Tag: INEC
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…
INEC Budget: CSO cautions against playing politics with 2019 general elections
Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), a Civil Society Organisation (CSO), has cautioned the executive and legislative arms of government against…
INEC budget delay: Hold Saraki, Senate responsible – Presidency
The Presidency has dismissed Senate President Bukola Saraki’s allegation that President Muhammadu Buhari is to blame for the delay in…
Nigeria to assist Guinea-Bissau with voters’ registration kits
The President of ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, says Nigeria will assist Guinea-Bissau with Voters’ Registration kits…
We have no budgetary allocation for International Observers – INEC
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Friday in Abuja, said the commission had no prepared…
INEC releases notice of 2019 elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday released the notice of activities for the 2019 general elections.
2019 General Elections: INEC releases elections notice in Lagos
As part of its preparations for the 2019 general elections, the Independent National Electoral (INEC) in Lagos State on Friday…
Osun Guber: INEC promises to conduct credible election
Mr Segun Agbaje, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Osun, says the Sept. 22 governorship election in the state would…
Vote buying: INEC pledges to re-administer polling units
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it will re-administer its polling units to address the issue of…
INEC rolls out hotlines for inquires, complaints
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given out hotlines for inquires and complaints on its activities in Enugu State,…
Osun poll: 31 pre-election observers trained
The Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Advancement-Africa (YIAGA-Africa), on Thursday in Osogbo said it had trained 31 long-term pre-election…
Incredible! INEC to feed police with N6bn in 2019 polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is going to spend N6 billion in feeding the police during the 2019 general…
Osun Guber: APC accuses PDP of planning to deploy thugs to rig election
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it has information that the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) is planning to deploy thugs…
No date fixed for NASS to reconvene on INEC budget- Saraki, Dogara
The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and the Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, said on Tuesday that no…
INEC issues certificate of return to Senators-elect
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued the certificate of return to senators-elect, Ahmad Kaita, (APC, Katsina North) and…
Vote buying: INEC to reposition polling booths – REC
Polling booths are henceforth to be position in a way to make it difficult for people to see how voters…
INEC urges Akwa Ibom electorate to collect their PVCs
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Akwa Ibom has urged electorate in the state to mobilise themselves in order…
INEC evolves security features to curb ballot stuffing – Bauchi REC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Saturday, said that it has introduced security features on its ballot papers to…
Osun 2018: INEC to employ over 15,000 ad-hoc staff
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun said it would employ over 15,000 ad-hoc staff for the conduct of…
173,381 voters will participate in Lokoja/ Kogi bye-election
The Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC) said on Wednesday that 173,381 voters would participate in the August 11 bye-election…
Cross River bye election: INEC to deploy 700 ad hoc staff
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday said it would deploy 700 ad hoc staff to 117 polling units…
INEC registers 198,038 new voters in Niger
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Niger registered 198,038 new voters in the Continuous Voter’s Registration (CVR) exercise between…