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INEC Presses for Law to Transmit Election Results Electronically

Ayomide Oyewole 04/06/2021

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday called for legislation to transmit the results of 2023 elections electronically. The commission also showcased new processes for voter’s registration and transmission of results from ward level to the final declaration. It said beginning from June 28 when the voter’s registration will commence, facial capture would be added […]Read More

PDP Declared Winner of Adamawa Governorship Election

Ayomide Oyewole 29/03/2019

Alhaji Ahmadu Fintiri of PDP has emerged winner of Adamawa Governorship election. The Returning Officer of the election, Prof. Andrew Haruna, who declared the result Thursday in Yola after the supplementary election in 44 units across 14 local government areas of the state, said Fintiri polled 376,552 votes to beat his closest rival, Gov. Muhammadu […]Read More

We ’ll Utilise 2019 Elections Experience For Future Polls –

Ayomide Oyewole 14/03/2019

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has said that the commission will utilise the lessons and experiences of accredited observers for the conduct of future elections in Nigeria. He also acknowledged that the observation of the 2019 general election must have presented its challenges, not only on account of the […]Read More

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DR Congo election: Results ‘may be delayed’ as ballots trickle

Ayomide Oyewole 03/01/2019

Results from the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) long-delayed presidential election could be pushed back past Sunday’s deadline, the country’s electoral commission has said, as ballots trickle in and tensions prevail over the vote count. As of Wednesday, three days after the election, counting centres had received just 17 percent of the tally sheets drawn […]Read More

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Democrats in frenzied final push ahead of US elections.

Ayomide Oyewole 05/11/2018

Donald Trump,his Republicans and their Democratic rivals steeled themselves for a final frenzied day of campaigning Monday on the eve of contentious US midterm elections, when voters render their verdict on the president’s first two years in office. Trump has seized on the us-versus-them message that resonated with his base during the fiery 2016 campaign […]Read More

2023 Presidency Fashola Can’t Decide Our Fate

Ayomide Oyewole 28/10/2018

Not minding the discordant tunes being played by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and scheming regarding which geopolitical zone would produce the president in 2023, mainstream Ndigbo appear unperturbed. They insist they would decide their fate. In fact, a very reliable source at the apex Igbo socio cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday, confided in […]Read More