Tag: INEC
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…
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…