As Nigerians prepare for the General elections on Saturday, residents of Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, are witnessing hike in the price of food stuff, which can be attributed to panic buying. Bola Kuku, a resident, informed TELL that cost of rice, cassava flour and semovita among others have increased by about 30 per cent. She stated…
Enugu INEC Office Besieged
The INEC office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was on Friday besieged by many people who had indicated interest in working as INEC’s ADHOC staff with regard to the 2015 general elections. TELL learnt that, to be chosen to work as INEC staff, many people in the Coal City underwent screening. Having been…
Ogun Calm Ahead of Election
Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital is calm and quiet. INEC office is also not too busy except for supervisors and returning officers posted to various local government areas who came to verify their names.
Election: Buhari Urges Supporters To Be Peaceful
The All Progressives Congress, APC’s presidential candidate, Mohammadu Buhari, has urged all supporters of his party to abstain from violent conducts throughout the elections. Buhari called for peaceful conduct throughout the elections during his address at the North East Zonal Presidential Campaign Rally in Bauchi State on Tuesday. “I call on all the APC supporters…
Election: Ballot Papers Arrive States On Wednesday
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said ballot papers to be used for Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections are to be moved from Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN vaults from tomorrow, Wednesday, March 25. Kayode Idowu, chief press secretary to the INEC chairman, said all non-sensitive materials have already been sent to locations…
Election: Police Minister Support Card Readers
Jelili Adesiyan, the minister of Police Affairs, has given his support for the use of electronic card readers in the coming polls on the condition that the motive is not to rig the elections or disenfranchise some voters. Speaking during a campaign rally in Osogbo on Thursday, the police minister said the introduction of the…
Jega’s Sack, A Recipe for Disaster- Northern Elders Forum
As the alleged plot by the presidency to sack Attahiru Jega,the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, thickens,the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, has warned that such move will be a ”recipe for disaster.” Ango Abdullahi, spokesperson for the group, who stated this during a press conference on Friday, said “any attempt at this last…
Why Jega Is Yet To Brief The Media
First, it was billed for 5pm but now the much-awaited press conference of Professor Attahiru Jega, national chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC is said to be expected “anytime from 9pm,” today. This was disclosed by Nick Dazang, deputy director of publicity, INEC, hours after Jega had been expected to brief the media…
Tribunal upholds Aregbesola’s elections
The Osun State Election Petitions Tribunal has today, declared Rauf Aregbesola, candidate of the All Progressives Party, APC in the August 2014 governorship elections, winner. The tribunal, headed by Justice Elizabeth Ipejime, upheld that Aregbesola defeated his opponent, Iyiola Omisore of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the elections. While the incumbent governor scored 394,684…
Election: CLO Threatens To Drag Warmongers Before ICC
The Civil Liberties Organisation, CLO has threatened to institute legal actions at the International Criminal Court, ICC in the Hague, against people making inciting statements, should the country eventually plunge into violence during or after this month’s general elections. The group said it is documenting the divisive comments of some politicians threatening to cause trouble…
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