Delta Gov Tribunal: Results Not Totally Uploaded- INEC Director
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)- Assistant Director of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mrs. Abimbola Oladunjoye has told the Delta State Election Tribunal sitting in Asaba, Delta State that the More...
Why I Remained Calm While Orubebe Misbehaved — Jega
Prof Atahiru Jega LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Attahiru Jega, said he remained calm while Godsday Orubebe, a former minister of Niger Delta, More...
Orubebe Threatens THISDAY Newspapers with Court Action over Allegation of Jega’s Kidnap Attempt
Godsday Orubebe protesting when INEC Chairman Atahiru Jega was announcing the the presidential election result LAGOS APRIL 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The former minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, More...
APC Fingers NDDC Chief, Rivers REC over Attempt to Rig Election for Jonathan, Wike
Goodluck Jonathan and Nyesom Wike LAGOS MARCH 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has alerted the public on efforts being made by President Goodluck Jonathan to use More...
Protesters Shut Down INEC Office over Card Reader
Atahiru Jega LAGOS MARCH 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Thousands of protesting youths yesterday prevented staff and visitors from gaining access to the headquarters of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja. The More...
MASSOB Insists Jega Must Go, Threatens to Resist Election in the South
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has demanded the immediate removal of Chairman the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Attahiru More...
Asari-Dokubo’s Group Shut Down Warri, Stages “Jega Must Go” Protest
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH Urhobotoday)-A group led by Alhaji Muhjahid Asari Dokubo of the outlawed Niger Delta Peoples Volunteers Force (NDPSF) Thursday demanded the immediate sack of the chairman of the Independent More...
I Can’t Guarantee March 28th Election Date, Jega Tells Senate
Prof Atahiru Jega LAGOS FEBRUARY 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Attahiru Jega, has told Nigerian federal lawmakers he could not guarantee the 2015 general More...
INEC Debunks Rumour of Jega’s Resignation, Says It’s Website is Very Secured
Prof Atahiru Jega LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The rumour making the rounds that the Chairman of Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Atahiru Jega has resigned had been denied by the Commission, More...
INEC Announces Extension For PVC Collection
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday announced further extension for registered voters who have yet to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVC). A statement More...
Brains Behind Nigerian Poll Shift
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Pressure mounted by President Goodluck Jonathan’s loyalists and service chiefs on the Independent National Electoral Commission led to the postponement of the 2015 general elections, More...
South-South Elders Call for Jega’s Removal
INEC Boss Prof Atahiru Jega LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Some Southern Nigerian elders, under the aegis of Southern Nigerian Peoples Assembly, SNPA, have called for the sack and arrest of the Chairman of the More...
Jonathan Security Adviser, Sambo Wants Elections Postponed
Sambo LAGOS JANUARY22ND (URHOBOTODAY) – National Security Adviser (NSA) to President Goodluck Jonathan, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd), Thursday during a talk at London think-tank Chatham House, said he wants February’s More...
700,000 Permanent Voter Cards Abandoned in Delta State
INEC Chairman, Prof Atahiru Jega LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-No fewer than 700,000 unclaimed Permanent Voter Cards are lying fallow at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Delta More...
INEC Weeds Out Four Million Fake Names From Voters Register
INEC Boss, Prof Atahiru Jega LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday said it has been able to weed out over four million multiple and fake names from the More...
Jega Bows to Pressure, Suspends Creation of New Polling Units
INEC Chairman, Professor Atahiru Jega bows to pressure LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has bowed to public pressure by suspending the controversial creation More...
2015: Clark Explains Why Jonathan Must Contest, Calls for Jega’s Resignation
Chief E.K. Clark casting his vote at Kiagbodo during Delta State local government council election yesterday.... LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-As the 2015 general approaches, National Leader, Chief (Dr) Edwin More...
PDP Chieftain, Onuesoke Faults Jega over Creation of New Polling Units
PDP Chieftain, Chief Sunny Onuesoke Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship aspirant in 2007 general election, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has faulted the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission More...
Ekiti: Ogboru Commends Jonathan, INEC, Congratulates Fayose
Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru LAGOS JUNE 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta State Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) Governorship candidate in 2011 general, Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru has commended the courage of President Goodluck More...
INEC, SIEC Call on Delta, 10 Other States to Conduct LGA Elections
INEC Chairman Atahiru Jega LAGOS APRIL 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs) and the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC have called on reluctant states to urgently conduct More...
ACF, Northern Elders Reject INEC Timetable, Want Election Conducted in One Day
INEC Chairman, Prof Atahiru Jega LAGOS JANUARY 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Political pressure groups from the north have rejected staggered elections as contained in the timetable the Independent National Electoral Commission More...
General Election May Hold January 2015-INEC
Prof Atahiru Jega, INEC Boss The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has stated that if given the approval, the 2015 general elections will hold either in January or February of that year. Chairman, More...
INEC to Decide APC Registration on Thursday- Jega
LAGOS JULY 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The policy making organ of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, will meet on Thursday to take a final decision on the application filed by the political parties merging More...