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The Big 5: Saraki challenges Jega to list corrupt Senators, Health Minister insists no pay for striking health workers and other stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today: President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the new President of Sierra Leone, Mr Julius Maada Bio, of Nigeria’s support, including military assistance, as the country works towards a stable and improved economy. The president gave the assurance on Wednesday, while receiving the Sierra Leonean President at the... Read More

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The Late 5: JAMB says it doesn’t need FG to pay salaries, Suicide bomber kills four in Borno and other stories

Here are the stories that drove the conversation today: The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said that it is capable of handling its staff salaries and other operational costs without financial contributions from the Federal Government. The Registrar of the board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this on Monday during an interactive session with journalists... Read More

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February 23, 2018

The Big 5: Jega urges FG, INEC to go to court on elections reorder, Arsenal survive Ostersunds scare and other top stories

These are the top stories from Nigeria you should be monitoring today. The former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega urged the Federal Government, INEC and other interested parties to challenge the reordering of next year’s general elections by the National Assembly in a court of law. He corrected the... Read More

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December 2, 2017

The YNaija Cover this morning – the 2nd of December

Follow the links to read the stories and analyses on YNaija: ‘How scheme to abduct former INEC Chairman, Jega, failed’ “It’s the fans that always start such comparison” | Oritsefemi says Banky W’s wedding didn’t outshine his [The Church Blog] No one does dramatic entrances like Tim Godfrey #TE12

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October 29, 2017

There were names of trees, rivers on INEC register when I resumed office – Jega

Former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega has said there were names of trees on the voters register when he resumed office. Jega said this in an interview with Jamie Hitchen, a policy researcher at Africa Research Institute. He had added that politicians had planted their loyalists into INEC when he took... Read More

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September 4, 2017

He is being used | Uwazurike cries foul of the activities of Nnamdi Kanu

The founder of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Ralph Uwazuruike has claimed that the federal government is using Nnamdi Kanu to destroy the struggle for Biafra. Speaking in the current edition of The Interview, Mr Uwazuruike accused the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader of waging war against Biafra.... Read More

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Melaye Recall: Mahmoud’s chance to be a Jega

by Alexander O. Onukwue The 2019 elections are going to commence in less than 20 months time. Politicians and political parties have began their scheming and in the months that lead up to the election days, no other Nigerian becomes as important as the Chairman of INEC. But for Prof Mahmoud, the moment of focus... Read More

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INEC chairmen should not be appointed by Presidents – Jega

Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega has said the commission should be more independent, stating that the chairman should not be appointed by the President. He said this at a public lecture which the Aminu Kano Centre for Democratic Research and Training organised in Kano. According to him, the areas... Read More

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There were plans to kidnap Jega during 2015 election – Adeniyi

by Azeez Adeniyi Segun Adeniyi, former spokesperson to ex-President Musa Yar’Adua has said there was a plot to kidnap former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega, during the collation of the 2015 Presidential election results. Adeniyi, the chairman of ThisDay editorial board disclosed this in his book, ‘Against the Run of Play.’... Read More

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The Late 5: These are the stories that drove conversations today

by Dolapo Adelana These are the top five stories that drove conversations today. 1. Fayose, Fani-Kayode storm Abuja court to support Nnamdi Kanu Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose and a former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode Tuesday stormed the Federal High Court in Abuja to show solidarity with the detained leader of the Indigenous People of... Read More

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How Jega disappointed me – Jonathan

by Azeez Adeniyi Former President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed his reservations about how Attahiru Jega, former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) handled the 2015 Presidential election. In a book by Chairman of ThisDay editorial board, Segun Adeniyi which is scheduled to be launched on Friday and seen by TheCable, Jonathan said Jega disappointed... Read More

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December 7, 2016

#GhanaDecides: The significance of Ghana’s elections to Africa

Today, Ghanaians go to the polls in the 7th general elections since the return of democracy and civilian rule in 1992. Since then, Ghana have entrenched a system of a peaceful transfer of power between two parties: the NDC and the NPP. The NDC are the party of Jerry Rawlings, the former military ruler who... Read More

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October 9, 2016

Nigerian politicians believe they must always win – Jega

Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega has said one of the problems the commission is facing is the mindset of politicians that they must win at all cost. Jega spoke in Lagos on Saturday at the 50th birthday ceremony of the National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress, Dr.... Read More

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August 12, 2016

Shaka Momodu: Is Buhari’s nepotism the worst in Nigeria’s history?

