Final list of House of Reps Candidates for 2015 Nigeria’s general elections

Below is the list of House of Reps Candidate for 2015 Nigeria’s general elections

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Final list of Senatorial Candidates for 2015 Nigeria’s general elections

Below is the list of Senatorial Candidates for 2015 Nigeria’s general elections

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Final list of Presidential candidates for 2015 Nigeria’s general elections

Below is the list of Presidential candidates for 2015 Nigeria’s general elections

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ACCREDITED OBSERVER GROUPS FOR THE 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS

The Independent National Electoral Commission has approved Eighty eight (88) Observer groups to participate in the 2015 General elections scheduled for

14thFebruary, 2015 (Presidential and National Assembly) and 28th February, 2015 (Governorship and House of Assembly). This is sequel to the compliance with the requirements and guidelines issued by the Commission for accreditation of observers.

 

S/NO

ORGANISATION

  DOMESTIC

1.

NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT (NEPAD)

2.

CENTRE FOR STRATEGIC CONFLICT MANAGEMENT (CSCM)

3.

GLOBAL AGENDA FOR TOTAL EMANCIPATION (GATE)

4.

CITIZENS RIGHT AND LEADERSHIP AWARENESS INITIATIVE

5.

JUSTICE DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE COMMISSION (CATHOLIC CARITAS FOUNDATION OF NIGERIA)

6.

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL

7.

POLICE SERVICE COMMISSION

8.

CENTRE FOR GRASSROOT DEVELOPMENT AND CRIME PREVENTION (CGDCP)

9.

CENTRE FOR CIVIC EDUCATION (aka) TRANSITION MONITORING GROUP (TMG)

10.

CENTRE FOR POLICY ADVOCACY AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT (CPALD)

11.

ELECTION MONITOR

12.

INSTITUTE FOR PEACE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION

13.

SOCIETY FOR EQUITY, JUSTICE AND PEACE

14.

JUSTICE & EQUITY ORGANISATION

15.

CLEEN FOUNDATION

16.

WEST AFRICAN NETWORK OF ELECTION OBSERVERS (WANEO)

17

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POLICY AND STRATEGIC STUDIES, KURU

18.

YOUTH INITIATIVE FOR ADVOCAY GROWTH AND ADVANCEMENT (YIAGA)

19.

NEW CENTURY INITIATIVE

20

CENTRE FOR STRATEGEY ETHICS AND VALUE

21.

AFRICAN INITIATIVE FOR SUSTAINABLE AND POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT

22.

CONNECTED DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE (CODE)

23.

NIGERIAN CIVIL SOCIETY SITUATION ROOM (POLICY AND LEGAL ADVOCACY CENTRE)

24.

RESEARCH INITIATIVE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND GENDER AWARENESS (RISDGA)

25.

GLOBAL NETWORK FOR PEACE BUILDING

26.

AFRICAN PEACE FOUNDATION

27.

COMMUNITY LIFE PROJECT (CPL)/RECLAIMNAIJA

28.

CENTRE FOR DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT (CDD)

29.

GLOBAL WOMEN EMPOWERMENT ASSOCIATION

30.

NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION (NBA)

31

PAN AFRICAN LEADERSHIP LEAGUE (PALL)

32.

UNITED FORUM FOR GRASSROOTS DEVELOPMENT

33

ORGANISATION OF PATRIOTIC YOUTHS FOR DEVELOPMENT

34

COMMITTEE FOR THE DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS

35

RIGHTS MONITORING GROUP (RMG)

36

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PEACEFUL ELECTIONS IN NIGERIA

37

CONAC (CHURCH OF NIGERIA COMMUNION)

38

GOOD LEADERSHIP FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE

39

GREAT VISION FOR CITIZENS RIGHTS INITIATIVE

40

BRIGHT WAY ENGLIGHTENMENT INITIATIVE

41

GAMJI MEMBERS ASSOCIATION

42

DIASPORA ADVOCACY FOR A NEW DOWN INITIATIVE IN NIGERIA

43

AFRICAN CENTRE FOR LEADERSHIP STRATEGY AND DEVELOPMENT

44

CENTRE FOR HUMAN PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT

45

INDEPENDENT ELECTION MONITORING GROUP

46

HUMAN RIGHTS MONITOR

47

ALLIANCE FOR CREDIBLE ELECTION, ACE-NIGERIA

48

CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE, LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT (CELD)

