The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the Anambra State 2021 governorship election, Valentine Ozigbo, has charged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to ensure all centres where elections failed are held on Tuesday. The gubernatorial candidate said with the pending elections, he is hopeful of becoming Anambra State next governor. Naija News […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has begun the collation of results for the 21 local government areas of Anambra State in Saturday's

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has begun the collation/announcement of results for the 21 local government areas of Anambra State in Saturday’s governorship election. Naija News reports that INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Nkwachukwu Orji is monitoring the collation. The Vice-Chancellor, University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, was announced as the returning officer. The […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured Nigerians that it will display the results of the Anambra governorship election on its portal. It however urged them to exercise patience as results can only be uploaded after they are manually counted and collated at the polling units. The Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, […]

After voting on Saturday, the collation of results is now ongoing at the INEC head office in Awka, Anambra state. INEC has already got results from 19 LGAS.

Anambra State governorship election has been declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday. INEC Returning Officer of the Anambra governorship election, Florence Obi, said that a supplementary election will hold in 362 polling units in Ihiala Local Government Area on Tuesday, November 9. Obi made the announcement at INEC headquarters in […]

The Peoples Democratic Party PDP candidate in the Anambra State 2021 governorship election, Mr. Valentine Ozigbo on Monday said he is still optimistic of

The timeline for the Tuesday supplementary election in the Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State has been adjusted by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The decision was disclosed in a statement released by INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye. Recall that the state Collation/Returning Officer, Florence Obi, on […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has adjusted the voting timeline for the Tuesday supplementary election in Ihiala Local Government of

The electoral body in line with extant rules and regulations has made a slight adjustment to the commencement and closing time for the exercise in Ihiala LGA.

The outcome of the poll in Ihiala LGA, which the Independent National Electoral Commission has rescheduled for November 13. Here are highlights from the poll.

"Because the official results fall within the estimated ranges, governorship contestants, parties, and voters should have confidence the official results for the 20 LGAs as announced by INEC reflect the ballots cast at polling units on Saturday"

Soludo is in the lead with over 50,000 votes, Ozigbo or Uba can still overtake him if either is able to secure about 70,000 votes more than Soludo in Ihiala.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is concluding the Anambra State Governorship Election today Tuesday, November 9th, 2021. INEC had announced the postponement of the governorship election in Ihiala Local Government Area over alleged irregularities discovered in most communities in the council area. Florence Obi, the vice-chancellor of the University of Calabar and Returning Officer, […]

The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has praised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of what is seen so far

On Saturday, registered voters in Anambra are expected to head to the poll to elect the next governor of the state. Here are issues that can affect the election

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared the Anambra governorship election inconclusive. This is owing to the inability of the

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared the Anambra governorship election inconclusive. This is owing to the inability of the commission to deploy staff and materials to Ihiala Local Government Area, as a result of

The Independent National Electoral Commission has postponed elections in Ihiala local government area of Anambra state over alleged cases of irregularities

INEC has suspended the collation of results for the November 6 Anambra governorship election. Supplementary poll will hold in Ihiala LGA on Tuesday, November 9.

The commissioner of police in Anambra state has denied reports by officials of the National Electoral Commission on disruption of election process in the state.

Watching The Vote (WTV) election observers in the ongoing Anambra governorship election have released their key preliminary findings concerning the exercise.

As results continue to trickle in from several polling units across Anambra State, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) is currently in an early

One of the policemen deployed for security purposes in Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra State has complained that no provision was made for their feeding. The policeman who worked at polling unit 8, Abagana ward 2, Njikoka Local Government Areas (LGA) lamented that he was hungry. According to the Daily Trust, the police operative (name […]

The returning officer of Orumba North LGA, Michael Otu, stunned stakeholders at the Anambra state governorship election collation centre on Sunday, November 7.

There are some reasons to believe that the Anambra gubernatorial election fixed for Saturday, November 6, will turn out contrary to some negative expectations.

The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the Anambra governorship election, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has expressed confidence in winning the exercise. Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared the November 6 governorship election in the state inconclusive. The Returning Officer for the Gubernatorial Election, Professor Florence Obi made […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced the postponement of the governorship election in Ihiala Local Government Area, Anambra

There were many sides to the Anambra State gubernatorial contest, which is about running its full course with the expected declaration of a winner. Not minding the infringement on the run of play of the electoral exercise last Saturday, a definite pattern of voter preferences was discernible from across the 21 Local Government Areas of the state.

Election observer group, Yiaga Africa on Monday, declared that the counting process at polling units during the Anambra governorship election was transparent.

Valentine Ozigbo, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the November 6 Anambra governorship election, has said he can still emerge as the winner.

The commissioner of police in Anambra, Echeng Echeng, has thanked residents and security agencies for the peace experienced during the governorship election.

The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room Observers, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to review the issues

“Over 40, 000 voters were not able to vote in the affected areas due to the development.''

A policeman attached to polling unit 8, Abagana ward 2, Njikoka Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Anambra State, has lamented over lack of provision for food.

Amid multiple bloodbaths in the building-up to the election, a thick blanket of security provided by over 40, 000 armed and unarmed security operatives, and confusion occasioned...

Residents in various areas of Anambra state have continued with their normal life activities a day after the boycott of the governorship election in the state.

The ongoing governorship election in Anambra state has continued to spring some surprises contrary to the belief in some quarters that the poll may not hold as

The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to address hiccups associated with the use

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) on Sunday, November 7, predicted that there might be thunderstorms in parts of Anambra state for about three days.

The vote-buying was reported at Polling Units 010 and 011, Umunnachi II Ward, Dunukofia local government area of the state.

Dr. Gabriel Othong, the Returning Officer of the Idemili South Local Government Area in the Anambra governorship election, says that 41 of the 42 result

The CDD said that since technology was key to the electoral process, INEC must strive hard to get it right...........................

“There are instances when INEC had to postpone elections in the past, reschedule or even extend the time for collation and counting,” Oluwole said.

He further accused officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) attached to him of conniving with those who disrupted the electoral process.

Results of the Anambra State governorship election are already coming in from the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as

It is no longer news that INEC suspended collation of results for November 6 Anambra governorship election and ordered a supplementary election in Ihiala LGA.

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has blamed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the inconclusive governorship poll in Anambra State. CUPP in a statement by its spokesperson, Barrister Chukwudi Ezeobika alleged that the electoral umpire failed in its duties to conduct a hitch-free governorship election in Anambra. The statement which questioned INEC’s […]

There was high security alert in Anambra before and during the governorship election because of the general apprehension that the exercise could be disrupted by the pro-Biafra group, IPOB.