INEC Archives - Page 11 of 11

Jun

26

2022

INEC Publishes names of 15 Presidential Candidates, VP’s

News, Politics2023, INEC, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

The IIndependent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has made public the names of the successful candidates for the 2023 presidential general election and their confirmed running -mates. See the full list below: The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and his running mate, Mr. Ibrahim Masari. Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and his running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa. Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), and his running mate, Doyin Okupe. Osita Nnadi, presidential candidate of Action Peoples Party (APP), and his running mate, Isa Hamisu. Kolawole Abiola, presidential candidate of Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), and…

Jun

20

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

INEC says Obi, Tinubu, cannot replace running mates, ‘but’!

News2023, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, INEC, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Peter Obi, Politics

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Monday, ruled out the concept of “placeholder” or dummy vice presidential candidate as done by political parties, adding that it has no place in the constitution of Nigeria. After the completion of presidential primaries, INEC had set June 17 as the deadline for the nomination of vice-presidential candidates However, as some political parties continued to search for the rightful VP candidate, and to beat the deadline set by INEC for submission of names, some candidates, including Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress and Peter Obi of Labour Party, submitted names of vice-presidential…

Jun

20

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

2023: Court stops INEC from ending voter registration

Metro, Politics2023, Court, INEC, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

The Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from ending voter registration on June 30, 2022. Honourable Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon (Court 10) on Monday granted an order of interim injunction following the hearing of an argument on motion exparte by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, disclosed this in a statement forwarded to DAILY POST today. SERAP and 185 concerned Nigerians had early this month filed the lawsuit against INEC, asking the court to “declare unconstitutional, illegal, and incompatible with international standards the failure of the electoral body to…

Jul

13

2019

By Amos Oge Kalu

Attack on PDP Witnesses X-rays of the failure in Nigeria Security System – Kalu

Amos Oge Kalu, PoliticsAll Progressives Congress, Crime, INEC, Next Level, Nigeria, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics

PRESS STATEMENT – 13/7/2019 The Director-General of Atikulated Agenda Worldwide, Chief Dr. Emeka Kalu has expressed shock at the News of the attack on the Witnesses of the People’s Democratic Party on their way to court from Zamfara State which made the court adjourn the case to Monday. In a statement issued from his Abuja office signed by his Aide on Media and Publicity, Comr. Amos Kalu, Dr. Kalu berated the Buhari/APC-Led Administration for failing to provide adequate security for the protection of lives and properties of Nigerians, stating that security challenge under Buhari has been at its lowest ebb,…