Independent National Electoral Commission
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Barely three days before the conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly elections, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Mahmood Yakubu clarified that raw figures of election results would not be transmitted electronically by his Commission. Yakubu made the revelation on Wednesday night at a meeting with leaders of […]
The distribution of sensitive election materials to 20 Local Governments by the Independent National Electoral Commission has commenced in Lagos state. It will be recalled that the Presidential and National Assembly elections have been fixed by the electoral umpire to be Saturday, February 25, 2023. Confirming the commencement of the distribution of the materials, […]
The Commonwealth observer mission to Nigeria has met with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to ascertain how prepared they are for the forthcoming elections. The leader of the Mission and former President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki said the meeting was aimed at getting reports from INEC on […]
Chichi Ojei, presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM), says there’s a plot by the party to align with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the elections. In a statement issued on Thursday night, Ojei said the scheme is being orchestrated by the national executive committee (NEC) of the party. Ojei said as […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has listed Michael Enyong as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom. This follows the Abuja federal high court’s sack of Umo Eno as the governorship candidate and subsequent order mandating the PDP to submit Enyong’s name to INEC. On October 4, 2022, […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has appealed against the judgement of the Osun state governorship election petition tribunal sacking Governor Ademola Adeleke as duly elected governor of the state. It would be recalled that Justice Tertse Kume-led’s tribunal in a split judgement of 2:1, said the July 16 election conduct was substantially […]
The Election Petitions Tribunal hearing the All Progressives Congress’ Adegboyega Oyetola’s petition against the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Ademola Adeleke on Friday annulled the result of the July 16 Osun governorship poll. Justice Tetsea Kume, while delivering a majority decision, declared that the Independent National Electoral Commission did not comply substantially with […]
The house of representatives has asked the National Universities Commission (NUC), National Board for Technical Education (NABTE), National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), and the ministry of education to direct all tertiary institutions to suspend academic activities ahead of the elections. The lower legislative chamber said this will enable students to travel to […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the deadline for the collection of permanent voter cards (PVC) till January 29. The commission announced this in a statement on Thursday signed by Festus Okoye, its national commissioner and chairman, information and voter education. INEC had fixed December 12 to January 22 for the […]
Gunmen have attacked and killed four operatives of the Anambra Vigilante Services and also set five buildings ablaze. The attackers were said to have invaded the secretariat early Thursday morning, killing three vigilantes who were guarding the complex. Ikenga Tochukwu, police spokesperson in Anambra, confirmed the development in a statement shared with TheCable. […]
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