49

POPULATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING INT’L

50

AFRICAN YOUTHS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

51

NIGERIAN WOMEN TRUST FUND

52

GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT

53

WOMEN ARISE FOR CHANGE INITIATIVE

54

WOMEN INITIATIVE FOR A BETTER NIGERIA

55

NIGERIA ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN JOURNALIST (NAWOJ)

56

CIVIL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND DOCUMENTATION CENTRE (CIRDDOC) NIGERIA

57

CENTRE FOR CREDIBLE LEADERSHIP & CITIZENS AWARENESS

58

LEGAL AID AND SELF DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE

59

YOUTH PROGRESSIVE MINDS FOR BETTER CHANGE INITIATIVE

60

NORTHERN YOUTH AND ELEDERS AWARENESS FORUM

61

COALITION OF DEMOCRATS FOR ELECTORAL REFORMS

62

DEMOCRATIC ACTION GROUP (DAG) DISPUTE RESOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE)

63

INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FEDERATION OF WOMEN LAWYERS (FIDA) NIGERIA ABUJA BRANCH

64

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LEGISLATIVE STUDIES

65

WOMEN MAKING DIFFERENCE INITIATIVE

66

FEDERATION OF MUSLIM WOMEN’S ORGANISATION IN NIGERIA (FOMWAN)

67

AL-HABIBIYYAH ISLAMIC SOCIETY

68

CENTRE FOR WOMEN AND ADOLSCENT EMPOWERMENT

69

CENTRE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE

70

UNESCO CENTRE ABUJA (HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVIC EDUCATION)

71

WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM

72

CHANGE MANAGERS INTERNATIONAL NETWORK

 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL

73

U.S EMBASSY

74

INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS (IFES)

75

EUROPEAN UNION DELEGATION TO NIGERIA

76

EMBASSY OF SWITZERLAND

77

BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION

78

UN WOMEN

79

INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE (IRI)

80

GERMAN EMBASSY ABUJA

81

EMBASSY OF FRANCE IN NIGERIA

82

EMBASSY OF JAPAN

83

HIGH COMMISSION OF CANADA

84

EMBASSY OF IRELAND

85

AUSTRALLIAN HIGH COMMISSION, ABUJA

86

AFRICA STUDENTS ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND (ASAI)

87

NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

88

ECOWAS MISSION

 

2.       The above listed groups are to obtain and complete form EPMC 02 for the election from the Elections and Party Monitoring Department INEC Headquarters, Maitama, Abuja between 8am-4pm (Monday-Friday) starting from 15th to 26thJanuary, 2015.

3.       To ensure prompt and efficient processing of ID cards, all the accredited Observer groups are enjoined to compile the photographs of their members for deployment on Statebasis along with the names and submit hard and soft copies (CD please using J PEG drive) to the Electionsand Party Monitoring Department, INEC Headquarters on or before 26th January, 2015.

4.       Please note that distribution of observer kits (including ID cards for individual observers) will be done by the EPM Desk officers at INEC state offices between February 10 -13, 2015.

5.       Meanwhile, the Commission wishes to emphasize that observer groups other than those listed above found in the State for the elections shall be handed over to law enforcement agencies. Also, accredited field observers found in the states other than where they are posted will equally be sanctioned.

5.       Any further enquiries should be directed to the Director, Electionsand Party Monitoring Department, INEC Headquarters Maitama, Abuja. (08036458237, 08060092273, 08036048515)

INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORALCOMMISSION

                                                         

list of presidential candidates and their vice

                                         INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION
                                        CANDIDATES FOR 2015 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 
NAME OF CANDIDATE OFFICE PARTY GENDER AGE QUALIFICATION
JCI SEN. TUNDE ANIFOWOSE-KELANI PRESIDENT AA MALE BED
COMRADE ISHAKA PAUL OFEMILE VICE PRESIDENT AA MALE HND
RAFIU SALAU PRESIDENT AD M 58 SSCE
AKUCHIE CLINTON CLIFF VICE PRESIDENT AD M 64 B.SC
ALH. GANIYU O. GALADIMA PRESIDENT ACPN M HND
OJENGBEDE OLUREMI FARIDA VICE PRESIDENT ACPN F PGD
DR. MANI IBRAHIM AHMAD PRESIDENT ADC MALE PHD
OBIANUJU MURPHY-UZOHUE VICE PRESIDENT ADC MALE PHD
AYENI MUSA ADEBAYO PRESIDENT APA M B.SC (HONS)
ANTHONY FAITH OLOGBOSERE VICE PRESIDENT APA F 45 B.SC
MUHAMMADU BUHARI PRESIDENT APC MALE WASC
YEMI OSINBAJO VICE PRESIDENT APC MALE LLB, BL
CHIEF SAM EKE PRESIDENT CPP M 44 PHD
HASSANA HASSAN VICE PRESIDENT CPP F 46 NURSING CERT & MIDWIFERY
HIGH CHIEF AMBROSE N. ALBERT OWURU PRESIDENT HOPE M LLB, BL, PGD
ALHAJI HARUNA YAHAYA SHABA VICE PRESIDENT HOPE M HND
COMFORT  OLUREMI SONAIYA PRESIDENT KOWA F PH.D
ALH. SEIDU BOBBOI VICE PRESIDENT KOWA M B.A
CHIEF MARTIN ONOVO PRESIDENT NCP MALE MSC
IBRAHIM MOHAMMED VICE PRESIDENT NCP MALE HND
GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN PRESIDENT PDP M PHD (ZOOLOGY)
ARC. MOHAMMED NAMADI SAMBO VICE PRESIDENT PDP M M.SC (ARCH)
ALLAGOA KELVIN CHINEDU PRESIDENT PPN M 46 B.SC
ARABAMHEN  MARY VICE PRESIDENT PPN F 35 SSCE
GODSON MGBODILE OHAENYEM OKOYE PRESIDENT UDP MALE LLB, BL
HARUNA ADAMU VICE PRESIDENT UDP MALE NCE
CHIEF (DR.) CHEKWAS OKORIE PRESIDENT UPP MALE PHD
BARR. BELLO UMAR VICE PRESIDENT UPP MALE BA

                                         INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION
                                        CANDIDATES FOR 2015 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 
NAME OF CANDIDATE OFFICE PARTY GENDER AGE QUALIFICATION
JCI SEN. TUNDE ANIFOWOSE-KELANI PRESIDENT AA MALE BED
COMRADE ISHAKA PAUL OFEMILE VICE PRESIDENT AA MALE HND
RAFIU SALAU PRESIDENT AD M 58 SSCE
AKUCHIE CLINTON CLIFF VICE PRESIDENT AD M 64 B.SC
ALH. GANIYU O. GALADIMA PRESIDENT ACPN M HND
OJENGBEDE OLUREMI FARIDA VICE PRESIDENT ACPN F PGD
DR. MANI IBRAHIM AHMAD PRESIDENT ADC MALE PHD
OBIANUJU MURPHY-UZOHUE VICE PRESIDENT ADC MALE PHD
AYENI MUSA ADEBAYO PRESIDENT APA M B.SC (HONS)
ANTHONY FAITH OLOGBOSERE VICE PRESIDENT APA F 45 B.SC
MUHAMMADU BUHARI PRESIDENT APC MALE WASC
YEMI OSINBAJO VICE PRESIDENT APC MALE LLB, BL
CHIEF SAM EKE PRESIDENT CPP M 44 PHD
HASSANA HASSAN VICE PRESIDENT CPP F 46 NURSING CERT & MIDWIFERY
HIGH CHIEF AMBROSE N. ALBERT OWURU PRESIDENT HOPE M LLB, BL, PGD
ALHAJI HARUNA YAHAYA SHABA VICE PRESIDENT HOPE M HND
COMFORT  OLUREMI SONAIYA PRESIDENT KOWA F PH.D
ALH. SEIDU BOBBOI VICE PRESIDENT KOWA M B.A
CHIEF MARTIN ONOVO PRESIDENT NCP MALE MSC
IBRAHIM MOHAMMED VICE PRESIDENT NCP MALE HND
GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN PRESIDENT PDP M PHD (ZOOLOGY)
ARC. MOHAMMED NAMADI SAMBO VICE PRESIDENT PDP M M.SC (ARCH)
ALLAGOA KELVIN CHINEDU PRESIDENT PPN M 46 B.SC
ARABAMHEN  MARY VICE PRESIDENT PPN F 35 SSCE
GODSON MGBODILE OHAENYEM OKOYE PRESIDENT UDP MALE LLB, BL
HARUNA ADAMU VICE PRESIDENT UDP MALE NCE
CHIEF (DR.) CHEKWAS OKORIE PRESIDENT UPP MALE PHD
BARR. BELLO UMAR VICE PRESIDENT UPP MALE BA

