Tag: The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
INEC seeks court order to continue Dino Melaye’s recall
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday asked the Federal High Court, Abuja, to set aside an earlier order of…
Senator Dino Melaye’s Recall: INEC seeks intervention of Chief Justice of Nigeria
INEC) has sought the intervention of the Chief Justice of Nigeria over a court order truncating the recall process of…
INEC creates additional 8 voter registration centres in Oyo
To enable more Nigerians obtain voter’s card under the Continuous Voters Registration exercise, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has…
EFCC arraigns 3 INEC staff over N138m bribe
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned the administrative secretary of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…
Dino Melaye Going…Going…: INEC set date to verify voters
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has pasted the notice of verification of signatures of constituents submitted to it for…
It’s official: PDP’s Adeleke wins Osun West by-election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday announced Mr Ademola Adeleke of the PDP as the winner of the…
INEC deploys 14 new RECs to states
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has approved the posting of 14 newly sworn-in Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) to states,…
INEC registers 65,915 more eligible voters in Lagos
No fewer than 65, 915 eligible voters have been captured in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in Lagos State.
INEC issues certificates to new political parties
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Friday presented certificates of registration to the five newly-registered political parties in the…
We are not aware of moves to recall Sen Dino Melaye – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is not aware of any moves to recall Sen. Dino Malaye, representing…
INEC registers 5 new political parties
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday announced the registration of five new political parties ahead of the 2019…
APC wins Katsina bye-election
The independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mansur Ali of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of…
Court remands 2 INEC staff in prison for N111.5m scam
Justice P.I Ajaku of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin-City, Edo State on Thursday ordered that the duo of…
Lagos residents yet to collect 1.4m voter cards
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State says there are 1, 425, 282 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) yet…
INEC begins distribution of voter cards April 29 in Lagos
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will begin distribution of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in Lagos State on April 29,…
INEC Officials Docked For Receiving Bribes From Alison-Madueke
For allegedly receiving bribes from former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to compromise the 2015 general elections, three officials…
2019 Poll: INEC To Encourage Local Printers
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will explore areas to partner the professional printers in the country, preparatory…
INEC Says Voter Registration Begins April
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has reaffirmed that Continuous Voter Registration would begin across the…
INEC Staff Abducted, Released
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Saturday that one of its staffers kidnapped during the legislative elections in…
Anambra Governorship Poll Holds Nov 18
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed November 18, 2017 for the conduct of the Anambra governorship election.
Edo election: INEC fails to call witnesses as tribunal adjourns to Friday
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) failed to present witnesses in its defence as the Edo state governorship election petition…
INEC receives 60 applications for new parties
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said that 60 associations have applied to the commission to be registered as political…
PDP wins 2, APC wins 1 Senatorial seats in Rivers, says INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Monday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won two of the three…
Rivers Re-run: INEC suspends election in Akuku-Toru LGA
Mr Austin Okojie, a Supervising Resident Electoral Commissioner has announced the suspension of re-run legislative election in Akuku-Toru Local Government…
Rivers re-run: Party supporters protest, accuse INEC of bias
Some political party supporters in Ahoada-West council area on Saturday protested against alleged bias by the Independent National Electoral Commission…
Rivers Rerun Elections: INEC says it’s ready
The Independent Electoral Commissioner in charge of South South, Dr. Lecky Mustapha has said that the commission is ready to…
INEC to deploy 10,294 staff for Saturday Rivers rerun election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would deploy 10,294 staff to conclude the re-run National and State Assembly…
Lagos by-election: INEC, CP blame low turnout on poor awareness
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday blamed the low turnout of voters for the Ifako/Ijaiye Federal Constituency by-election…
Lagos by-election: INEC takes delivery of sensitive materials
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos on Thursday took delivery of sensitive materials for Saturday’s by-election in Ifako-Ijaiye…
INEC has no plan to postpone Ondo guber poll — CPS
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has no plan to postpone the Ondo State governorship election scheduled for…