The Senate on Thursday passed the electoral act amendment bill 2021 amidst a rancorous atmosphere after a disagreement over clause 52(3) almost torn the red chamber apart. Some senators of the ruling All Progressives Congresses (APC) kicked against the electronic transmission of results during the plenary session. The Senators considered the bill which had 158
#Edodecides2020 : More Results from Edo election
Collations of Results from Channels live Igueben LG PDP…..7870 APC…5199 Ikpoba/okha PDP…41,030 APC…18218 Esan Central PDP…10794 APC..6719 Esan North East PDP..13579 APC..6556 Uhunmwode PDP..10022 APC..5972 Egor LG PDP..27621 APC..10202 Owan East PDP…14,762 APC..19,295 Owan West PDP…11,485 APC..11,193 Esan south East APC..9237 PDP…10565 ETSAKO WEST PDP…17,959 APC…26,140 Esan North East PDP 13,579 APC..6556 Oredo
Fire Guts INEC Headquarters In Ondo(video)
Fire gutted the Ondo State Office of the Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday, destroying Smart Card Readers. This came barely one month to the governorship election in the state. The cause of the inferno was unknown as of the time of filing this report. The PUNCH gathered that the fire also destroyed some items
INEC plans to start electronic voting in 2021
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday said it would engage with the National Assembly and other stakeholders to explore ways of responding to the rising cost of conducting frequent bye-elections in Nigeria. The commission premised its decision on the Supreme Court judgment which states that votes belong primarily to political parties, as well as
#Election2019 : Full list of Governors elected in 2019
We’ve got an update on the list of Governors elected in the 2019 elections which was held on Saturday, 9th March across states in country. While the governorship election 6 states was declared inconclusive, there were surprises as some Governors were also handed a second term. Here is the list of governors elected in the
Meet CP Wakili, Hero of Democracy
Posterity will always remember people for either good or bad deeds. Today, we have chosen to bring to you the real face of democracy in Nigeria amidst all the chaos, blood bathe, voter apathy and intimidations meted to Nigerians by her leaders. Quite unusual , as opposed to the normal debased image of Nigeria police
#Election2019 : Results So far
These are the few results from the concluded State elections nationwide…. ..ANAMBRA STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS 2019… Anambra Central Anaocha I PDP. Anaocha II APGA Awka North APGA Awka South I APGA Awka South II APGA Dunukofia APGA Idemmili North APGA Idemmili South APGA Njikoka I APGA Njikoka II APGA Anambra North :
Mass Resignation Looms In INEC In Aftermath Of Elections
THERE are indications that some Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs, and National Commissioners of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, will resign their appointments following alleged intimidation, harassment and threat to life by security agencies during the February 23 presidential and National Assembly elections. States electoral commissioners and national commissioners alleged that at the height of the
#Election2019 : news and more results
Kaduna State. Mr Barnabas Bantex, Kaduna State Deputy Governor contesting for Kaduna South Senatorial seat under the All Progressive Congress (APC), has lost his ward Manchok, to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). PDP also won with 2,991 votes, while President Muhammadu Buhari APC got 1,443. The PDP also won the House of
The Aftermath of The Election cancellation (pictures)
It would be recalled that INEC made an unprecedented announcement to Nigerians few hours ago announcing the cancellation of the already slated election exercise nationwide. This news hit many Nigerians hard especially the people who have taken the pain to travel to their respective villages as to partake in the voting exercise. This is the