Final Result of August 9 2014 Osun State Governorship Election

THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared the incumbent governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola as the winner of the 2014 governorship elections.

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The Returning Officer, Professor Bamitale Idowu Omole, who made the pronouncement at the INEC collation centre along Abere road, said “I hereby declare Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, having satisfied the provision of the Electoral Act, is hereby declared the winner of the Osun state governorship election.”

The APC candidate won elections in 22 out of the 30 local government areas of the state scored a total of 394,684 to beat his main rival and candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, ODP, Senator Iyiola Omisore.

Omisore, who won in eight local government areas, scored 292,747 votes.
A breakdown of the final results shows that Sen Sunday Fajimi of the Alliance for Democracy scored 1982; Aregbesola of the. APC scored -394684, Alhaji Fatai Akinbade of the Labour Party scored 8898, Senator Iyiola Omisore of the PDP scored 292747, while the candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Elder Sunday Akinwusi scored 534.

Akinbade Fatai Akinade - LP Governorship Election candidate
Akinbade Fatai Akinade – LP Governorship Election candidate

 

Press Release: NigeriaDecide.org Set to Prevent Election Rigging in Osun State August 9 Elections

In view of past, and sadly normal occurrences of irregularities and jeopardy in the electoral processes that Nigeria has experienced in the previous elections, the platform NigeriaDecide.org Haven successfully been used in Ekiti State Gubernatorial Polls is ready to ensure transparency inTomorrow’s Osun Governorship elections in a bid to ensure free, fair and credible elections in Nigeria.

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Nigeriadecide.org, an online platform designed to prevent election rigging in the coming elections in Nigeria using mobile phones,  powered by the Innovative Technologies for Development Foundation (IT4D), will be fully operational Saturday August 9, 2014., for the gubernatorial election holding in Osun State.

The platform has been designed to use one of the most ubiquitous things in Nigeria, mobile phones, in empowering the electorate to protect the integrity and transparency of the election process.

The platform accepts SMS: the electorate can send in reports of whatever situation is happening in their polling units as well as the announced election result of their own polling units after the election. Reports related to Election violence will be in real-time sent to Nigerian Police and INEC will be also notified in real-time if Report is Election conduct related (All this processes are done by an Artificial Intelligent module of the Platform).

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Representatives of the Nigeriadecide.org initiative have been in Osun State for two weeks, sensitizing the people about the platform to help spread the word about the initiative. The effectiveness of the NigeriaDecide.org platform depends on the active participation of voters in the electoral process scheduled to take place tomorrow August 9.

This will require the submission of the election results announced in each polling unit by SMS to the NigeriaDecide platform for it to be stored on the secure server and displayed on the NigeriaDecide.org website for people to have a picture of how the polls is going in real-time., and for further processing in case it is evident that the polls was not transparent enough.

As part of efforts to make the people of Osun State aware of the platform and educate them on how to make use of the platform in ensuring that their choice of leadership is reflected in the results of the governorship scheduled to hold in the state come Saturday, some NigeriaDecide team members were on local radio programmes in the state

To be part of this citizen election monitoring platform, you must be registered to vote:

1 Send Situation of election in your polling unit to 09037346541 as it they happen,

2. Send in election results announced at their polling units in the following format via SMS: “party acronym and score” space “party acronym and score” until the last party and score e.g. aa50  apc53  acd52  pdp53  and send to 09037346541.

