voters – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Thu, 09 Sep 2021 20:41:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png voters – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 IVED will remove PVC fraud Says INEC https://www.theinfostride.com/ived-will-remove-pvc-fraud-says-inec/ https://www.theinfostride.com/ived-will-remove-pvc-fraud-says-inec/#respond Thu, 09 Sep 2021 20:41:41 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=307665 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) revealed that the introduction of the INEC Voter Enrolment Device (IVED) will eliminate acts of fraud with Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), making Nigeria’s electoral process more efficient. This was disclosed by INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu in a meeting with media executives on Tuesday in Abuja, reported by the [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/ived-will-remove-pvc-fraud-says-inec/feed/ 0 2023: INEC Launches Online Portal For Voters To Register https://www.theinfostride.com/2023-inec-launches-online-portal-for-voters-to-register/ https://www.theinfostride.com/2023-inec-launches-online-portal-for-voters-to-register/#respond Thu, 24 Jun 2021 19:00:28 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=298420 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday launched an online portal for eligible voters to register ahead of the 2023 general elections. This was disclosed by the Chairman of the Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu while addressing newsmen shortly after the launching. The Commissioner said the portal was created for intending registrants to commence the [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/2023-inec-launches-online-portal-for-voters-to-register/feed/ 0 Candidates, Voters Must Shun Violence During Kogi Elections – Idris Abdul https://www.theinfostride.com/candidates-voters-must-shun-violence-during-kogi-elections-idris-abdul/ Fri, 15 Nov 2019 09:49:51 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=240903 The Executive Director, Conscience for Human Rights and Conflicts Resolution, Mr. Idris Abdul has urged political parties, their candidates and supporters to stay away from violence during the November 16 governorship election in the state and the Kogi West senatorial election. In a recent statement, he begged INEC to live up to its constitutional responsibilities [...]

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]]> My Voters Were Scared To Come Out To Vote – Jimi Agbaje https://www.theinfostride.com/my-voters-were-scared-to-come-out-to-vote-jimi-agbaje/ Mon, 11 Mar 2019 11:59:45 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=228720 Defeated PDP governorship candidate, Jimi Agbaje, has said he is of the opinion that he did not win the March 9 election because his supporters were intimidated from stepping out of their homes to vote. Jimi did not emerge victorious in any of Lagos state’s 20 local government areas and ended up polling 206,141 votes [...]

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]]> Nigerian Army Terrorized Voters In The Last Election – Seriake Dickson https://www.theinfostride.com/nigerian-army-terrorized-voters-in-the-last-election-seriake-dickson/ Wed, 06 Mar 2019 10:12:17 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=228439 Bayelsa state governor, Seriake Dickson has come out to say that the Nigerian Army terrorized voters during the last election. Daily Post reports that the Army carried out a coup on democracy in the Presidential and National Assembly election that took place weeks back. Seriake Dickson also asked PDP supporters in the state to come [...]

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]]> 2 Million Accredited Voters Did Not Vote 4 Years Ago – Hussaini Pai https://www.theinfostride.com/2-million-accredited-voters-did-not-vote-4-years-ago-hussaini-pai/ Fri, 25 Jan 2019 23:15:22 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=225908 Mr Hussaini Pai, the Plateau Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), has said that two million Nigerians accredited in the 2015 elections did not return to vote. The voters were not patient enough to wait for that long period between accreditation and voting, Pai said on Friday in Jos. He said that the workshop was targeted at [...]

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]]> Underestimation Of Young Voters Is Not The Way To Go – Taylor Swift https://www.theinfostride.com/underestimation-of-young-voters-is-not-the-way-to-go-taylor-swift/ Wed, 05 Dec 2018 10:00:47 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=222525 After more than a decade of strict political neutrality, Taylor Swift has been making up for lost time by openly discussing politics recently, and she isn’t slowing down on Election Day. In a series of Instagram Story videos posted Tuesday, the “Reputation” songstress said people shouldn’t underestimate young voters and urged her followers to get [...]

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]]> INEC Set To Display Voters’ Register In Kwara State https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-set-to-display-voters-register-in-kwara-state/ Tue, 06 Nov 2018 02:28:32 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=220267 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is to display register of voters in all the 1, 872 polling units of Kwara state from Tuesday, Nov. 6 to Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. This was contained in a statement on Sunday in Ilorin by the Commission’s Head of Voter Education and Publicity, Mr Jacob Ayanda on behalf [...]