Fellow Nigerians, have you read the bombshell that was exploded in an interview in Saturday Punch published July 23, 2016, by the former Joint House Leader of the defunct Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), who was also the Chairman, Foreign Relations Committee and a member of the Defence Committee in the Second Republic, Dr. Junaid Mohammed?... Read More

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Nubari Saatah: Restructuring INEC and creating a transparent process (Y! Politico)

There is something about criticism in Nigeria; it spends more time trying to be theoretical about the numerous problems confronting her than deploying or suggesting practical steps in solving these problems. Abraham Lincoln once said; he has a right to criticise, who has the heart to help. Now this is not me insinuating that people... Read More

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‘Don’t be a heartless politician’ – Attahiru Jega

Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega has urged the stakeholders involved in the upcoming rerun elections in Rivers state, to put people’s lives above their political ambitions. The Rivers State re-run election is holding this weekend, to elect public officials into three senatorial districts, 11 House of Representatives and... Read More

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October 30, 2015

Nigerian politicians are ‘Militicians’ – Jega

Professor Attahiru Jega, the former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, has described Nigerian politicians as being too desperate during electioneering. Jega said Nigeria’s breed of politicians believe elections as a do or die affair, and as such, it must be captured by all means possible. The former INEC boss said this attitude is... Read More

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This is what PDP has to say about Jega as he bows out

The Peoples Democratic Party says the outgoing Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, delivered credible elections and brought confidence back into the system. The party said President Goodluck Jonathan- who appointed Jega and gave him the freedom to do his job- should be praised for the achievements of the former INEC Chairman. National... Read More

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Nigerians #CelebrateJega on Twitter as his tenure ends today

Oh Jega, we miss you already! The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega is set to vacate his office today, June 30, 2015. Jega was appointed to a five-year tenure by former President, Goodluck Jonathan in 2010. He will leave office along with six National Commissioners who were appointed at the same... Read More

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Stop behaving like Orubebe | APC appears to be telling Jega

The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, has advised the outgoing Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC], Prof. Attahiru Jega, to be watchful of his unguarded utterances regarding the massive electoral fraud perpetrated in Rivers State. The party implored Jega to stop making comments that may possibly be subjudicial to the matters before... Read More

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Jega has only one regret as INEC Chairman

Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, says the only regret from his tenure was his inability to create a separate salary structure for INEC workers. Jega said this in Abuja, on Monday, June 15, during a retreat organised for the electoral officers of the commission to review the report of the 2015 elections. The INEC... Read More

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Conversation and Cakes: EbonyLife TV to host 100 young thought leaders with Attahiru Jega

Africa’s first Global Black Entertainment and Lifestyle network, EbonyLife TV is set to host 100 young leaders to an exclusive meeting with Professor Attahiru Jega, the chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Coming after Nigeria’s most successful electoral seasons to date, the participants will be able to meet and converse with Jega about... Read More

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Jega is ‘very happy’ that doomsday prediction about Nigeria’s election failed

by Panshak Ibrahim Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, is thankful that the recently concluded general elections did not end the country. Jega stated that in spite of widespread doomsday prediction, the election turned out well and Nigeria stayed together. Jega made the comment when he received a delegation led by Mexican Ambassador... Read More

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Olu Onemola: Let’s recognise the ‘tree shakers’ who got Buhari elected

by Olu Onemola …those that have worked to make Nigeria better – the activists, the vibrant academics, the ‘tell-the-truth-as-it-is’ journalists, the fearless politicians, and the everyday Nigerians that have wrestled against overwhelming odds to achieve the objectives of our common struggles have never been the inheritors of their own successes. The ‘Tree Shakers’ have existed... Read More

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Just so you know – there were plans to abduct Prof. Jega during the elections (READ)

by Anike Jacobs News agency, Reuters has just revealed a plot by some powerful elements in the country to kidnap every Nigerian’s man of the moment, Prof. Attahiru Jega. According to the report, the attempt by a former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, on March 31 to scuttle the announcement of the... Read More

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Opinion: Prof. Jega’s silence on Akwa Ibom is a crime against democracy

by Inibehe Effiong Prof. Jega should rise above any primordial consideration and defend the integrity of INEC and the electoral process in Akwa Ibom State. My first physical encounter with the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega was on Saturday December 6, 2013 at Ugbegun in Esan Central Local Government Area... Read More

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Femi Aribisala: How Jega defeated Jonathan for Buhari in the election

by Femi Aribisala The innovation of the Permanent Voters Cards is designed to permanently disenfranchise the South. If this is not redressed immediately, the North will always determine the winner in Nigerian elections. If you did not see my column last week, it was because I did not want to rain on anyone’s parade. I... Read More

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INEC says Card Readers will be used for governorship election

by Kolapo Olapoju Anyone worried about the non-usage of Card Readers in the governorship election, can now take a chill pill. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that Card Readers will be used for the governorship elections of Saturday, April 11. INEC says that that it has reviewed the operation of the Card... Read More

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Opinion: What if I told you Buhari’s victory wasn’t won at the polling booths?

by Adekoya Boladale Some may argue that the records of General Buhari and his undoubted anti-corruption stand gave him the edge against the President but these individuals must ask themselves if these records were not in public domain when he contested and lost the election three times? Few years ago, one of my student stood... Read More

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Obinna Akukwe: Opponents of INEC Card Readers are not agents of Jesus Christ

by Obinna Akukwe Those who antagonized the use of INEC Card Reader from the just concluded election which has been described as the freest and fairest presidential poll in Nigeria, have been just proved not to be agents of Jesus Christ, even if they preach in their churches. Those who antagonized the use of INEC... Read More

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