgency. Nigerians,…
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