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INEC extends voting till Sunday 0
- Report Update
- March 28, 2015
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended voting during the Presidential and National Elections to Sunday in problem areas. It directed all Resident Electoral Commissioners in the country to conduct election on Sunday in areas where there were hitches. It said it has also relocated all the contents on its website to another site following
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Nigeria election stumbles into action as president struggles to cast vote 0
- Report Update
- March 28, 2015
Nigeria’s eagerly awaited election got off to an embarrassing start on Saturday when the country’s president, Goodluck Jonathan, was denied registration and officials had to scramble to find a way for him to vote. National television showed Jonathan in his trademark black fedora, standing patiently in a tented polling booth for 20 minutes in his home
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Breaking News: INEC website hacked on election day 0
- Report Update
- March 28, 2015
The website of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been hacked. This ugly incident occurred around 12 noon on a day the Commission is organising Nigeria’s presidential and parliamentary elections. Meanwhile, the Commission has reacted swiftly to the incident. According to a tweet via its Twitter handle: @Inecnigeria, the commission said: “We are aware
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INEC Postpones Elections in 11 Federal Constituencies in Jigawa 0
- Report Update
- March 28, 2015
The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) has announced the postponement of election into the House of representatives in eleven federal constituencies in Jigawa State. The State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Alhaji Halliru Aliyu Tambawel announced the development while briefing news men Friday night at INEC headquarters in Dutse, said the postponement was due to the short-fall of
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Nigerian soldiers confine Al-Jazeera journalists to hotel 0
- Report Update
- March 27, 2015
Nigerian military authorities on Tuesday confined two Al-Jazeera journalists to their hotel room and have forbidden them from leaving, according to a statement published on Wednesday by the Nigerian Defense Headquarters and both journalists who spoke to CPJ. The journalists were covering a story on military activities in the area as part of Al-Jazeera’s broader
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We are ready for elections, INEC re-assures 0
- Report Update
- March 24, 2015
As the countdown to the elections get closer, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has again reassured Nigerians that they are prepared for the forth coming elections. This was made known by Mr. Akin Orebiyi, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of INEC for Lagos, at a media forum themed “2015 Elections: Xraying INEC and other
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