The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it plans to reveal its findings on investigation carried out on alleged Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) found in different locations in Nigeria, in the nearest future. Mr Festus Okoye, the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education, said this at...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has warned the 18 political parties that fielded candidates for next year’s general elections to desist from any form of abusive languages or hate speeches among others, ahead of the campaign kick-off. It therefore enjoined all the registered...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has confirmed his readiness to keynote the 2022 conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) on Thursday, October 6, 2022, at Sheraton Hotel, Lagos. His confirmation was conveyed via a letter dated September 19, 2022...
Prof. Attahiru Jega, former INEC chairman and leader of People’s Redemption Party (PRP), has urged women and youths to be agents of peace to ensure rancor -free 2023 general elections. Jega gave the charge on Sunday while commissioning the PRP Youth and Women Wing office in Birnin Kebbi, the...
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) for Good Governance has appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to further extend the July 31 deadline for the suspension of ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). The coalition made the appeal in a letter signed by its Convener, Prof. Theophilus...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will publish the personal particulars of candidates nominated by their political parties for 2023 Governorship and State Assembly elections in all the constituencies nationwide on Friday. The INEC Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this at the swearing-in of...
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu has urged the commission ‘s staff members to resist any unethical behaviour in the Saturday governorship election in Osun. Yakubu, who made the plea in his message to INEC members of staff on Friday, appealed to them to uphold...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday said it was closely monitoring the security situation in Osun, ahead of July 16 governorship election. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this in Abuja at a special meeting of the Inter-agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES). The meeting was...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says a total of 1,955,657 registered voters will participate in the July 16 Osun governorship election. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education, said this at a round table media executives dialogue on Friday in Osogbo. Okoye...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned political parties that its candidate nomination portal for 2023 general elections would automatically shut down at 6 p.m on June 17 for national elections and 6 p.m on July 15 for state elections. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, gave the...
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has advised political parties to adhere to the deadline for submission of candidate nomination for 2023 general elections. Prof. Yakubu gave the advice on Friday when he visited the venue of the training organised by the commission for political...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is considering the request by political parties to extend the 2023 General Elections Timetable. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, stated this on Friday at the headquarters of the electoral umpire in Abuja, the nation’s capital. He spoke during a meeting with leaders of political...
Political parties in the country have asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to extend the timelines for the 2023 general elections by two months. Specifically, the parties want slight changes to the primaries’ timeline, as stipulated by the electoral umpire. Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Yusuf...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured the nation that it will spare no effort in ensuring that elections conducted by the commission continue to get better, freer, fairer, more credible and more inclusive. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the pledge in a message he released to...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday said about 1.126 million out of over 2,523,000 million registrations from June to December 2021 are invalid. The figures according to INEC represents 44.6 per cent of the total registration. The INEC, Chairman, Professor Mahmud Yakubu,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that it will release the timetable for 2023 elections immediately President Muhammad Buhari signs the electoral amendment bill into law. The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who made this disclosure on Tuesday in Abuja during...