Aproko247 has confirmed the restoration of the website of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, which was earlier hacked by a group. A moment ago, the official website of the Commission was compromised by the Nigerian Cyber Army. But IT experts of INEC have reclaimed the platform for the electoral body. INEC is conducting elections…
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Boko Haram Attacks Gombe Polling Stations, 2 Die
According to reports reaching us from Gombe State, no fewer than two persons were feared dead on Saturday in an attack said to be carried out by members of the Islamic sect called Boko Haram. Our correspondent gathered that the suspected terrorists stormed villages of Birin Bolawa and Birin Fulani in the Nafada district of…
INEC Website Hacked By Group
An internet group called Nigerian Cyber Army has claimed that it has taken over the official website of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The website was hacked on Saturday, just when the Commission is conducting the presidential and National Assembly elections today. INEC has confirmed the development. “We are aware of the recent hack…
Jonathan Finally Accredited By INEC
After initially not being able to get accredited by the card reading machines provided by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, President Goodluck Jonathan has eventually be authenticated as a voter for the presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday. The President’s voter’s card was initially rejected by the reading device, as well as his…
Card Readers Flop In Jonathan's Polling Unit
The card reading machines deployed for accreditation at the polling unit of President Goodluck Jonathan in his Otueke hometown in Bayelsa State initially messed up. After waiting for over 30 minutes, the President was unable to be accredited the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The first three card reading machines brought to authenticate Jonathan’s Permanent…
INEC Postpones Polls In Jigawa
Elections will not hold in seven out of 11 federal constituencies in Jigawa State, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced. Briefing newsmen on Friday night at a press conference held at the INEC headquarters in Dutse, the state capital, Resident Electoral Commissioner in charge of the state, Halliru Aliyu Tambawal, said the shift…
Olusole Oke Still In PDP–Aide
Media Assistant to a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stalwart in Ondo State, Olusola Oke, Ogunleye Rotimi Williams, has debunked a rumour that his principal has defected from the party to the All Progressives Congress, APC. In a statement issued on Friday night, Williams not only described the rumour as “untrue” and “satanic”, but a “wicked…
Card Readers: Court Gives INEC Go Ahead
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has been given the nod to use the controversial card reading machines for the general elections, which kicks off on Saturday, March 28, 2015 (tomorrow). INEC got the go ahead to use the devices from a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday. Justice Ademola Adeniyi, in his…
Gbemi Saraki Joins Brother In APC
Senator Gbemisola Saraki has finally dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to join the All Progressives Congress, APC, barely 15 hours to the presidential election on Saturday, March 28, 2015. The daughter of late Olusola Saraki announced her defection from the PDP to APC a moment ago. She is joining her brother, Bukola, a former…
Nigerian Troops Finally Retake Gworza From Boko Haram
As earlier promised, the Nigerian troops fighting to reclaim Gworza town from the control of Boko Haram terrorists group, has eventually succeeded in the battle. About six weeks ago, the Nigerian troops, with the help of their counterparts from the neighbouring countries, launched a massive onslaught on the insurgents, taking over territories that were before…