Skeptics of election observation received a boost with the Kenya Supreme Court judgment nullification of the August 8th, 2017 Presidential elections. The court ruled that the election was not conducted in accordance with established procedures by the election management body hence the directive that Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) conducts a fresh election into the...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the Alliance for Democracy (AD) did not submit necessary forms and details of its candidates for Anambra governorship election before the deadline for submission. INEC Director of Publicity and Voter Education, Mr Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

With the clearance of 37 candidates for the Anambra State gubernatorial election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, the stage is set for the candidates to put their arsenal at work for the race, Davidson Iriekpen writes All is set for the Anambra State governorship election with the final clearance of 37 candidates for the...

#WatchingTheVote team had a successful roundtable discussion with 20 media houses cutting across Radio, Television and Print media in Anambra state.  The aim of the discussion is to establish partnership with the media practitioners in the State and to discuss a media plan for effective coverage of Pre-election and election day activities. The media representatives...

An NGO, Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Advancement says it will deploy sophisticated Information Technologies (IT) to monitor November governorship election in Anambra. Mr Paul James, the Manager, Training of the NGO, made this known during a one-day workshop for journalists on Wednesday in Awka. James said that the deployment of the sophisticated IT...

The deadline fixed for political parties to submit the names of their candidates to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the November 18 governorship election expired yesterday. The management of the electoral umpire met yesterday to formally receive the list of candidates being submitted by the parties. According to the timetable issued by the...

No fewer than 120 staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday commenced a two-day training on Election Management System (EMS) Implementers workshop ahead of the November 18 governorship election in Anambra State. The staff, made up of electoral field officers and their assistants, are to undergo training on seven key areas of logistics,...

Popular Nolywood actor, Yule Edochie, who is contesting for the governorship election in Anambra State in November on the platform Democratic Peoples Congress (DPC) has said he is determined to win the November Gubernatorial elections in Anambra state, as he claimed that he was already sure of victory. Mr Edochie said this during an interview...

Borno State Governor and the Chairman of the committee of All Progressives Congress (APC) which organised the party’s governorship primaries for Anambra State, Kassim Shettima, has said that he can vouch for the integrity of the exercise that led to the victory of Tony Nwoye. The conduct of the APC’s governorship primary election in the...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in Anambra State has said it will need about 20,000 personnel to conduct a hitch-free and successful governorship election in the state. Dr. Nkwachukwu Orji, the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, said this on Thursday in Awka during a two-day workshop for Civil Society Situation Room in preparation for the...