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May

05

2023

Inaugurating a new President on May 29 is not absolute

OPINION, POLITICS#AloyEjimakor, #BolaTinubu, #Jurisdiction, INEC

Inaugurating a new President on May 29 is not absolute By ALOY EJIMAKOR Yesterday (May 4, 2023), I tweeted on my Twitter handle that “Given that the FINALITY of election result is decided by the Court, except where the INEC-declared result is uncontested, it’s unconstitutional to swear-in a winner whose victory has not been affirmed by the Court. Where’s the law that says such a winner must be sworn-in? None!” Since then, I have received a barrage of direct messages and requests to publicly speak more on this. So, to those who asked me and in the…

May

03

2023

By Famous Reporters

ADAMAWA SAGA: Police Confirm Adamawa INEC REC’s Arrest *Some officials fingered, under interrogation

CRIME#Adamawa, #Arrest, #HuduYunusa-Ari, INEC

ADAMAWA SAGA:ba Police Confirm Adamawa INEC REC's Arrest *Some officials fingered, under interrogation The Nigeria Police Force hereby confirms the arrest of Barr. Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), who was alleged to have announced the candidate of the All Progressives Congress winner of the gubernatorial elections during the recently concluded supplementary elections following calls for his arrest and investigation by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the basis of alleged impropriety in the course of supplementary gubernatorial polls in the State. Barrister Ari, who was arrested by the Police Election…

Apr

21

2023

By Famous Reporters

INEC speaks on fleeing suspended Adamawa REC, Yunusa

NATIONAL NEWS#HuduYunusa-Ari, corruption, INEC

INEC speaks on fleeing suspended Adamawa REC, Yunusa The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that the suspended Adamawa REC, Yunusa has taken cover and may be declared wanted by Police The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says the whereabouts of its suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa-Ari, has disappeared has been hidden from everyone. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter education committee, Mr Festus Okoye, disclosed this on Friday while featuring on Channels TV programme. According to Okoye, all efforts geared towards reaching the embattled REC has proven abortive, as the latter…

Mar

26

2023

By Famous Reporters

Guber Polls: Don’t Issue Certificate Of Return To Gov Abiodun, Group Tells INEC

POLITICS#CertificateOfReturn, #Democracy, #Vanguard, INEC

Guber Polls: Don’t Issue Certificate Of Return To Gov Abiodun, Group Tells INEC A group, under the aegis of Vanguard for Democracy and Good Governance, has called on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to desist from issuing the certificate of return to the Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun. In what it earlier term a ‘sham’, the group had earlier called on INEC to review the result of the just concluded governorship election in the state as, according to it, the election did not produce a winner yet. In a communique made available to newsmen today…

Mar

20

2023

By Famous Reporters

Why INEC suspended collation of results in Abia, Enugu

POLITICS#Collation, INEC

Why INEC suspended collation of results in Abia, Enugu The Independent National Electoral Commission has suspended further collation of governorship election results in some parts of Abia and Enugu states. This was made known in a statement signed by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye on Monday. It will be recalled that INEC’s office in Obingwa Local Government Area in Abia State was invaded by thugs on Sunday, March 19, 2023, and its officials were held hostage in relation to the collation of results from the Local Government…

Mar

20

2023

By Famous Reporters

ABIADECIDES: Tension, As INEC gives mandate on Obingwa LGA results

POLITICS#Detention, #LabourParty, #Pdp, INEC

#ABIADECIDES: Tension, As INEC gives mandate on Obingwa LGA results By Charity Uwakwe As tension engulfs the entire Abia State and it's environs as to who the winner of the 2023 gubernatorial election, held on Saturday, March 18, would be, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has described as unacceptable, the unlawful attitude of thugs at Obingwa local government area of Abia. Consequently, the election umpire has, decided that therefore, "there will be a thorough review of the results in that area.” Famousreporters.com reports that the governorship candidate of Labour Party candidate, Dr. Alex Otti had alerted INEC, yesterday informing…

Mar

19

2023

By Famous Reporters

Abia 2023 Guber: Otti’s LP Clearly Leading with wide range of 10 LGAs Result in Abia State *Results from Obingwa to be thoroughly reviewed

POLITICS#AlexOtti, INEC

Abia 2023 Guber: Otti’s LP Clearly Leading with wide range of 10 LGAs Result in Abia State *Results from Obingwa to be thoroughly reviewed The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Collation centre for the Governorship election in Abia State, on Sunday, collated Ten (10) of seventeen (17) local government areas of the state. The results from the available LGs were announced by the electoral Officers of the various local governments and presented to the Returning Officer, the Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Professor Nnenna Otti. Out of the eighteen (18) political parties that participated in the Governorship election…

Mar

19

2023

By Famous Reporters

ALLEGED MANIPULATION OF RESULTS BY ABIA PDP: Reject results not uploaded to BIVAS, it’s against new electoral Law, Otti urges, FG, INEC

POLITICS#AlexOtti, #BIVAS, #LabourParty, INEC

ALLEGED MANIPULATION OF RESULTS BY ABIA PDP: Reject results not uploaded to BIVAS, it's against new electoral Law, Otti urges, FG, INEC The Labour Party governorship candidate of Abia state has insisted that the party has cried out over alleged ploy by the ruling party to rob him of his mandate. Otti stated with an aura of confidence that he won the governorship election with landslide "but lamented that the People Democratic Party (PDP) is planning to manipulate the results. He said despite the order given by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that all results should be uploaded on…

Mar

18

2023

By Famous Reporters

Ibeku East Voters, (020) Threaten To Boycott Election Over Shortage Of Ballot Papers

POLITICS#Ballots, #Boycott, INEC

Ibeku East Voters, (020) Threaten To Boycott Election Over Shortage Of Ballot Papers By Charity Uwakwe As Nigerians across the country bustle with the Governorship and House of Assembly elections, voters at Ama Mbara Nkata Ibeku, Unit 020, Ibeku East Ward (1), in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State, have unanimously threatened to boycott the exercise in their unit, alleging that the Unit has shortage of ballot papers. According to the community leaders, the polling unit was allocated only 170 ballot papers each for Guber and House of Assembly elections instead of the…

Mar

11

2023

By Famous Reporters

MARCH 18: Ensure Free, Fair, Credible, Transparent Election, Abia NUJ Urges INEC *Do not take Laws into your hands, political parties told

NEWS#2023GuberElection, INEC, NUJ

MARCH 18: Ensure Free, Fair, Credible, Transparent Election, Abia NUJ Urges INEC, Political Parties *Do not take Laws into your hands, political parties told By Charity Uwakwe The Abia State Chapter of Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ) has charged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to ensure a conduct of election in the forthcoming governorship and House of Assembly elections, slated for Saturday, March…