The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says fresh registration in the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) has hit 10. 2million. INEC said this in its quarter four, week seven, released in Abuja, saying that 6.5 registrants have so far completed their registration. The commission said that out of the people...
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will partner with Nigeria’s anti-graft agencies to stop vote buying in the June 18, governorship election in Ekiti. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti during a meeting with traditional rulers in the state ahead of the...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC), has expressed its readiness to conduct the second local government elections on May 24, 2023. The Chairman of CROSIEC, Professor Mike Ushie, stated this in Calabar, while issuing a notice of commencement of preparations for the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday ran a mock exercise with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) in Ekiti, ahead of the state’s governorship election. BVAS facilitates the accreditation of voters on election day. Speaking to reporters during the exercise, INEC’s Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu said the exercise...
Former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi has formally joined the Labour Party days after announcing his exit from the Peoples Democratic Party. He is expected to contest the presidential primary on the platform of his new party. “I thank all Nigerians, especially our youths who have joined me in...
The All Progressives Congress has postponed its special convention for presidential primary for the 2023 general elections from May 29 to June 6. National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Felix Morka, announced this in a statement hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission extended the deadline for party’s to...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has given political parties that are yet to conduct their primaries six days window to do so. The National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee Chairman, disclosed this on Friday shortly after a meeting with political...
Alhaji Muhammad Abacha, son of former military leader, Sani Abacha has emerged governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 general election in Kano State. Alhaji Abacha polled 736 votes to defeat his closest rival, Jafar Sani-Bello, who scored 710 votes in the primary election on...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the current democracy in Nigeria is being threatened by the predominance of money politics. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu,said this at a one-day colloquim on Emerging Issues that will shape the 2023 General Elections in Nigeria organised by the Centre for...
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has recommended tax compliance as prerequisite for clearing aspirants to contest for elective positions. The Executive Chairman of FIRS and Chairman, Joint Tax Board (JTB) Muhammad Nami made the recommendation at a meeting with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja on...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it does not want women to be mere aspirants in the build up to the 2023 general elections but candidates and winners of elective positions. Prof. Kunle Ajayi, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Outreach and Partnership Committee made this remark at the...
As the June 18 Governorship election draws near in Ekiti State, Persons With Disabilities, (PWDs) have threatened to sue INEC if they are not included in the electoral process. They are also demanding that INEC and other stakeholders create accessible voting points and necessary facilities that would ensure their...
Godwin Emefiele, Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Monday, withdrew the suit he filed against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Attorney-General of the Federation over his presidential ambition. Emefiele, through his counsel, S.T. Maliki, told Justice Ahmed Mohammed that a notice of discontinuance had...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) aspirants and delegates at Ikeja Constituency II say they are willing to wait all day and night to exercise their franchise in the party’s Lagos State House of Assembly and Federal House of Representatives primaries. The aspirants and delegates spoke on Sunday at the...
BY EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to “widely publish the reports on the accounts and balance sheet of every political party submitted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Nigerian Girls Guides Association (NGGA), a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) has partnered the Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC), UN Woman National Orientation Agency (NOA) National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) and community leaders in an efforts to encourage women’s participation in the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that more Nigerians are registered in the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration before it closes on June 30. The PDP National Chairman, Sen. Iyorchia Ayu made the call when the National Working Committee (NWC)...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Borno State has flagged-off congresses for the election of Local Governments, State and National delegates that will take part in the party’s primaries for state and National Assemblies seats, governorship and office of the next president. The flag-off took place on Wednesday evening...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday cautioned political parties against non-transparent primaries in order to sustain Nigeria’s democracy. Alhaji Yahaya Bello , FCT INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner(REC) made the call at the Stakeholders Interactive Session in Respect of the Forthcoming Political Party Congresses and Primaries in Abuja....
The Chief Whip of the Senate , Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu says nine presidential aspirants from the All Progressives Congress (APC) are set to step down to support the presidential ambition of the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan. Kalu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in...