INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said it had directed its states’ offices to recommence the distribution of unclaimed Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, to their owners.

The leadership crisis in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, continues to fester with the submission of the names of two different candidates by the two factions of the party for the forthcoming Ondo State Governorship election.

The Independent National Electoral Commission may have agreed to shift the Edo State governorship election by two weeks.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, may go ahead with Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State as planned, a source has said.

The Ahmed Makarfi-led faction Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described the call for the postponement of the Edo State governorship election as shocking, bizzare, confusing and a plot to scuttle the country’s nascent democracy.

A stakeholders’ forum was held in Benin City, the Edo State capital in preparation for Saturday’s governorship election.