Shocker As Tinubu Picks Masari From North East As Running Mate. Tinubu had on Thursday submitted the name of Alhaji Kabir Ibrahim Masari from Katsina state less than 12 hours before the midnight deadline set by INEC. EDITOR’S PICK BREAKING: Read Full Text As Atiku Gives Reasons For Picking Okowa Over Wike In Last Minute … Read more
By Ibrahim Mustapha Now, all the attention of every Nigerian is focused on the convention of the governing All Progressives Congress, slated for today to see who will fly its flag. The opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, last week conducted its convention in which former Vice-president Atiku Abubakar emerged the winner having scored 371 votes … Read more
As the Continuous Voters Registration, VCR, exercise was closed on Sunday, July 31 across the country, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has again ruled out the chances of many Nigerians, particularly young people making frantic efforts to register for and obtain their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) with a view to exercising their franchise during … Read more
INEC Speaks On Postponing 2023 Elections Over Insecurity. Chairman of the electoral body, Mahmood Yakubu, hinted that next year’s polls will be governed by the new electoral act. EDITOR’S PICK JUST IN: Ex-Deputy Gov Docked For ‘Stealing, Land Grabbing’ [PHOTOS] [JUST IN] 2023: Group Vows To Sue Goodluck Jonathan If He Fails To Declare For Presidency … Read more
A High Court in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has vacated an order stopping the National Convention of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The court held that the order of injunction is issued against the APC on November 18, 2021, has been overtaken by a recent judgment the Supreme Court delivered on a similar matter. … Read more
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has postponed its planned national convention indefinitely. The Gov. Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC said it has postponed the party’s February 26 national convention. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the CECPC has instead notified the Independent National Electoral Commission … Read more
Jega says Nigeria Should Go Into The Next Elections With A New Law EKO HOT BLOG reports that former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Attahiru Jega, says the country will be better off with a new electoral law ahead of the 2023 general elections. Jega made this statement while speaking at a … Read more
Police has spoken about the alleged murder of INEC Chairman in Anambra State. EKOHOTBLOG reports that the police has debunked the widely-circulated reports that the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, was assassinated in Anambra on Tuesday. The social media was awash with claims that the INEC Chairman was assassinated on Tuesday by … Read more
INEC has given a fresh update on the Anambra governorship election. EKOHOTBLOG reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that non-sensitive materials for the Anambra governorship election have been delivered in readiness for the November 6 election. The latest development was made known via a statement by the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman … Read more
INEC has given an update on Anambra governorship election. EKOHOTBLOG reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State will be ‘embarrassingly transparent’ as it has put facilities in place to achieve an all-inclusive electoral process. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Anambra State, … Read more
INEC has released the final list of governorship candidates for the Anambra 2021 election. EKOHOTBLOG reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday, published the final list of candidates contesting for the gubernatorial election slated for November 6, 2021, in Anambra State. The list showing the 18 candidates contesting for the governorship election was … Read more
…the emergency Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security meeting would among other issues deliberate on the way forward The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will today hold an emergency security meeting in Abuja to take a final decision on the conduct of the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State. There are fears that the … Read more
Jega expressed worries over citizens’ lack of trust in the electoral process… Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, has called for the electronic transmission of election results in the country. He made the call on Friday during a national political summit in Abuja, ahead of the general elections in … Read more
Full list of eleven (11) states in Nigeria where the rerun elections will take place has emerged. Ekohotblog reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will conduct re-run elections in eleven states of the federation today, Saturday, 25th January 2019. The re-run election consists of 28 Federal and State Constituencies broken down into One … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Governor-elect of Bayelsa State and David Lyon over his victory at the state Governorship Election. Ekohotblog recalls David Lyon was declared winner of the Bayelsa governorship election on Sunday midnight, defeating PDP’s Douye Diri by a large margin. Muhammadu Buhari in a statement on Sunday night commended Lyon for … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared inconclusive the Kogi West senatorial election on the ground that the lead margin between Mr Smart Adeyemi who polled 80,118 votes and Dino Melaye who got 59,548 is 20,570 which is lower than the 43,127 registered voters in 53 polling units of 20 registration areas in the … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the collation of results of the governorship election in Kogi State till 9:00am on Monday. Returning Officer and Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Professor Ibrahim Umar said the postponement was important as the results of the election in the remaining two local governments , of … Read more