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]]> Voters & Observers Intimidation Is Unacceptable – Atiku Abubakar https://www.theinfostride.com/voters-observers-intimidation-is-unacceptable-atiku-abubakar/ Thu, 04 Oct 2018 00:40:01 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=217766 Atiku Abubakar has cast doubts over the conduct of the Osun governorship rerun election taking place on Thursday, September 27, 2018. The governorship election that originally took place on Saturday, September 22, 2018, was declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday, September 23. This was because the victory margin of 353 [...]

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]]> Rauf Aregbesola Commends Large Turn Out Of Voters In Osun State https://www.theinfostride.com/rauf-aregbesola-commends-large-turn-out-of-voters-in-osun-state/ Sun, 23 Sep 2018 11:13:35 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=216813 Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun has commended the large turn out of voters for Saturday’s governorship election in the state. Aregbesola, who spoke after casting his vote at 11:50 am at his Ifofin Ward 8, Unit 1 Polling Unit in Ilesa, also commended the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) for the smooth conduct of the exercise. [...]

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]]> Voters Should Resist Any Attempt By APC To Rig The Election In Osun State – Timi Frank https://www.theinfostride.com/voters-should-resist-any-attempt-by-apc-to-rig-the-election-in-osun-state-timi-frank/ Fri, 21 Sep 2018 09:05:23 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=216594 Timi Frank has accused the All Progressives Congress and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of planning to rig the upcoming Osun governorship election. He said that INEC is planning to assign faulty card readers to strongholds of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other opposition parties in Osun state with the aim of denying [...]

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]]> Ademola Adeleke Did Not Attend The Debate Because Of Voters – Olawale Rasheed https://www.theinfostride.com/ademola-adeleke-did-not-attend-the-debate-because-of-voters-olawale-rasheed/ Wed, 19 Sep 2018 06:27:34 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=216380 Senator Ademola Adeleke (Osun West – PDP) has explained why he was absent from a debate organised for five selected Osun State gubernatorial candidates. Adeleke, popularly called the “Dancing Senator” due to his habit of flamboyant dancing in public, failed to show up for the two-hour debate. Explaining why he was absent, the publicity director [...]

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]]> INEC Register 537,874 New Voters In Kaduna State https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-register-537874-new-voters-in-kaduna-state/ Sun, 02 Sep 2018 20:02:54 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=214914 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has registered 537,874 new voters in Kaduna State during the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise which came to an end on Aug. 31. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Malam Abdullahi Kaugama, who announced this at a news conference in Kaduna on Saturday, said that 235,532 [...]

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]]> Our Aim Is To Have A Large Ekiti Turn-Out Of Voters Like In 2014 – INEC https://www.theinfostride.com/our-aim-is-to-have-a-large-ekiti-turn-out-of-voters-like-in-2014-inec/ Thu, 01 Mar 2018 11:09:10 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=201069 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said that 215,000 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) were still unclaimed in Ekiti, five months to the July 14 governorship election. “We still have 215,000 PVCs that are yet to be claimed by the electorate, few months to the governorship election, despite our sensitization programmes. “We are hopeful [...]

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]]> 3,630,529 New Voters Have Been Registered Via Continuous Voter Registration – Mahmood Yakubu https://www.theinfostride.com/3630529-new-voters-have-been-registered-via-continuous-voter-registration-mahmood-yakubu/ Mon, 11 Dec 2017 03:58:54 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=192322 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has annunced that no fewer than 3.63 million new voters have been registered in ongoing Continuous Voter Registration across the country. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu made this known recently. “For the first time in the history of INEC, citizens who have attained the voting age of 18 years and those [...]

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]]> Buhari Plans National Identification Number For Voters https://www.theinfostride.com/buhari-plans-national-identification-number-for-voters/ Sun, 11 Dec 2016 11:23:00 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=150887 Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday said President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that the National Identification Number (NIN) be used to authenticate eligible voters in future. Osinbajo, who was represented by Mr Ade Ipaye, the Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, said this while addressing a policy roundtable on identity at the Banquet Hall of [...]

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]]> Rivers State Voters Await INEC Staff In Wards https://www.theinfostride.com/rivers-state-voters-await-inec-staff-in-wards/ Sat, 19 Mar 2016 11:02:16 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=123471 The Federal and State Assembly Rerun elections in Rivers State is scheduled to hold today, Saturday, March 19, 2016. According to a report by Vanguard Newspaper, there is calm in Buguma, headquarters of Asari Toru local government area as at about 7: 50am. It was also reported that there were no sign of staff of [...]

