IReV: ‘No result upload glitches for Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi polls’ – INEC assures voters

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reassured voters that there won’t be glitches with the upload of results on the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV) for the Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi polls. The INEC Chief Press Secretary, Rotimi Oyekanmi, who made this known during a television programme on Friday, said: “We have been using the IReV for all governorship elections, but it (2023) was the first time we deployed it for the general election setting. Well, we had a glitch for some hours, and we fixed it. But I can…

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INEC makes U-turn; says results of Bayelsa, Kogi, Imo guber elections will be transmitted electronically

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the results of the November 11 governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States will be transmitted electronically. Recall that the Bayelsa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Ofiong Efanga, recently, at a press conference, said that the commission would adopt a manual mode of transmission of the governorship election results.  However, INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, during the monitoring of the mock election in Lokoja, Kogi State, said whatever the Bayelsa REC must be disregarded. He said: “The method is as…

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Kano: INEC retracts withdrawal notice on governorship appeal

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it has retracted its steps on the withdrawal of it’s Appeal in the Kano State gubernatorial election petition judgement. Reports early yesterday suggested that INEC had withdrawn its initial letter signifying withdrawal from the appeal against the judgement of the Tribunal. In a letter signed by the head of the Commission’s legal department in Kano, Suleiman Alkali, on Friday said it withdrew its appeal as it had no reason to appeal any judgment. The letter, which was addressed to the Secretary of…

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INEC fixes Sept, Nov 2024 for Edo, Ondo guber polls

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed September 21, 2024 for the conduct of Edo governorship election and November 16, 2024 for Ondo State. The commission announced the dates in the timetable and schedule of activities for the two states governorship elections released on Tuesday in Abuja. The schedule was signed by by Sam Olumekun, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee. According to him, for Edo governorship election, the party primaries will hold from February 1 to February 24, 2024. “The submission of the list…

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INEC tasks media on ethics ahead of Kogi guber poll

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday tasked media practitioners to ensure ethics in their reportage, ahead of the November 11 Kogi governorship election. Professor Mahmud Yakubu, the Chairman, INEC, said this at a meeting with Kogi media executives in Lokoja as part of preparation for the election. Yakubu, through his media aide, Rotimi Olakanmi, said that the appeal became imperative because of the reoccurring cases of fake news in the media in recent times. “As stakeholders, the media should refuse the temptation to move away from facts as…

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Bayelsa Guber: Group cautions stakeholders to abide by INEC rules/regulations

The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) has called on stakeholders in the Nov. 11 governorship election in Bayelsa to play the game according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) rules and regulations.  The group said it will resist any form of bloodshed before, during and after the poll; therefore, everyone should play the game accordingly.  Rising from its Executive Council meeting, the IYC also appealed to the federal and state governments to prioritise lasting solutions to flood disasters in the Niger Delta region. The council, in a communiqué issued on…

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INEC staff petitions EFCC, lay heavy allegations on Nat. Chairman, REC

Some staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), in Kaduna State, have petitioned the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), seeking that the Acting Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC)-cum-Administrative Secretary of the Commission in the State, Mohammed Awwal Mashi, be investigated. The petitioners, under the umbrella of “2020 promoted staff of INEC Kaduna State”, alleged that Mashi was favoured by the INEC National Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to become the REC and preside over the 2023 general election in the state even though he lacks the necessary…

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Presidential election: ‘BVAS failed to transmit Feb 25 results’ – INEC staff

Two subpoenaed witnesses of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar yesterday in Abuja admitted at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) failed to transmit results of the election after collation. The witnesses, Friday Egwuma and Grace Timothy, who are both ad-hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said that the BVAS machine allocated to them developed system error immediately results of the Senate and House of Representatives aspects of the…

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INEC releases final list of candidates for Kogi, Imo, Bayelsa Gov. polls

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has released the final list of candidates for the November 11 governorship elections in Kogi, Bayelsa, and Imo States. The approval of the list followed a meeting held by the Commission yesterday in Abuja. According to a statement signed by INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, all 18 political parties nominated candidates in Kogi, 17 in Bayelsa, and 16 in Imo States. Two political parties are also fielding female candidates in Bayelsa State, one in Kogi…

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Tribunal: Rivers APC withdraws petition against PDP, INEC

The Rivers State Election Petition Tribunal has struck out the petition filed by the All Progressive Congress (APC) following the withdrawal by the party’s counsel. With this withdrawal, the governorship candidate of the APC, Tonye Cole remains the only petitioner against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Fubara Siminalayi. Cole is challenging the victory of Siminalayi in the March governorship poll in the state. Drama ensued at the Tribunal as the APC filed an application for change of counsel in their petition…

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