3. You can also send in situation reports concerning what is happening and how the election is going.

4. You can take pictures of the election result sheet pasted at the polling unit after the election.

5. You can also take audio and video recordings (Don’t do this if you are in a tensed polling unit, just send SMS) of the result announcement process in the polling unit.

6. Immediately, the message is passed through a sentiment detection algorithm to filter out malicious messages.

7. Genuine messages (situation reports and polling unit election results) are automatically available on the NigeriaDecide.org website (www.nigeriadecide.org) in real time

8. The Nigerian Police Force is immediately notified of security issues sent to the platform for quick response, if the report sent is violence related.

9. INEC is notified of the conduct of election if report is Election related after being checked by a Language analysis algorithm.

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There have been rumors circulated recently that INEC officials announced on radio that no one is allowed to be with a mobile phone at polling units during election tomorrow. However, we want to dispel the fear of the people of Osun that everyone has a right to handle their mobile phones during the election. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, on Wednesday at the stakeholders’ meeting, only said that no one is allowed to take pictures of ballot papers as this will compromise the open-secret ballot system of voting which the Nigerian constitution stipulates for elections, as directed by some parties to their supporters.

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“To photograph the ballot paper will be a violation of the secrecy of the ballot. It is illegal and I will urge voters to disregard that directive.” [1]

We enjoin all Nigerians to work together to make coming elections free and fair.

The NigeriaDecide platform is powered by Innovative Technologies for Development Foundation (IT4D), a technology-inclined non-governmental organisation with focus on using technology to spur sustainable development in Africa, Nigeria especially. IT4D is the brain behind Nigeriadecide.org, many other technology related initiatives, and an MDG initiative to use mobile phones in ensuring Nigeria achieves MDGs 4 & 5 before the 2015 deadline.

for more information, contact info@nigeriadecide.org or call 070025683767. or visit www.nigeriadecide.org

[1]- http://www.punchng.com/news/dont-snap-ballot-papers-jega-warns-voters/ retrieved 8/8/2014 2:48pm.

New Dates for Phase 2 of PVC Distribution, CVR – @inecnigeria

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rescheduled the second phase of its programme of distribution of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) involving 12 states

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The PVCs will now be distributed at the polling unit level in the affected states from Friday, August 15, 2014 to Sunday, August 17, 2014; instead of July 18th to July 20thas was earlier scheduled. At the end of the polling unit level distribution, uncollected PVCs will be taken to respective local government office of the Commission for subsequent distribution.

 

CVR in the affected states will now be from Wednesday, August 20th, 2014, to Monday, August 25th, 2014; instead of July 23rd to July 27th as was earlier scheduled.

 

The states involved in the second phase of the programme are Yobe, Bauchi (North East), Jigawa, Sokoto (North West), FCT, Kwara (North Central), Anambra, Ebonyi (South East), Ondo, Oyo (South West) and Delta, Cross River (South South). 

 

With the rescheduling of Phase 2 of the programme, new dates will be announced later for Phase 3 involving Adamawa, Borno, Kaduna, Katsina, Kano, Plateau, Nasarawa, Niger, Imo, Lagos, Ogun, Edo and Rivers states.

 

Kayode Robert Idowu

Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman

Osun REC on leave, not removed – @inecnigeria

Osun State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Ambassador Rufus Akeju, has been requested to proceed on leave of absence – for his own safety and as his contribution to ensuring the credibility of the state governorship election scheduled for August 9, 2014.

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He has not been removed or redeployed as widely reported in the media today, Thursday, July 3, 2014.
The REC was requested by the Commission to step aside against the backdrop of intense partisan acrimony over his person. He acceded to the request, knowing the effort being invested by INEC to make the Osun governorship election free, fair and credible. He has not been indicted for any offence, and the appeal by INEC for a stay of execution of the interlocutory order restraining the Commission from recognising him as Osun REC still subsist.
For avoidance of doubt, Ambassador Rufus Akeju remains INEC’s substantive Resident Electoral Commissioner for Osun State. But another Resident Electoral Commissioner will hold fort for the period that Akeju will be away on his leave of absence.
The Commission hereby reaffirms commitment to spare no effort in ensuring that the upcoming Osun State governorship election is successful, and that it meets the best possible standard of credibility. It urges all other stakeholders to join in this commitment.
Kayode Robert Idowu
Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman