The new technology introduced into the Continuous Voter Registration has positioned the Independent National Electoral Commission to better deliver on its mandate, INEC has said. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu recently revealed this when he led a delegation of the National Elections Commission of Liberia to the CVR physical registration ...
Read More »Voters’ Registration Will Start On June 28 – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission has come out to say that it is ready to resume the nationwide Continuous Voter Registration scheduled for June 28. INEC Deputy Director of Voter Education Division, Mary Nkem, recently revealed this at a roadshow on the CVR organised by the commission in Abuja. According ...
Read More »Ekiti, Osun Governorship Elections Will Take Place On June 18, July 16 Next Year – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed June 18, 2022 for Ekiti governorship election and July 16, 2022 for same exercise in Osun state. The INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu recently revealed this at the Commission’s meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in Abuja. According to him, commencement ...
Read More »INEC Should Let Nigerians Vote With Their ATM Cards – NSE
The Nigerian Society of Engineers, NSE has come out to urge the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to adopt the use of Automated Teller Machine, ATM cards by electorates to vote in 2023. The notion was recently presented by leader of the Kaduna team of the NSE, in the North ...
Read More »We’ll Release 2023 Election Timetable Soon – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed Saturday, February 18 for the 2023 general elections in the country. INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu recently made this known during a one-day public hearing on the National Electoral Offences Commission (Establishment) Bill 2021, organised by the Senate Committee on INEC. According to ...
Read More »Voters Registration Will Resume On June 28 – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has come out to say that it plans to resume nationwide Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) on April 28. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Kwara, Malam Garba Attahiru-Madami recently revealed this to the press, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to him, this registration ...
Read More »Political Parties With Violent Conventions Could Get Blacklisted – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has come out to say that political parties whose members or supporters go haywire during their congresses and or conventions could be blacklisted. The National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Barr. Festus Okoye, recently revealed this in a statement ...
Read More »We’ll Expand Our Polling Units In Overcrowded During 2023 Elections – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has come out to say that it intends to take polling units closer to Nigerians in 2023. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, recently revealed this in Abuja during the training of the commission’s heads (Electoral Operations) on ...
Read More »We’ve Developed Robust Tracking Systems To Monitor Elections – INEC
Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has come out to say that no one will successfully rig election under his watch. He recently revealed that INEC has developed robust tracking systems to monitor elections, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to him, the legitimacy of ...
Read More »Large Crowd Is A Big Challenge During Elections – INEC
INEC has come out to say that management of large crowd at several polling units is a major challenge during elections. INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu recently revealed this at INEC’s first quarter meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) for this year. According to him, with ...
Read More »INEC Should Consider Underage Married Girls As Voters – National Assembly
The National Assembly Joint Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission Matters has come out to urge INEC to consider any married girl that is not up to 18 as eligible to vote. The committee recently revealed this while proposing a review of the provision in the Electoral Act on ...
Read More »INEC Deserves Praise For How The Enugu Bye-Election Was Conducted – PDP
The Enugu State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has come out to hail the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the security agencies, for the conduct of a credible, transparent and hitch-free bye-election for Isi-Uzo Constituency seat in the State House of Assembly. Recall that the election was ...
Read More »Non-Performance By Nigerian Politicians Leads To Voter Apathy – INEC
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Read More »Nigeria’s Electoral System Is Too Costly, Cumbersome – INEC
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has come out to say that the 2023 presidential elections will hold in 855 days from today and the commission is already looking forward to it. He revealed this at the National Assembly in his speech at the ...
Read More »Akeredolu Has Met All Conditions Required To Be Re-Elected As Oyo Governor – INEC
The present governor and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Rotimi Akeredolu just won the October 9, 2020 gubernatorial election in Ondo. Gov. Rotimi recently defeated Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, and Hon Agboola Ajayi of the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP, with about ninty-nine thousand (99), votes in 15 Local ...
Read More »We Won’t Share Responsibility Ahead Of Ondo Governorship Polls – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has come out to say that the responsibility of appointing collation and returning officers with individuals, groups, or political parties will not be shared. INEC National Commission and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr. Festus Okoye revealed this in a recent interview with ...
Read More »INEC Must Deliver A Free And Fair Election In Ondo, Just Like Edo – IHRC
The International Human Rights Commission (IHRC) has come out to beg the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct the forthcoming Ondo polls like the recently-concluded Edo gubernatorial poll. IHRC Envoy in Nigeria, Dr. Kenneth Anozie revealed this via a recent statement in Enugu. According to him, the Edo governorship ...
Read More »We’ll Guarantee Early Opening Of Polls During Ondo 10 Election – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has come out to say that it is working hard to guarantee the early opening of polls and declaration of results during Nigerian elections. INEC recently revealed that this is the plan ahead of the Oct. 10 governorship election in Ondo State. According to ...
Read More »Edo Governorship Elections Proves That INEC Can Give Us Credible Polls – Edwin Clark
Ex Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South Leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark has come out to hail Muhammadu Buhari for his role in the peaceful Edo State Governorship election. Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark revealed this in a recent statement in Abuja. According to him, the people of Edo State should ...
Read More »I Expected Better Preparation For Edo Election From INEC – Obaseki
Governor Godwin Obaseki has come out to say that the conduct of the ongoing governorship election in Edo State is a bit disappointing. He revealed this to journalists after casting his vote at his polling unit, in unit 19, Ward 4, Oredo LGA. According to him, he actually waited for ...
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