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]]> #Rivers > Governorship Poll marred by Violence, Intimidation of Voters – INEC https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-rivers-governorship-poll-marred-by-violence-intimidation-of-voters-inec/ Sat, 12 Sep 2015 11:30:29 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/nigeria-rivers-governorship-poll-marred-by-violence-intimidation-of-voters-inec/ Mr. Charles Okoye, a witness for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the ongoing trial for the April 11 Rivers State Governorship election, said on Friday that the election was marred by violence. Okoye, who was in charge of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) election, campaign and party monitoring group in the state, said [...]

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]]> #Africa > Morocco Votes https://www.theinfostride.com/africa-morocco-votes/ Fri, 04 Sep 2015 21:35:45 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/africa-morocco-votes/ Al Jazeera’s Inside Story is in the Moroccan capital Rabat, where voters have cast their votes in the first regional and local elections to take place since King Mohammed VI conceded powers and changed the constitution following 2011 protests. The Islamic-leaning Justice and Development Party won an historic victory in the elections that followed those protests. [...]

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]]> Tribunal Upholds Governor Ugwuanyi’s Election As Enugu Governor | #Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/tribunal-upholds-ugwuanyis-election-as-enugu-governor-nigeria/ Fri, 21 Aug 2015 17:30:12 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/tribunal-upholds-ugwuanyis-election-as-enugu-governor-nigeria/ The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Enugu on Friday upheld the election of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State. The tribunal Chairman, Justice Hildad Kwajafa, in his judgment, held that the petition filed by Mr Okey Ezea of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was incompetent and lacking in merit. Kwajafa held that Ugwuanyi was duly [...]

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]]> Prospective Voters Hail INEC Card Reader In Ebonyi https://www.theinfostride.com/prospective-voters-hail-inec-card-reader-in-ebonyi/ Tue, 24 Mar 2015 01:15:37 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/03/prospective-voters-hail-inec-card-reader-in-ebonyi/ Some people in Abakaliki on Monday hailed the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) decision to use Smart Card Reader for the general elections. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakaliki that the introduction of the card reader would not only engender credible polls, but also ensure that only those who registered were allowed to [...]

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]]> ‘No Leader Has Equipped The Military Like Jonathan’ https://www.theinfostride.com/no-leader-has-equipped-the-military-like-jonathan/ Sun, 22 Mar 2015 01:15:44 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/03/no-leader-has-equipped-the-military-like-jonathan/ Former Defence Adviser to Benin Republic and ex-Adjutant, Nigerian Defence Academy‎ (NDA), General Yakubu Usman (retd), said that President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration has equipped the military more than any other government since independence. Speaking in Abuja on Saturday, when The Justice for Mandate Group ‎addressed a press conference, Usman admitted that the military was taken [...]

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]]> Jega Removal: PDP Disagrees With Fayose, Restates Confidence In INEC https://www.theinfostride.com/jega-removal-pdp-disagrees-with-fayose-restates-confidence-in-inec/ Thu, 05 Mar 2015 19:15:53 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/03/jega-removal-pdp-disagrees-with-fayose-restates-confidence-in-inec/ The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State was not speaking on behalf of the party when he called for the sack of Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega. The governor had called for the sacking of the INEC chairman in [...]

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]]> Oluremi Tinubu Unfit To Remain In Senate – Lagos PDP https://www.theinfostride.com/oluremi-tinubu-unfit-to-remain-in-senate-lagos-pdp/ Wed, 09 Jul 2014 00:15:27 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/07/oluremi-tinubu-unfit-to-remain-in-senate-lagos-pdp/ The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State has vowed to stop the return of Senator Oluremi Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Senate in 2015 and cautioned her against what it called “unparliamentary, unpatriotic and inexperienced manner of carrying out ordinary legislative functions and privileges”. The PDP was reacting to reports [...]

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]]> Swiss voters turn down world’s highest minimum wage https://www.theinfostride.com/swiss-voters-turn-down-worlds-highest-minimum-wage/ Sun, 18 May 2014 14:29:20 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=43453 Swiss voters on Sunday rejected a proposed hourly minimum wage of $25 -- which would have been the world's highest -- in one of the planet's priciest nations, a polling agency said. Only 23 percent of Swiss voters came out in favour of introducing a…

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]]> Malema in final bid to woo voters from S.Africa’s ANC https://www.theinfostride.com/malema-in-final-bid-to-woo-voters-from-s-africas-anc/ Sun, 04 May 2014 18:04:44 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=40380 South Africa's firebrand politician Julius Malema, held his party's final election rally on Sunday, hoping to woo disaffected voters from the ruling ANC party with just three days until polling. Thousands of supporters of the Economic Freedom Fighters…

