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The house of representatives has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission to extend the deadline for continuous voter registration (CVR) by 60 days. This resolution was passed during the plenary session on Wednesday following the adoption of a motion passed by Benjamin Kalu, a lawmaker from Abia state. The INEC had fixed June […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission has vowed not to extend the June 3, 2022 deadline for primaries. The commission noted that as at Monday, none of the 18 political parties had conducted their presidential primaries three weeks to the deadline. A document obtained from INEC on Monday showed that the Accord Party scheduled […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday said it would deploy no fewer than one million electoral officials, including permanent and ad-hoc staff, for next year’s general elections to man 176,846 polling units across the country. INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu spoke at the Public Presentation of the 2022-2026 Strategic Plan (SP) and the […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has published the Notice of Election for 2023 general elections, in compliance with extant provisions of the law. The commission disclosed this in its daily bulletin issued by the Director of Voter Education, Victor Aluko, in Abuja on Monday. The commission stated that the official Notice on Monday, […]
Former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, has apologised over a statement made about INEC issued permanent voter cards (PVCs). Tinubu had said while addressing women leaders in Abuja, that the PVCs Nigerians possess have expired. “In case they do not announce to you on time, the PVC you have has expired,”. “Take one […]
The governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has congratulated Mr Ovuakpoye Evivie on his victory in Saturday’s by-election for the Isoko-South Constituency 1 seat in the House of Assembly. The governor also congratulated the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the outcome of the election in which its member, Evivie emerged victorious. Okowa’s felicitation […]
The Governor of Delta State,Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has warned that the rejection of electronic transmission of election results by the National Assembly, could deter the country’s effort at attracting Foreign Direct Investments, FDIs. Okowa, who made the statement when he received the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in the state, Monday Udoh-Tom, and his management […]
The Senate has passed a bill that seeks to establish an Electoral Offences Commission bill. The bill, if signed into law, will empower the commission to investigate electoral offences, prosecute electoral offenders and maintain records of all persons investigated and prosecuted. The legislation also prescribes a 20-year jail term for offenders found guilty of […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the attacks on its offices may affect early preparations for the 2023 general elections if allowed to continue. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, stated this on Monday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “For us, we don’t know […]
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it would continue to register political parties as long as they meet the stipulated requirements. Head of Department of Election and Party Monitoring, Aminu Idris, stated this, yesterday, at a roundtable on modalities for measuring political parties’ performance in Nigeria organized by Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), […]
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