Tag: INEC
INEC asks Nigerians to scrutinise list of candidates for February bye-elections
INEC said the timetable and schedule of activities, the personal particulars and the final list of candidates for the bye-elections…
INEC begins verification of status of political parties
“We want to make our party a very strong institution as required for the development of democracy. Therefore, we have…
APC alleges INEC REC colluding with SDP to tamper with Kogi election materials
Spokesman of the Kogi APC Campaign Council, Kingsley Fanwo, who made the claim on Wednesday evening, said the Commissioner is…
INEC elevates 55 to Director level in promotion of 5,196 members of staff
INEC said that the promotion came on the heels of the 2023 promotion examination and evaluation carried out by the…
Bye-Elections: APC pegs Senate form at N20m, House of Reps N10m
INEC had fixed February 3, 2024, for the conduct of by-elections, resulting from the resignation or demise of members of…
Factional Speaker Ehie notifies INEC of 25 ‘vacant seats’ in Rivers Assembly
Ehie, who is leading a four-member faction of the Assembly loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara asked the electoral body to…
Court stops INEC from conducting fresh election into 27 defected Rivers lawmakers’ seats
Justice Donatus Okorowo, who gave the ruling in an ex-parte motion moved by counsel to the defected lawmakers, Peter Onuh,…
Court issues orders to INEC over ‘underage voters’
Delivering the judgment on Nov. 28 but a certified true copy sighted on Monday by NAN, Justice Egwuatu held that…
INEC presents certificate of return to APC’s Lagos Assembly lawmaker
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos on November 17 sacked Labour Party’s Olukayode Doherty and declared APC’s Age-Suleiman winner…
Kogi election: APC, SDP trade accusation over plot to burn INEC office
The APC Governorship Campaign Council in Kogi in its response on Sunday evening said SDP should be held responsible if…
Kogi governor-elect Ododo, deputy receive certificates of return
Ododo of the All Progressives Congress had won the November 11 off-season governorship election in Kogi State with a wide…
Alleged manipulation of accreditation data on IReV unfounded – INEC
Mohammed Kudu Haruna, National Commissioner and Member, Information and Voter Education Committee, INEC, in a statement said the commission's attention…
Going to court to challenge ‘rigged’ Kogi governorship election a waste of time – Ajaka
According to Ajaka, INEC gave him and others assurances that the election would be transparent, lamenting that the commission allowed…
Kogi governorship: INEC announces date for fresh election in suspended polling units
"Election in the other nine Wards (Eni, Okibo, Okesi, Ileteju, Aiyeromi, Ugugu, Obinoyin, Obatgben and Oturu) involving 59 Polling Units…
Bayelsa, Kogi, Imo: INEC Chairman threatened with legal actions
SERAP urged him to “identify, arrest, name and shame suspected perpetrators and their sponsors of these grave human rights crimes,…
Breaking: INEC declares Hope Uzodimma winner of Imo governorship election
INEC's Returning Officer and Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Prof Abayomi Fashina, declared Uzodimma winner of the…
Breaking: INEC suspends governorship election in some locations in Kogi
Mohammed Haruna, National Commissioner and Member, Information and Voter Education Committee, INEC, in a statement on Saturday, said the Commission…
Bayelsa election: INEC official abducted by gunmen regains freedom
Mr Wilfred Ifogah, Head of Voter Education and Publicity of INEC in Bayelsa confirmed the development in Yenagoa, the capital…
Abducted INEC official regains freedom in Bayelsa
The Head of Voter Education and Publicity of the state INEC in Yenagoa, Mr Wilfred Ifogah, confirmed the cheering news…
INEC must cancel election in 5 Kogi LGs, Melaye demands
One of the Local Governments Melaye wants the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel election is Okene, which has…
Kogi election: INEC alleges deliberate sabotage by unseen forces
The failure of the vehicles to show up resulted in late arrival of officials and election materials in some polling…
Imo election: INEC reacts to ‘withdrawal’ of passwords for results upload
The commission in a “fake news alert” released to journalists by Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi,…
Bayelsa election: INEC official abducted, 12 others escape death in boat mishap
The abducted official - a SPO assigned to Registration Area-06 (Ossioma) in Sagbama Local Government Area of was abducted while…
Imo election: INEC opposes Apapa LP’s faction suit to replace Achonu
They also sought an order of mandatory injunction directing or compelling INEC to recognise, upload and publish Ukaegbu’s name as…
INEC deploys 9 RECs to Imo for governorship election
By Peter Okolie The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it has deployed nine additional Residents Electoral Commissioners (REC) in…
INEC deploys 2 National Commissioners, 8 RECs for Bayelsa election
He also warned that the Commission will not count votes in any polling unit where violence occurs in Saturday’s governorship…
SERAP writes INEC, seeks recognition of ‘right to vote securely’
Nigerian electoral laws ought to be such that would give effect to the voters’ will and uphold the popular mandate…
Ribadu: Tinubu wants free, fair governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi
By Emmanuel Oloniruha The National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, has assured Nigerians that President Bola Tinubu- led government…
Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi elections: CDS, IGP issue strong warnings
Musa advised that the presence of security agencies in the three states should not scare anybody, but those with plans…
BREAKING: Tinubu floors Atiku, Obi on iREV at Supreme Court
The apex court, in the Justice delivered by Justice Iyang Okoro agreed with the lower court that iREV is not…