By Aluta News Feb. 21, 2024 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has determined May 29 as the date for this year’s national and provincial elections. The president has consulted with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on the election date and convened a meeting with all nine provincial premiers to discussContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 18, 2023 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called for stronger collaboration with the media in the efforts to combat fake news. The electoral body said on Tuesday in Akwanga, Nasarawa State, that the collaboration would also minimise misinformation and disinformation about the electoral process.Continue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 10, 2023 INEC expects 5.4 million voters to vote in the three off-cycle governorship elections slated to hold on Nov. 11 in Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo. Of the figure, 1.05 million voters are in Bayelsa; 2.4 million are in Imo and two million are in Kogi.Continue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 26, 2023 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Sept. 21, 2024 for the conduct of Edo governorship election and Nov. 16, 2024 for Ondo State. The commission announced the dates in the timetable and schedule of activities for the two states governorship elections releasedContinue Reading
By Aluta News Dec. 12, 2022 The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, has urged Nigerians not to exercise any doubt on whether the 2023 general elections will take place or not. Baba made the plea on Monday in Ibadan at the opening ceremony of a four-day conference organised forContinue Reading
By Aluta News May 03, 2022 Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, has called on the leadership of the All Progressive Congress (APC) to zone the presidential position to the southern part of the country. Akeredolu made call in a statement, tagged “Our Party, APC, Must Tread The Path OfContinue Reading
By Aluta News April 27, 2022 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kano State says it has approved 11,222 polling units ahead of the 2023 general polls. INEC Kano Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof. Riskuwa Arabu, made this known at a one-day workshop on electoral reportage organised by the KanoContinue Reading
By Aluta News April 25, 2022 The former Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki, has described himself as a man with intellectual capacity and boldness to rescue Nigeria from its current challenges if voted into power. Saraki, a presidential aspirant in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stated this during his visitContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 13, 2022 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Suleman Sabo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) the winner of the Feb. 12 Kuje Council Chairmanship Election in the Federal Capital Territory. Mr Sabo, the council’s incumbent chairman who will now serve his second termContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 28, 2022 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) of unhindered access in exercising their franchise in the Feb. 12 Federal Capital Territory (FCT) area councils’ elections. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) FCT, Alhaji Yahaya Bello gave the assurance onContinue Reading
