The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says its contract for logistics delivery for the forthcoming general elections in Lagos State is with individual drivers and not with Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, made the clarification in an...
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Yiaga Africa, a Civil Society Organisation has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to rectify observed lapses at the recently concluded mock accreditation for a successful 2023 election. The Executive Director, Yiaga Africa, Mr Samson Itodo said this while presenting the organisation’s report on Bimodal Voters Accreditation System(BVAS)...
An Ilorin based legal practitioner, Mr Yusuf Ahmed has advised youths in the country to prioritise their lives before fighting for any politician during the upcoming 2023 general elections. Ahmed, who gave the advice in Ilorin on Friday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will not accept the nomination of university lecturers who are card carrying members or had participated in partisan politics or convicted of electoral malpractice as Returning and State Collation Officers in the forthcoming polls. The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made this...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Chairman Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has called on on security agents to appreciate and prioritise the safety and protection of Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in order to give them confidence and encouragement to come out en mass to exercise...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday said that the commission’s worst challenge remained the desperation and do-or-die attitude of politicians. Mr Olusegun Agbaje, INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in Lagos State stated this at the enlarged Stakeholders’ Forum of the commission at its headquarters in Lagos. Agbaje urged...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said it has seek the permission of chancellors of Nigerian universities for the deployment of a specified number and category of academic staff for the 2023 general election. Speaking on Thursday in Abuja at a meeting with the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is almost 90 per cent ready for the conduct of the 2023 general election. Mr Auwal Mashi, the Kaduna INEC Administrative Secretary said this on Thursday at a stakeholders meeting in Mellinium Hope, Kaduna. Mashi said that the commission held a...
The Court of Appeal on Wednesday affirmed Peter Obi as presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February elections. In a unanimous decision, the appellate court struck out the appeal challenging Obi’s candidacy and awarded N200,000 each in favours of INEC and the LP each. The court...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Former President of South Africa, H.E. Thabo Mbeki, will lead a team of Commonwealth election observers to Nigeria, which will be holding Africa’s largest democratic exercise later this month when it holds general elections on 25 February 2023. Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patricia...
The National Security Adviser (NSA) to the President, retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, has assured Nigerians that the 2023 general elections would be conducted in an atmosphere devoid of rancor. Monguno gave the assurance during his meeting with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and leadership of security agencies in...
The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has promised to provide seamless cash needed for Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to prosecute the 2023 general election. The promise was in aftermath of the naira redesign policy of the present administration which restricted the withdrawal of money...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that 295 candidates in Cross River, would participate in the general elections scheduled for Feb. 25 and March 11. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Prof. Gabriel Yomere, made this announcement in Calabar on Tuesday during a consultation with...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Against the backdrop of alleged plans to rig the forthcoming election in Cross River State, the Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has demanded to inspect and to take full record of the IMEI number of the 3,281 BVAS machines which is in INEC custody...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says warehoused Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) can no longer be used during elections as every voter must be authenticated with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS). The Director-General of The Electoral Institute (TEI), Dr Sa’ad Idris, stated this at the political parties’ polling...
Compt. Aminu Shamsuddin, Immigration Service Comptroller, Kwara State Command. The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has seized 106 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) from foreigners residing in Kwara. The state Comptroller of NIS, Mr Aminu Shamsuddin, revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has described as victory for the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Supreme Court Judgement affirming him as Yobe APC Senatorial candidate. He stated this while briefing news men on Monday, in Abuja, after the judgment was delivered by Justice Centus Nweze of the apex...
Prof. Ayobami Salami, the Ekiti State Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) has said that the commission won’t disappoint Nigerians in the 2023 general election. Salami stated this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday shortly after monitoring the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has assured Nigerians that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for use in the 2023 general elections would work effectively. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Ekiti State, Prof. Ayobami Salami, gave the assurance while monitoring mock accreditation of voters in some selected polling...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says there was no hitch in the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) mock accreditation conducted in 12 Polling Units across six local government areas (LGAs) in Lagos State on Saturday. The state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, disclosed this to newsmen after...