By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has informed political parties that they have one month to conduct their primaries and present their flag bearers for the 2023 general elections. INEC National Commissioner & Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, stated this...
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The Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed May 10, for a hearing in a suit seeking to stop the planned May 28, Presidential Primary Election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that a presidential aspirant, Mr Cosmas Ndukwe, filed an ex-parte application...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has described the media report of alleged resumption of voter registration in some Local Government Areas in Imo state as misleading. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, stated this in a statement...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given its commitment to providing strong support to Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) ahead of the forthcoming 2023 general elections Prof. Kunle Ajayi, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Outreach and Partnership Committee (OPC), gave the commitment at the opening of a...
The Independent National Electoral Commission will spend not less than N239.2bn on procuring voting materials and vehicles that will be used in the 2023 general election. This is according to the 2023 General Election Project Plan that was launched by INEC in Abuja on Thursday. The commission stated that...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday maintained that the 2023 general election will hold despite the security challenges in the country. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, stated this in Abuja at a public presentation of the 2022-2026 strategic plan and the 2023 election project plan. Prof Yakubu...
By NANA AISHA, Bauchi – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Bauchi State, has warned against multiple registration for Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) during the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise. The Head of Voter Education and Publicity, INEC Bauchi, Mr. Adamu Gujungu, disclosed this in a statement issued to...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma has updated President Muhammadu Buhari on security situations in the state, including the recent killing of staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by bandits in the state. The governor, who spoke to State House correspondents after the closed door meeting with the...
The Electoral Hub, an advocacy group, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) anti-graft and financial institutions to monitor the 2023 campaign spendings. Ms Princess Hamman-Obels, Director of IRIAD, Electoral Hub in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja said that the call was to...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has further suspended Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in all 54 additional centres created to facilitate the registration of voters across Imo . Mr Festus Okoye, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee,made the disclosure in a statement issued in Abuja...
Gunmen have killed an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Imo State. The official identified as Nwokorie Anthony was shot dead during the Continuous Voter Registration Exercise (CVR) in Ihitte Uboma Local Government Area of the state on Thursday. Two other staff involved in the registration exercise at...
INEC will count votes and not prayer points in 2023, the Anglican Bishop of Nike Diocese, in Enugu State, Most Rev. Christian Onyia, reminded eligible voters on Wednesday. Addressing a pre-Synod media briefing, Onyia admonished eligible voters yet to obtain Permanent Voter Cards to do so, speedily as the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday in Abuja released the final list of candidates for the 2022 Osun Governorship election. It would be recalled that on Friday, 25th March, 2022, the Commission published the personal particulars and list of candidates (Form EC9)...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa has rejected the result of Saturday’s local government election announced by the state Independent Electoral Commission (ADSIEC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the election was conducted on April 9th and the result announced on April 10. The outcome showed...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has identified voter education and sensitisation as one of the core areas it would require the support of the United Nations to successfully conduct a free, fair, credible, and inclusive 2023 general election. The Daily bulletin issued by the commission quoted INEC Chairman,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called for more robust election security management as it prepares for 2023 general elections. National Commissioner and Chairman of the Board of The Electoral Institute, Prof. Abdullahi Zuru disclosed this on Wednesday in Nasarawa State during the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has advised political parties to adhere strictly to internal democracy and electoral laws in the conduct of their primaries, ahead of general elections. The commission gave the advice in a statement by Mr Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and...
IS THE PROBLEM OF NIGERIA THE ATTITUDE OF NIGERIANS? OUR LEADERS COME FROM US, SO IF LEADERS ARE BAD, IS THAT NOT A POINTER THAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE LED? In a school with unruly students, it must take a higher authority to restore order. So the prefects...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says votes will count in the governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun, billed for June 18 and July 16 respectively. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner in charge of Information, Voter Education and Publicity, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN in Lagos...