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]]> Panama to elect a new president amid close thee-way race https://www.theinfostride.com/panama-to-elect-a-new-president-amid-close-thee-way-race/ Sun, 04 May 2014 06:02:27 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=40273 Voters in Panama go to the polls Sunday to pick the country's next president, after a campaign that revealed few major policy differences among the top candidates. The campaign has gone down to the wire, with polls giving any of the three leading contenders…

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]]> Afghans defy Taliban threat to vote in landmark election https://www.theinfostride.com/afghans-defy-taliban-threat-to-vote-in-landmark-election/ Sat, 05 Apr 2014 12:54:15 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=33422 Afghan voters turned out in large numbers Saturday, braving Taliban threats, to choose a successor to President Hamid Karzai in the country's first democratic transfer of power as US-led forces wind down their 13-year war. Long queues formed outside…

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]]> Far right set to surge in French local elections https://www.theinfostride.com/far-right-set-to-surge-in-french-local-elections/ Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:02:46 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=30307 French voters went to the polls on Sunday in the first round of local elections set to represent a landmark for women in politics and, possibly, for the far-right National Front. The first nationwide vote since Francois Hollande's 2012 election as president…

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]]> INEC Fixes March 12 And 19 For Osun, Ekiti State Voter Registration https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-fixes-march-12-and-19-for-osun-ekiti-state-voter-registration/ Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:57:28 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=18053 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed March 12 to March 19 for the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) for Osun and Ekiti governorship elections. . INEC Director (Voter Registration) Emmanuel Akem made the disclosure at a Stakeholders’ Forum on the “Status of Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) toward the 2015 general elections’’, on Thursday in [...]

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]]> Will He Contest? Will He Not? GEJ Keeps Nigerians Guessing https://www.theinfostride.com/will-he-contest-will-he-not-gej-keeps-nigerians-guessing/ Sun, 26 Jan 2014 19:30:35 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=14086 Nigeria has set a date for its presidential and parliamentary elections but the main question dominating discussion in the country is whether Goodluck Jonathan will seek a second term. . The 56-year-old, who stepped up to the top job in 2010 when former head of state Umaru Yar’Adua fell ill and later died, has yet [...]

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]]> Nigeria’s ruling party to test Valentine’s Day election https://www.theinfostride.com/nigerias-ruling-party-to-test-valentines-day-election/ Sat, 25 Jan 2014 20:01:03 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=13693 Nigeria's ruling party, never out of power since the nation returned to civilian rule, faces a Valentine's Day test of voters' affections next year, after a date was set for elections. Voters in Africa's most populous nation will go to the polls on…

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]]> APC Wants Obiano Prosecuted For Alleged Multiple Registration https://www.theinfostride.com/apc-wants-obiano-prosecuted-for-alleged-multiple-registration/ Wed, 22 Jan 2014 09:38:24 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=12571 The All Progressives Congress, APC, on Tuesday, applied for leave of the Federal High Court in Abuja to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and IG of Police to prosecute the governor-elect of Anambra State, Obiano Maduabuchi Willie, for the offence of multiple voters registration. . APC, in an quick affidavit filed before the [...]

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]]> Gov. Lamido Instruct Voters To Shun Violence https://www.theinfostride.com/gov-lamido-instruct-voters-shun-violence/ Sat, 18 Jan 2014 19:11:51 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=11629 Gov. Sule Lamido of Jigawa has enjoined voters in the state to shun violence in the ongoing local government polls in the state. . Lamido gave the advice in an interview with newsmen after casting his vote in his hometown in Bamaina village of Birninkudu local government on Saturday. . He appealed to the people [...]

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]]> South Africa’s ANC promises voters ‘radical’ economic change https://www.theinfostride.com/south-africas-anc-promises-voters-radical-economic-change/ Sat, 11 Jan 2014 19:36:25 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=10053 South Africa's President Jacob Zuma on Saturday kicked off his party's election campaign with a slew of promises to crack down on rampant graft and poverty, in a bid to woo disenchanted voters. The ruling African National Congress is facing a tough…

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]]> Yobe LG polls recorded large turn-out of voters https://www.theinfostride.com/yobe-lg-polls-recorded-large-turn-out-of-voters/ Sun, 29 Dec 2013 00:17:48 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=6792 Voters across Yobe today turned out in large numbers to cast their votes to elect Chairmen and Councillors of the 17 Local Government Councils in the state. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who visited some polling booths in the capital Damaturu as well as some local government areas reports that scores of people lined [...]

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