Tag: INEC
Osun poll: Observer group expresses concern over dissemination of fake news
An election observer group, Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Advancement (YIAGA Africa), has expressed concern over the dissemination of…
Osun Guber: INEC’s ban on phones will reduce vote buying, selling – CSO
YIAGA Africa, a Civil Society Organisation (CSO), said the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) ban on phones in voting booths…
Osun 2018: Election observers commend INEC, security agencies’ commitment to credible election
Observer groups accredited for the Osun governorship election have commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies for…
Osun Guber: Security beefed up at INEC, CBN in Osogbo
Ahead of the Saturday’s governorship election in Osun, security has been beefed up around the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…
Osun Guber: INEC promises free, fair and credible election
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has reiterated the commitment of the commission toward conducting free,…
INEC lauds U.S. IRI support toward credible General Elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commended the U.S.-based International Republican Institute (IRI) for sustained support toward a hitch…
INEC tasks political parties on credible primaries
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has urged political parties to conduct credible primary elections ahead of the 2019 general…
No ban on use of smart phones around polling units – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it was not banning the use of Smartphone around the polling unit areas,…
NASS joint committee reconvenes on Electoral (Amendment) Bill
The National Assembly Joint Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday reconvened to deliberate on the Electoral…
Osun poll: NRM petitions INEC over omission of its candidate’s name
The National Rescue Movement (NRM) has petitioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the alleged unlawful exclusion of its…
ICPC to partner INEC to curb vote-buying
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has expressed readiness to partner Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…
Osun Guber: INEC vows to prosecute vote-buying suspects
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says it will arrest and prosecute anyone that engages in vote-buying in the Sept.…
1.38m PVCs yet to be collected in Lagos – REC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State on Thursday said some 1.38 million Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) were…
CRV: INEC registers 706, 641 new voters in Zamfara
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it registered 706,641 new voters during the just-concluded Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise…
Osun Guber: IPAC urges INEC to ensure credible conduct
The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) on Tuesday urged the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) to ensure a credible conduct of the…
INEC denies receiving N50m logistics support from Jigawa Govt
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied a newspaper report that it recently received N50 million from the government…
Osun Guber: INEC employs secret ballot to curb vote-buying
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said it was working on secret balloting to curb vote-buying in the…
FCT: INEC describes CVR exercise as successful
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has described the Continuous Voters’ Registration (CVR), which ended Friday,…
Elections: People living with disabilities want special considerations
The National Association of Persons With Disabilities (NAPWD), has appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to work out…
CVR: INEC registers 537,874 new voters in Kaduna
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has registered 537,874 new voters in Kaduna State during the Continuous Voter…
Osun Guber: INEC commences training of Supervisory Presiding Officers
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has commenced training of Supervisory Presiding Officers (SPOs) on Polling and Counting…
Orientation Agency charges lNEC to tackle vote buying
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has charged lNEC to put measures in place to curb vote buying in the upcoming…
INEC submits adjustment to 2019 election budget to National Assembly
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday submitted its recommended adjustments to the 2019 election budget as requested by the…
We will reject elections that fail to meet electoral guidelines – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said it would not accept any election that did not meet electoral…
2019 polls: National Assembly slashes INEC’s N189.2bn budget to N143bn
The Senate and House of Representatives Joint Committees on Electoral Matters on Monday adopted N143bn as the workable budget for…
Vote buying: INEC to re-design structures of polling units
Mr Mustapha Lecky, the South South Commissioner, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the commission would redesign the structures of…
2019 Polls: APC accuses INEC of leaking congresses, primaries’ notices
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of leaking information on its Congresses and Primary…
Uncollected PVCs: INEC partners traditional rulers in Enugu
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will partner traditional rulers to ensure effective distribution of 99,000 uncollected Permanent…
Accused INEC officials urge judge to hand off case
Two officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Christian Nwosu and Tijani Bashir, currently on trial over alleged N264.8…
Osun 2018: INEC presents voters’ register to political parties
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday presented soft copies of voters’ register for the Sept.22 Osun governorship election…