Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed reports suggesting that it has released the timetable and schedule of activities for the 2027 General Election, describing such claims as false and misleading. In a statement issued on Friday, Chief Press Secretary and Media Adviser to the INEC Chairman, Adedayo Oketola,...
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For years, Nigeria’s electoral process has been weighed down by an avalanche of election-related litigations, many of them arising before votes are cast and extending long after winners have been declared. The burden has not only strained the judicial system but has also undermined public confidence in elections. Before...
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, SAN, has described the year 2026 as a “season of renewal” for the Commission, calling on the workforce to deepen their faith in the Nigerian project. In New Year message addressed to National Commissioners, Resident Electoral Commissioners, and...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has faulted the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the exclusion of its governorship candidate from the list of contestants for the 2026 Ekiti State governorship election, describing the action as further proof of what it called the Commission’s bias against the party. The PDP...
All Democratic Alliance (ADA) has strongly condemned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over its refusal to register the association as a political party, describing the decision as unjust, premeditated and dangerous to Nigeria’s democratic growth. In a statement issued on Wednesday, December 25, 2025, and signed by its...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced February 21, 2026, as the date for the conduct of bye-elections into the Ahoada East II and Khana II State Constituencies of Rivers State, signaling a fresh opportunity for residents to fill vacant seats in the State House of Assembly. Chairman, Information,...
Federal Government has formally extended its congratulations to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan, SAN, following his conferment with the prestigious “Great Ambassador of the University of Jos” award. In a congratulatory letter personally signed by the Secretary to the Government of the...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday reaffirmed its commitment to due process as it convened a crucial meeting with contending factions of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), assuring all parties that it will be guided strictly by the final decision of the Court of Appeal on the party’s...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Friday met with the two warring factions of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at its headquarters in Abuja with the aim of finding a resolution to the leadership crisis rocking the party. The meeting, which is currently going on behind closed-doors, had the...
With just months to the 2026 FCT Area Council Election, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Malam Aminu Kasimu Idris, has reaffirmed INEC’s commitment to ensuring the participation of persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the electoral process, as guaranteed by law. The REC, represented by Mrs. Bimbo Oladunjoye, Administrative Secretary...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has demanded an immediate explanation from the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan, over the alleged missing or diverted N55.9 billion earmarked for the 2019 general elections. SERAP issued the call after the Auditor-General’s annual report, released on...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, on Tuesday in Abuja swore in Prof. Rahmon Tella as the Resident Electoral Commissioner for Oyo State. The ceremony was conducted with “solemnity and purpose,” in line with Amupitan’s drive to entrench discipline, integrity, and punctuality within...
Contrary to reports that the Ekiti governorship primary election was postponed due to logistics issues by a PDP faction loyal to the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has denied that the such correspondence did not emanate from the office of the Secretary to...
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan, SAN, has declared that the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) has effectively solved the protracted challenge of identity theft in Nigeria’s elections. He made the declaration while speaking at the 2025 Digital Nigeria International...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially handed over the Certificate of Return to Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, confirming his re-election as the governor of Anambra State following the November 8 governorship poll. The presentation took place on Tuesday at the INEC headquarters in Awka. Mr. Kenneth Ikeagu, the...
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Professor Chukwuma Soludo on his re-election as the governor of Anambra State. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that Soludo won the Nov. 8 governorship election in Anambra with 422,664 votes to defeat his closest rival, Chief Nichols Ukachukwu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who polled...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Joash Amupitan, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) “to urgently refer the allegations of vote buying and undue influence during the just concluded governorship elections in Anambra state to appropriate anticorruption agencies and the police for investigation...
An observer group, Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA), has commended Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for giving priority to the elderly, pregnant women and persons with disabilities (PWDs) during the Saturday Anambra governorship election. The CTA Election Experts Team Lead, Prof. Alex Asigbo, gave the commendation while giving a...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to urgently “identify, name and shame, and prosecute perpetrators and sponsors of the widespread alleged vote-buying” witnessed during the Anambra governorship election held on Saturday. In a post shared via its official X...
Some electorate in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra have called on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that every vote counts in the ongoing governorship election in the state. The voters made the call after casting their votes at Agbola II polling unit in Awka South...