By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has opened a dedicated portal for online accreditation of journalists and media organisations to cover the Ondo State Governorship election scheduled for 16th November 2024 will open today Monday 9th September 2024. National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and...
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the recent hike in price of petrol will not affect the conduct of Edo governorship election. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, said this while fielding questions from newsmen during the pre-election news conference in Abuja. Oyekanmi...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, reserved judgment in the suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the conduct of the local government election in Rivers. Justice Peter Lifu said that a date for the judgment would be...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Sept. 12 for the signing of Peace Accord for the Edo Governorship election in Benin City. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at an extraordinary meeting with political parties on the 2024 Edo governorship election on Thursday in Abuja. Yakubu...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said 125,928 of the 184,438 newly printed Permanent Voters’ Card (PVCs) have been collected in Edo, ahead of the Sept.21 Governorship election in the state. INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Sam Olumekun, said this in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – In continuation of preparations for the Edo State Governorship Election holding on Saturday 21st September 2024, the Commission is test running the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and result upload to the INEC Result Viewing (IReV) portal for the election using...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Edo on Tuesday presented soft copies of voters register to political parties participating in the Sept. 21 Edo governorship election. Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Edo, Dr Anugbum Onuoha, presented the register to the chairmen and secretaries of political parties and other...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Edo has fixed Aug. 22 to 30 for the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in the state. Head of Department, Voter Education and Publicity, INECp, Timidi Wariowei, confirmed this in a statement on Friday in Benin. Wariowei said that a...
The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed claims of discrepancies between the results on its website and those presented by returning officers at the National Collation Centre, which were broadcast live. The commission stated this in letter dated Aug. 15 to the Centre for Collaborative Investigative Journalism (CCIJ),...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja- The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has called on security agencies to heighten their vigilance as the gubernatorial elections in Edo and Ondo States approach. Speaking at the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) meeting held at...
The Chairman of Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos State, Mr Fatai Ayoola, has faulted calls for INEC to take over conduct of local government elections. Ayoola made his position known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. NAN reports that State Independent...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said details of only 44,687 out of 80,410 expected party agents for Edo governorship election were submitted on its dedicated portal, by the July 30 deadline. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday, by Sam Olumekun,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final register of voters for the upcoming Governorship Elections in Edo and Ondo, an official has said. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee in the state, Mr Sam Olumekun, disclosed this in a statement issued...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has put the number of new registered voters in Edo at 119,206 and Ondo 58,708. National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee of INEC, Mr Sam Olumekun, disclosed this in an analysis on Monday in Abuja. Olumekun said that the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Chairman Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has urged interested media organisations wishing to cover the Edo gubernatorial election to submit their applications before the deadline of Thursday 5th September 2024. He made the call at the INEC Quarterly Consultative...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said it has recovered from the recent flood disaster that damaged some facilities at the Benin office of the commission. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu stated this during the commission’s regular quarterly consultative meeting with leaders of political parties in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC), has called for the amendment of the Constitution and the Electoral Act to empower INEC to conduct all Local Governments polls. National Chairman IPAC, Yusuf Mamman Danttale who made the call on Monday in Abuja at the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Edo office, on Monday call on young female voters to be ambassadors of the Commission ahead of the Sept. 21 governorship election in the state. The State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Anugbum Onuoha made the call in Benin at a one-day...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended invitation to 246 new applicants comprising of 82 from Edo and 164 from Ondo state to provide complete data so that they will be eligible to vote in the upcoming governorship election in both states....
The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Thursday, affirmed the re-election victory of Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa in the Nov. 11, 2023 governorship poll. The three-member panel of justices led by Justice James Abundaga, in a unanimous judgment, held that the appeal filed by the appellants; Mr...