By Ogar Monday The Cross River State chapter of the Inter-party Advisory Council, IPAC, and the State Government are at loggerheads over the validity or not of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS sent to the State. IPAC alleged that the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, in the State is working towards swaying the elections towards
By Theophilus Adedokun, The ICIR Thirteen of the 18 registered political parties in Nigeria have threatened to withdraw from the 2023 general elections over the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The political parties said they will withdraw from the election if the CBN extends the February 10 deadline for use
By Ogar Monday The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Cross River State has announced plans to conduct mock accreditation with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) so as to ascertain the readiness of the device for the February 25th and March 11th polls. The exercise which will hold in Obudu and Ogoja in the
By Emmanuel Egobiambu, Channels TV The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the deadline for the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to February 5, 2023. INEC earlier extended the deadline for the collection of PVCs but a National Commissioner with the electoral umpire Festus Okoye said the time frame has been pushed forward
By Akewushola Afeez, The Informant247 When Muhammad Alhaji, a resident of Patigi in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara state cast his vote in the 2019 general elections, he had to rely on one of his relatives who guided him in choosing candidates/parties of his choice. Though blind, Alhaji exercised his right as enshrined in the constitution,
By Ogar Monday The Cross River Chapter of the Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, have demanded a personal inspection of the Bi-modal Voters Accreditation System machines following claims that it might have been tampered with by agents of the state government, the group also asked the Inspector General of Police to redeploy CP Sule Balarabe out
By Patrick Obia The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has debunked claims that some Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BIVAS) machines were moved into the Cross River State Governor’s lodge, saying all machines are intact. INEC refuted the claims in a press release signed by the State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof. Gabriel Yomere urged the
By Ben Aro, The Whistler Ojjor community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State witnessed flooding from September to middle of November last year. This followed the overflow of River Obima, which passes through the community, linking Omambala River on the boundaries of Enugu, Kogi and Anambra states. Ben Aroh examines how the flooding