Tag: INEC
INEC backs APC’s NWC on Edo Primaries, Obaseki loses
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has thrown its weight behind the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress…
INEC again asks court to dismiss political parties’ application
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday, again prayed that the Federal High Court in Abuja to strike out…
INEC to test electronic voting machine in pilot scheme
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is to pilot the use of electronic voting machines at the earliest time possible…
Masks, sanitisers, thermometers coming to polling stations, INEC says
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu said COVID-19 poses health challenges to the electoral process.
COVID-19: INEC to redesign polling units ahead of guber polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that Polling Units shall be redesigned by the Commission to ensure substantial…
An open letter to INEC chairman Mahmood Yakubu
A Nigerian writes INEC chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu on why it is difficult for INEC to publish the results of…
Coronavirus: INEC joins Presidential Task Force on contact tracing
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has deployed about 100 of its vehicles in six states to support the Presidential…
CBN partners INEC on Kwara by-election
The INEC has dispatched sensitive materials, including ballot papers and result sheets, for the Saturday by-election in Patigi state constituency…
Electoral Offences Bill: INEC wants NASS to hasten passage
Prof Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has called on the National Assembly to hasten the passage of…
Bayelsa tribunal: PDP withdraws petition against INEC, APC
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday withdrew its petition against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the All…
Bayelsa: INEC to determine date for bye-election to replace Diri
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it will soon meet to determine the date for the conduct of bye-elections…
Guber polls: INEC announces dates for party primaries in Edo, Ondo
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has released dates for the conduct of governorship primaries by political parties in Edo…
Bayelsa: INEC rejects APC’s request, party says struggle continues
The Independent National Electoral Commission has ruled out the demand for a fresh governorship election in Bayelsa State by the…
Oshiomhole makes case for fresh poll in Bayelsa in letter to INEC
Adams Oshiomhole, the chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has written the Independent National Electoral Commission to demand for…
Ondo 2020: APC Unity Group to present consensus candidate
Sen. Ajayi Boroffice, representing Ondo North Senatorial District, says the Unity Group of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo…
INEC presents Certificate of Returns to Douye Diri
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has presented Certificate of Return to the new Governor-elect of Bayelsa, Douye Driri.
INEC declares PDP’s Douye Diri winner of Bayelsa poll
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, winner of the governorship…
INEC declares Diri winner of Bayelsa election
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Douye Diri, the winner of…
For The Records: Supreme Court Order on Bayelsa election
Here is the full order of the Supreme Court issued on Thursday 13 February nullifying the election of David Lyon…
Bayelsa: PDP’s Diri falls short of constitutional requirement, INEC meets
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is meeting today after receiving on Thursday night the enrolled order of the Supreme…
Mixed reactions trail deregistration of 74 political parties
Mixed reactions have trailed the deregistration of 74 political parties out of the 92 parties by the Independent National Electoral…
33 parties challenge de-registration, IPAC calls INEC lawless
The Inter Party Advisory Council of Nigeria (IPAC) has called on the independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately reverse…
Reverse decision on party de-registration, IPAC urges INEC
The Inter Party Advisory Council of Nigeria (IPAC) has called on the independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately reverse…
18 parties survive INEC axe, 74 out (Details)
Seventy four political parties have been struck out of the register of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), it was…
INEC deregisters 74 political parties ahead 2023 elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has deregistered 74 political parties ahead of the 2023 general elections.
Sokoto rerun: Hitch free, declaration of results begins – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says Saturday’s Legislative rerun elections in Sokoto was hitch-free with no report of violence…
Bauchi polls, an improvement over 2019 exercise – REC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Bauchi State, has described the ongoing supplementary and rerun elections in Zaki and…
INEC swears in 2 new RECs
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday swore-in two new Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs), for Cross Rivers and Taraba.
Imo court verdict: Blame INEC, says Esele
A chieftain of the APC, Mr Peter Esele, said on Friday that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should take…
Photo: INEC issues Hope Uzodinma Certificate of Return
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Wednesday issued Imo State Governor-elect, Senator Hope Uzodinma Certificate of Return.