Tag: Bayelsa INEC
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Alleged vote buying: INEC conducted credible election in Bayelsa – Gov Diri insists
Bayelsa State Governor and the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party at the just concluded off-cycle governorship election in Bayelsa, Duoye Diri, has revealed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted a credible election against allegations of vote-buying and violence. While speakingon a national tv program, Diri, who agreed that there were some challenges during…
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Tension in Bayelsa as INEC set to collate final results from Sylva, his deputy LGAs now
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will be collating final results on Monday afternoon following suspension of exercise on Sunday night. The commission’s head of voters education and publicity in Bayelsa state, Wilfred Igofah, announced this to journalists Sunday night, citing “challenges in collation of results in Brass and Southern Ijaw” local government areas. Consequently,…
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5 major reasons why Sylva was not listed by INEC for Bayelsa guber race
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday, dropped the names of Timipre Sylva and his ruining mate, Joshua Maciver of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in its list for the Bayelsa governorship election. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) recalls the secretary of the commission, Rose Oriaran-Anthony, signed the list. The column for the names of APC…
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Bayelsa guber: Coalition urges INEC to use electronic transmission of results
A Coalition of Pro-democracy Organisations in Nigeria, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be transparent in the electoral process and make the use of electronic transmission of the Bayelsa gubernatorial election results as opposed to the manual transmission planned.
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Elections underway in Nigeria’s South amidst report of violence in Bayelsa
Nigeria is holding its Governorship and State House of Assembly elections in 28 states on Saturday March 18 and thugs have reportedly hijacked and burnt election materials for three wards in Ogbia Constituency 2 in Bayelsa State. The elections come two weeks after the controversial Presidential and National Assembly polls held on February 25. Eight…