Tag: INEC
Vote buying: INEC sends important message to National Assembly
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said speedy passage of the National Electoral Offences Commission and Tribunal Bill by the…
INEC to publish particulars of party nominees for 2023 state elections Friday
Yakubu urged Nigerians to scrutinise the particulars and seek judicial remedy for any observed violation of the law.
2023: INEC sends strong message to Nigerian youths
Attahiru-Madami noted that youths formed about 80 per cent of the Nigerian population, saying that their roles in elections could…
JUST IN: INEC issues Adeleke Certificate of Return (Photos)
Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was declared winner of the governorship election, polling 403,371 votes to defeat the…
‘Why INEC can’t extend voting rights to prison inmates immediately’
Yakubu said while INEC had no issue against inmates voting in Nigeria, there were critical issues that must be considered,…
INEC replies Davido
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has replied to Nigerian music star, Davido, over the Certificate of Return for his…
CVR: Fresh registration hits 10.1m
According to the INEC, 10,139,247 registrants had completed their registrations, of which 3,357,188 were done online, while 6,782,059 were done…
Osun election: End impunity of vote-buying now, SERAP tells INEC
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to…
INEC Osun election result consistently correct: Yiaga Africa
Addressing a news conference on Sunday in Osogbo, the group’s Board Chairman, Dr Hussain Abdu, said had the official results…
INEC fixes July 31 for suspension of CVR nationwide
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed July 31 for the suspension of the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration…
#OsunDecides: Yiaga Africa vows to expose INEC
Yiaga Africa’s data said its data centre in Osun will receive 4,500 text messages containing approximately 54,500 individual pieces of…
Tinubu, Obi in trouble as PDP goes to court to seek disqualification
The party argued that Tinubu's replacement of Kabiru Masari with Senator Kashim Shettima as running mate and Obi's replacement of…
INEC breaks silence on trending video of buried PVCs
Okoye, who said that the attention of the commission has been drawn to the video, confirmed that INEC was not…
Senatorial tickets: INEC insists on rejection of Akpabio, Lawan
The All Progressives Congress, APC had submitted the name of Akpabio and Lawan to INEC as its candidates for the…
Abia Central Senatorial District: Onuigbo drags APC, INEC to court
Onuigbo sought court order mandating the APC and INEC to immediately include his name as candidate of the party, having…
2023: Outgoing Rivers REC leaves warnings for politicians, INEC staff
Effanga resumed as Rivers REC on the 24th of April 2018 when he took over from Gesila Khan.
Osun election: INEC commences mock accreditation
INEC mock accreditation exercise will take place in six local government areas, two registration areas/wards across the three senatorial districts…
Updated: Gunmen overpower security officials at INEC office, destroy 748 ballot boxes
Gunmen who attacked the INEC building in Igboeze North Local Government Area office in Enugu State did not only raze…
Hoodlums set INEC office ablaze in Enugu
Criminals have burnt down the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Igboeze North Local Government Area of Enugu State.
PVC: INEC worries over low registration in Katsina
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) expressed concern over the poor turnout of residents registering for the Permanent Voter Card…
INEC issues reminder to parties on state elections
INEC said all the Resident Electoral Commissioners and Electoral Officers had been directed to continue with the voter registration exercise…
INEC laments, says 1.12 million PVCs uncollected in Lagos
Agbaje said, ”The low rate of PVC collection in Lagos State is worrisome as only 6,382 PVCs out of 34,242…
Akpabio’ll soon be included on INEC’s candidate list – Group
The Senator Godswill Akpabio Senatorial Campaign Committee has viewed as laughable the frenzy on the social media alleging that Senator…
Tinubu’s running mate Masari: All my school certificates missing in transit
Masari in his submission to INEC deposed to an affidavit on the loss of his primary and secondary schools certificates.
PVC: INEC officials overwhelmed by massive crowd in Abuja, shut operations
However, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Yahaya Bello, explained that people who had no business with the CVR process stormed…
CVR: Fresh registrations hit over 10m – INEC
The commission, in its CVR weekly update, released in Abuja on Monday, also disclosed that 8,631,696 registrants had completed their…
We didn’t extend voters registration deadline by 60 days – INEC
There have been rumours that the commission had bowed to pressure by extending voters registration deadline by 60 days.
INEC security guard arrested for selling PVC forms in Rivers
By Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Detectives from the Department of Security Service, DSS, Port Harcourt have arrested a guard attached to…
Massive protest rocks Enugu over PVC registration frustration (Photos, Video)
The protesters marched on the road and accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of deliberately frustrating them from registering…
INEC to Tinubu, Obi: Placeholder VP nominees strange to the law
Tinubu submitted Ibrahim Kabiru Masari, a politician from Katsina State, while Obi nominated Doyin Okupe, a former aide of President…