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Olumide Adebayo
April 14, 2011
2011 Election, Election & Governance News

Press Briefing by INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega Ahead Saturday April 16, Presidential Election

1. Professor Attahiru Jega, chairman of INEC, briefed Journalists this evening, at the Commission’s meeting room, on the meeting with RECs. He also used the briefing to share...

Olumide Adebayo
April 14, 2011
SR Statements Issued, Uncategorized

CIVIL SOCIETY STATEMENT AHEAD OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2011. Thursday April 14,2011

Press Release For Immediate Release The Nigerian civil society Election Situation Room has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to address the challenges and complaints associated with...

Olumide Adebayo
April 12, 2011
Election Security

Preliminary Statement issued by the National Human Rights Commission and the CLEEN Foundation on the Conduct of Security Officials in the National Assembly Election held on April 9, 2011

One of the most important preconditions for free, fair and credible election is the guarantee of security of people and materials involved in the electoral process. Security, in...

Olumide Adebayo
April 10, 2011
Election & Governance News, SR Statements Issued

Situation Room Interim Statement on the April 9 2011 National Assembly Elections

The Nigerian Situation Room would like to commend INEC for addressing several of the hitches encountered during the postponed April 2 National Assembly elections on April 9 new...

Olumide Adebayo
April 8, 2011
2011 Election

Nigeria Election Situation Room Statement on the Bomb blast at INEC office in Suleja.

The Nigeria Election Situation Room notes with dismay the bomb blast at the INEC office in Suleja which killed a number of people who have offered their services...

Olumide Adebayo
April 8, 2011
Uncategorized

Weekly Civil Society Security Brief (April 3rd, 2011)…by CLEEN Foundation

Background The Nigeria general elections will now hold on April 9, 16 and 26 following the postponement announced by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on April 2. Political...

Olumide Adebayo
April 7, 2011
Uncategorized

AN ADDRESS BY THE CHAIRMAN OF INEC, PROF. A. M. JEGA ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE RESCHEDULED NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS

When the Commission last Saturday, April 2nd, 2011, rescheduled the National Assembly elections, it stated very clearly that the elections will hold this Saturday, April 9th, 2011. We...

Olumide Adebayo
April 7, 2011
2011 Election

Anti-climax as electoral game-changer? …by Odinkalu, Ilo

ATTAHIRU Jega, the beleaguered Chairperson of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), had the backing of the law to conduct an election without result sheets but chose not...

Olumide Adebayo
April 5, 2011
Election Security, Uncategorized

Weekly Civil Society Security Brief (March 25, 2011)… from CLEEN FOUNDATION

Introduction With barely one week to Nigeria’s general elections in April, key drivers of election-related violence remain unaddressed and could potentially mar the credibility of the elections. In...

Olumide Adebayo
April 3, 2011
SR Statements Issued, Uncategorized

Report on Situation Room Meeting with Prof. Attahiru Jega on Sunday 3 April 2011

Report on Situation Room Meeting with Prof. Attahiru Jega on Sunday 3 April 2011 The Nigeria Election Situation Room requested and held a meeting with the INEC Chairman...