Tag: INEC
Breaking: Court stops INEC from ending voters registration
SERAP and 185 concerned Nigerians had early this month filed the lawsuit against INEC asking the court to “declare unconstitutional,…
No poll fraud in Ekiti: INEC results correct, says Yiaga Africa
Nwagwu said that Yiaga Africa deployed 500 observers in pairs to a representative random sample of 250 polling units and…
SERAP Tells INEC: Prosecute Ekiti vote-buyers or land in court
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) seven…
INEC boss Yakubu given 7 days to prosecute Ekiti vote buyers
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) which gave the ultimatum cited undue influence, intimidation, ballot box snatching among the infractions…
Ekiti election: INEC uploads all results, collation begins
As at 10pm on Saturday, only results from seven polling units out of 2445 have not been submitted.
#EkitiDecides: Sen. Bamidele hails INEC’s BVAS technology
Sen. Bamidele canvassed for the technological innovation to encompass all facets of electoral process, including accreditation, voting and electronic transfer…
#EkitiDecides: PDP candidate Kolawole votes, commends INEC
Also commenting, Sen. Olubunmi Adetunmbi, representing Ekiti North Senatorial District, expressed satisfaction with the presence of heavy security in Ifaki-Ekiti,…
#EkitiDecides: Ad-hoc staff struggle to find names, postings on INEC’s list
Hundreds of the ad hoc staff were seen searching for their names and places of assignment by the fence of…
#EkitiDecides: Yiaga Africa express worry over safety, deployment of sensitive materials
The Executive Director of Yiaga Africa, Samson Itodo and Ezenwa Nwagwu (Board Member), expressed these sentiments at a pre-election briefing…
Reps urge INEC to extend voter registration by 60 days
The Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise is scheduled to end on June 30.
INEC rejects Akpabio as APC senatorial candidate
According to the results of the rerun senatorial primary election, Akpabio received 478 votes, while DIG Ekpo Udom (rtd) received…
CVR: 29,631 PVCs idle in Edo — INEC
Mr Timidi Wariowei, the Head of Voter Education and Publicity, Edo Office of INEC said the office recently took delivery…
INEC unveils ‘Youth Vote Count’ campaign in Lagos
The exercise was in collaboration with the EU Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EU-SDGN) and the Youth Initiative for…
Primaries: SERAP, 185 Nigerians sue INEC over failure to extend voter registration
Against its earlier stance, INEC recently extended the deadline for the conduct of primaries by political parties by six days,…
Ekiti governorship polls: INEC to deploy 3,346 BVAS, 10,269 polling officials
Dr Tella Rahmon, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Ekiti State, disclosed this at the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room…
INEC will no longer keep sensitive election materials with CBN: Yakubu
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed that sensitive electoral materials will in the meantime no longer be routed…
INEC sends important message to political parties
The INEC chairman urged the officials to carefully note the respective commencement dates and deadlines for the submission/uploading of the…
Ekiti 2022: INEC releases guidelines for conduct of elections
While reviewing the security arrangements for the Ekiti governorship election, the Chairman said the guidelines supersede all regulations.
CVR: Fresh registration hits 133,114 in Gombe
Bigun said the commission, in collaboration with the media in the state, had intensified awareness to increase the registration and…
Fresh CVR registration hits 10.2m: INEC
The commission said that out of the people that completed their registration, 2,928,447 did it online, while 3,615,798 did physical…
Ekiti 2022: INEC to deploy EFCC, ICPC operatives to curb vote buying
INEC assured that the commission would not condone vote buying in the coming election in Ekiti as it has been…
SERAP urges INEC extend deadline for voter registration
The group argued that the extension will give more time for eligible Nigerians to exercise their right to participation the…
Ekiti governorship poll: INEC registers 988,923 voters
Beyond the deployment of BVAS, the Ekiti election will also serve as a test to assess INECs capacity to manage…
Ekiti governorship: INEC registers 988,923 voters
Of the figure, a total of 720,724 people have collected their permanent voters cards, as of 18 May, 2022.
Breaking: INEC extends deadline for Party’s primaries by six days
Okoye stated that the commission had decided to allow the request of the political parties since the six-day period did…
Presidential ambition: Emefiele withdraws suit against INEC, AGF
Emefiele had approached the court with an ex-parte motion, seeking the court’s interpretation as to whether he could run for…
Rivers governorship poll: Farah Dagogo drags INEC, PDP to court
Farah Dagogo appeals to the court to compel INEC and PDP to include his name as one of the aspirants…
INEC gets 14-day ultimatum to prosecute vote buyers, probe party accounts
Persistent failure to arrest and prosecute suspected perpetrators of vote buying and related electoral offences may ultimately undermine public confidence,…
‘Why INEC should heed calls for shifting of deadline on primaries’
The school director, said there was need for the extension to allow some issues to be cleared, saying the school…
Why we can’t tinker with 2023 elections timelines – INEC
INEC spoke against the backdrop of the two months extension of deadline for the conduct of parties’ primary recently sought…