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We Need Adequate Security To Have A Successful Election – INEC

Without adequate security, it will be difficult to have peaceful and successful elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (IN...

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Nigeria Postpones Feb 14 Presidential Election To March 28 - INEC

Nigeria's electoral commission has said it is postponing the Feb. 14 presidential election until March 28 due to security concerns, cavi...

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NIGERIA: Brains Behind Poll Shift

Pressure mounted by President Goodluck Jonathan’s loyalists and service chiefs on the Independent National Electoral Commission led to the p...

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[NIGERIA] 2015 POLLS - Southern Leaders Reiterate Call For Electoral Body Chief To Resign

Southern leaders, yesterday, reiterated their call for the resignation of the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Pro...

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Nigeria To Keep Feb. 14 Presidential Election Date

Nigeria's Council of State has decided to stick with Feb. 14 as the date for its presidential election, Imo state governor Rochas Okoroc...

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Nigeria Will Not Delay Elections: Commission

The head of Nigeria's electoral commission said on Tuesday the country will hold a presidential election as scheduled on Feb. 14, reject...

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NIGERIA: Poll Postponement: Jonathan’s Men Support National Security Adviser Dasuki

Furious that national chairman of the Independent National Elector­al Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega is not lifting a finger to ...

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No Delay Needed For Nigerian Election: Electoral Body

The head of Nigeria's electoral body on Friday maintained that elections set for next month will still take place, despite concerns abou...

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Nigerian Soldiers Intercept Truck-Load Of 3,600 Ballot Boxes

A team of soldiers, popularly called OP MESSA, attached to 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala in Ogun State, yesterday, intercepted a truck-load ...

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NIGERIA: Opposition Plotted To Hack Electoral Body Computers — DSS

The Department of State Service said that its investigations indicated that the All Progressives Congress had plans to hack into the compute...

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NIGERIA: Army Ridiculing Me With Certificate Scandal - Buhari

Former Head of State and All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate in the forthcoming elections, retired General Muhammadu Buha...

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My Certificates Consumed By Fire, Nigeria VP Sambo Tells Electoral Body

Ahead of the 2015 general elections, Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo has told the Independent National Electoral Commission that his Ba...

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2015 POLLS: Tension As Nigerian Police Intercept 1500 Ballot Boxes In Bauchi

Tension swept through Bauchi State political space yesterday following the interception of a truck load of 1550 ballot boxes expected to be ...

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A Million Displaced Nigerians Unable To Vote Unless Law Changed - INEC

More than a million Nigerians displaced by an Islamist insurgency in the northeast may not be able to vote in the Feb. 14 presidential elect...

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NIGERIA: INEC Loses Registration Data For Lagos State Gov. Fashola, Wife

The names of the number one citizen of Lagos State, Governor Babatunde Fashola, his wife and all residents who registered at the governor’s ...

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Nigeria: Friday Declared A Public Holiday In Lagos To Enable Residents Collect Their Permanent Voters' Cards

Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has declared Friday a public holiday in the state to enable public servants to collect their Permane...

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Boko Haram 'Won't Threaten Nigeria Vote' - Election Chief

Nigeria can hold elections in February even if Boko Haram violence makes voting impossible in parts of the northeast, the country's elec...

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Nigerian Political Parties Set Aside Funds For Bribery, Election Body Chairman Says

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, in this interview with journalists, speaks on the commis...

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Nigerians Kick Against New Polling Units

Nigerians mostly from the Southern part of the country are not relenting in their bashing of the Independent National Electoral Commission (...

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NIGERIA: Why INEC Gave More Polling Units To North - Attahiru Jega

Far from pandering to any sectional agenda, the allocation of more polling units to the North is because there is no evidence of population ...

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