Operatives of the Cross River Police Command have rescued a former staff member of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, who was abducted by kidnappers. Mrs. Caroline Bassey was rescued shortly after her abduction from her residence at Peter Ojie street, Off Winners Way, Calabar at 11:30am on Saturday, November 4, 2023. It was gathered that the gunmen, who posed as customers seeking to rent chairs from Mrs. Bassey, tied up her security man and put him inside …
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A report from a subpoenaed witness who identified herself as an employee of Amazon Web Services Incorporated, USA, has been admitted as evidence by the presidential tribunal. The witness who gave her name as Claretta Ogar, disclosed that she is a cloud engineer and architect. The report provided details of the health status of the cloud services offered to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) digital backbone for the presidential election. The report revealed that there was no glitch that …
Provide full resources for NYSC, or make it voluntary – Former INEC chairman, Attahiru Jega tells FG
Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Attahiru Jega, has called on the Federal government to either provide the resources to continue to mandate participation in the National Youth Service Corps scheme or otherwise make it voluntary. Jega made the call during his address at the Opening Ceremony of the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the NYSC earlier on Monday in Abuja where he was the guest lecturer. He added that the service must be retained but must …
Nigeria’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed the dates the Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) would be available for collection by Nigerians. According to the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, PVCs for persons captured in the ongoing Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) in the country would be ready between October and November. Festus Okoye, disclosed this while monitoring the concluding segment of the ongoing CVR in Awka, Anambra on …
Claims of staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) being arrested in Lagos State over alleged creation of illegal voter enrollment centre has been debunked by the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Lagos state, Olusegun Agbaje. Recall there were claims of some INEC staff being arrested by police officers for allegedly conspiring with St. Brigigs Catholic Church, Ijeshatedo, Lagos, to create an illegal Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) centre in the church. Agbaje has now described the news report as fake news. He …
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) met on Tuesday July 19, to discuss modalities for allowing inmates to vote. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman who spoke after the meeting held at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja, noted that there are a lot of areas to be addressed before a decision can be taken on allowing inmates to vote and these include location of polling units, format for electoral campaigns, access to correctional facilities for election officials, the …