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- 22 Nov 2015
Subjecting INEC to TSA Spells Disaster- Jega
Prof. Attahiru Jega, the immediate past chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has warned federal government that any attempt to subject INEC to the implementation of the…
- 18 Jan 2013
Jega Says INEC Ready to Issue Permanent Voter Cards
Prof. Attahiru Jega, chairman, National Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) said that the Commission was ready to begin the process of issuance of permanent voter cards. Jega said INEC would this…
- 9 Jun 2015
Jega Quits as INEC Boss June 30
Professor Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), will quit office June 30 against speculations that the INEC chairman would quit office June 8 at the end of…
- 16 Dec 2013
Jega, INEC Boss Asks for N93Bn for 2015 Elections
Prof. Attahiru Jega, chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Monday, said the agency proposed to spend at least, $7.9 on each of the 73.5m electorate captured in its register,…
- 22 Jun 2015
EbonyLife TV Hosts Young African Professionals
Africa’s first Global Black Entertainment and Lifestyle network, EbonyLife TV, hosted young leaders and professionals to an exclusive meeting with Professor Attahiru Jega, Chairman Independent…
- 30 Oct 2016
Jega Is First Fellow, Africa Initiative for Governance
The Africa Initiative for Governance (AIG) has announced Professor Attahiru Muhammadu Jega as the first AIG Visiting Fellow of Practice at the University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government.…
- 7 Feb 2014
Jega, INEC Chair Says, No e-Voting in 2015
Prof. Attahiru Jega, chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has said that it will be “practically impossible” to adopt the electronic voting model for the 2015 general…
- 4 Mar 2015
No Plans to Sack Jega- Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has restated that he has no plan to sack Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), ahead of the March 28 and April 11 elections.…
- 30 Apr 2015
Jega, Technology Keys to Successful 2015 Elections- Zinox Chairman
Mr. Leo-Stan Ekeh, chairman, Zinox Group on Thursday said that Professor Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the technological inputs were keys to the…
- 28 Feb 2015
Jega’s Removal is Invitation to Crisis- Agbakoba
Olisa Agbakoba, former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has warned the federal government against sending Professor Attahiru Jega, chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission…
- 27 Mar 2013
CODER, Others Want ICT in 2015 Elections
Coalition of Democrats for Electoral Reform (CODER), a not-for-profit organisation, has called on Prof. Attahiru Jega , chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to…
- 7 Feb 2015
Jega Under Duress to Shift Election By 6 Weeks
Despite the decision of the National Council of States that the 2015 elections should go on as scheduled there is mounting pressure on Prof Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National…
- 25 Sept 2013
INEC Broke, Begs FG for Bailout
Professor Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said that dearth of funds is affecting the welfare of his staff resulting in the commission’s inability…
- 28 Jan 2014
INEC, Firms to Pay N17.3Bn to BHL for Importing DDC Machines
A federal high court in Abuja has ruled that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Prof. Attahiru Jega, its chairman, infringed on a valid and subsisting patent right owned solely…
- 12 Feb 2015
GEJ Says I Will Go if I Lose, Denies Plans to Sack Jega
President Goodluck Jonathan assured Wednesday he will hand over power May 29 if he loses the forthcoming presidential polls billed for March 28. The President, in a live media chat apparently…
- 9 Feb 2015
FG Plots Jega’s Removal, Shops for Replacement
Presidency has launched a two-pronged war to ensure that President Goodluck Jonathan wins the election convincingly, with the successful postponement of the elections by the Independent National…
- 4 Mar 2015
President GEJ Says He’ll Return to Otuoke If He Loses
President Goodluck Jonathan has said that he will return to his Otuoke home in Bayelsa State, if he loses the March 28 presidential election. Jonathan, who said Nigeria is not his father’s estate,…
- 5 Mar 2014
NASS to Lift Embargo on Electronic Voting
Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, deputy Senate President, said the National Assembly was working towards amending the Electoral Act to allow for the use of electronic voting in the country. Ekweremadu made this…
- 22 Jan 2014
INEC Rules Out e-Voting System, Says It is Illegal
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has ruled out the use of the electronic voting systems in the 2015 general elections, saying that such move would be unconstitutional. Prof. Attahiru…
- 22 Nov 2015
eNigeria 2015: Comms. Minister Shittu, Others Call For Consolidation of eElectoral Process
Adebayo Shittu, ‎minister of Communications, has described ICT as an indispensable tool in achieving a successful and credible electoral system in the country. Shittu who was speaking at recent…
- 22 Dec 2013
INEC Banks on ICT for 2015 Elections
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it has taken delivery of a greater portion of the Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) for eventual distribution in 2014, ahead of the 2015 general…
- 22 Aug 2019
NBC to Hold 5th Annual Lecture August 27
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has disclosed that it would hold its 5th Annual lecture on August 27 at the Congress Hall of Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja. In a statement on Thursday,…
- 7 Oct 2025
Yakubu Steps Down, Agbamuche-Mbu Takes Over INEC Leadership
May Agbamuche-Mbu, a National Commissioner at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has assumed office as the acting Chairman of the Commission following the formal handover by…
- 2 Sept 2014
2015 Polls: Controversy Trails INEC’s N9Bn Ballot Papers Contract
Crisis is reportedly brewing at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) following the decision of the Commission to contract the printing of the ballot papers to be used for the…
- 23 Jan 2015
Dasuki, NSA Under Attack over Call for Elections Shift
Col. Sambo Dasuki, national security adviser (NSA) and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were under attack yesterday for proposing a shift of the February 14 and 18 elections. Col. Dasuki,…
- 13 Feb 2015
Nigerians Fear Political Crisis, Dump Naira for Dollars, Pounds
Nigerians are dumping the naira currency as it skids lower by the day, driven by fear of the unknown after authorities pushed back the date of a presidential election. They are reportedly buying up…
- 15 Jan 2014
EU Approves 500m Euro Budget for Nigeria
The EU has approved 500 million euro budget for Nigeria from 2014 to 2020, its top official for Africa, Dr Nicholas Wescot, said yesterday in Abuja. Wescot disclosed this at a press conference that…
- 2 Mar 2015
APC, PDP Bicker over Fresh Plot to Shift Elections
All Progressives Congress (APC), has raised the alarm over the relentless scheming by the Jonathan Administration and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to push for another postponement of the 2015…
- 27 Mar 2015
D. Day as 56m Nigerians Choose between GEJ and GMB
No fewer than 56 million Nigerians will file out today to elect the next president in an election believed to be the keenest in the history of the country, according to Punch newspapers. The figure…
- 30 Mar 2015
History Beckons as GMB Sets to Unseat GEJ
Barring any attempt to scuttle the will of the people, the stage seems set for a change of leadership in the nation’s polity with results of the weekend’s presidential polls indicating that the…