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November 9, 2021 No Responses

Anambra: INEC Adjusts Ihiala LG Voting Timeline

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has adjusted the voting timeline for the Tuesday supplementary election in Ihiala Local Government of Anambra State, to conclude the governorship election. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye,...

November 8, 2021 No Responses

INEC Declares Anambra Election Inconclusive

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended collation of results of the Nov. 6 governorship election in Anambra pending the conduct of the election in Ihiala Local Government Area. Prof. Florence Obi, INEC Returning Officer for the...

November 7, 2021 No Responses

INEC Extends Election To Sunday

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended voting in the Anambra governorship poll to Sunday, November 8, 2021 as part of measures to make up for the many delays caused by the malfunctioning of the Bimodal Accreditation System (BVAS)/&nb...

November 6, 2021 No Responses

Group Tasks INEC On Credible Anambra Guber Poll

The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that Saturday’s Anambra governorship election is free, fair and credible. In a statement issued on Friday, the leader of the group, Mrs Ene Obi...

October 29, 2021 No Responses

Yakubu: INEC Will Not Deploy Election Materials To 86 Polling Units In Anambra

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will not deploy personnel or election materials to the new 86 polling units in Anambra for the state governorship election. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this during the co...

October 24, 2021 No Responses

Anambra: Yiaga Africa Decries Low Level Of Voter Education

An independent election observer group, Yiaga Africa, has expressed concern over the low level of voter education and mobilisation ahead of the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State. Ms Cynthia Mbamalu, Director of Programmes, Yiaga Africa, s...

October 24, 2021 No Responses

My Defection To APC Informed By Patriotic Considerations, Says Okeke, Anambra Deputy Governor

Deputy Governor of Anambra State, Dr Nkem Okeke, has dismissed claims and reports in some quarters that his recent defection from the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) was informed by APGA’s failure to choose...

October 22, 2021 No Responses

INEC: We Are Satisfied With Level Of Preparations For Anambra Governorship Election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday, said it is satisfied with the current level of preparations for the November 6 Anambra governorship election. In a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Educ...

October 21, 2021 No Responses

INEC Seeks Unrestrictive Power For Technological Innovation

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appealed to the National Assembly to grant it the power to determine the kind of technology to be deployed during elections. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC Chairman, made the appeal at a retreat organised....

October 17, 2021 No Responses

Anambra Poll: INEC Pledges Transparent Election

The November 6, 2021 Anambra governorship election will be embarrassingly transparent, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared on Saturday. INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Anambra state, Dr Nwachukwu ...

October 13, 2021 No Responses

Okowa Predicts Victory For PDP In Anambra Guber Poll

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has predicted victory for the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Nov. 6 governorship election in Anambra. Okowa stated this when the party’s flag bearer in the election, Mr Valent...

October 7, 2021 No Responses

PDP NEC Approves Zoning Of National Chairman To North

The Nation Working Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday approved the zoning of the party’s next national chairman to the Northern part of the country. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, disclo...

September 26, 2021 No Responses

Soludo Pledges To Produce 1, 000 Millionaires Yearly In Anambra

September 5, 2021 No Responses

APC Parallel-Group Congratulates Newly Sworn-In Ward Executives, LG Congress

The Leader of the Lagos4Lagos Movement, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, also known as Jandor, has congratulated the newly sworn-in ward executives and those elected at the Local Government Congress in Lagos State. Adediran, in a statement issued by the Pub...