Mr Festus Okoye, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) National Commissioner, Information and Voter Education, has charged officers of the commission to brace up ahead of the 2023 general elections. Particularly, Okoye charged heads of voter education and publicity and public affairs officers of the commission that they have...
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By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has explained that thePermanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) issued by the Commission in 2011 and after do not need any revalidation for use in subsequent elections. In a statement made available to NATIONAL ACCORD in Abuja on Friday, Mr....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said the commission has identified some flash points ahead of FCT council elections. To this end, the commission has concluded arrangements to invite the FCT Commissioner of Police for dialogue on how...
The fresh trial of Professor Ignatius Uduk, a lecturer at the University of Uyo, commenced on Thursday at the Akwa Ibom State High Court 9 sitting in Uyo, the state capital. Uduk faces a three-count charge bordering on publishing and announcing false electoral results. The case was filed by...
The Plateau chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the party has a timetable from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the House of Representatives and State Assembly bye-elections in the state. Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency and Pankshin State Constituency seats became vacant following the demise of...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed claims that the Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) issued to Nigerian voters are fake and have expired. A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu, had said that PVCs in the possession of citizens have expired although...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The National Leader of The All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Tinubu has called on women to mobilise at the grassroots levels so that elections would reflect the sovereign will of all the people for a true democracy to be established. Tinubu made the call...
The Federal Government, the Independent National Electoral Commission and various political parties have been urged to eschew any act that may trigger violence in the 2023 elections campaign. Mr Akeem Oyewale, the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) Chairman, Research and Technical, said this at the institute’s Annual National Economic...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The newly elected chairman of Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Ambassador Ogar Osim has pledged that his executive will work towards ensuring that the 2023 general elections is freed of violence and bloodshed. Ambassador Osim made the pledged at the end of his election at INEC...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed the conduct of six outstanding constituencies by-elections in four states for Feb. 26. The commission announced this in a statement issued by Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee on Friday evening in Abuja. Okoye...
President Muhammadu Buhari has again hit the bull’s-eye preparatory to the 2023 general elections with the appointment of an election logistics strategist, Mr Kenneth Ukeagu, as INEC National Commissioner. The president has also set a precedent with the appointment as it was the first time an INEC employee would...
Some aggrieved members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) have taken the Gov. Buni led Caretaker- and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee before a Federal High Court in Abuja, over plans to hold a national convention in February. In the suit dated January 4, 2022 the plaintiffs – Suleiman Usman,...
INEC say it has started the distribution of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in the FCT ahead of Area Councils elections scheduled for Feb. 12. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner, and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has evolved in the last 10 years, same way it developed since its creation 23 years ago. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has evolved in the last 10 years, same way it developed since its creation 23 years ago. A former Head...
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it is unable to remove the names of dead persons from the voter register due to the absence of reliable data of births and deaths to rely on in expunging the names of such persons. This implies that Nigeria may go into...
Torrent of criticism/knocks from good spirited Nigerians has trailed the bogus budget proposition of N305 billion for the 2023 general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recently submitted to the National Assembly. it is equally not surprising to see some supporters of the government argue that in...
The Independent National Electoral Commission’s plan to transmit election results electronically in 2023 is currently doubtful as the Federal Government has revealed that only 473 out of 774 local government areas in the country have Internet access. By implication, 301 local government areas have no Internet access, thus transmitting...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the N305 billion required to conduct the 2023 elections would be used majorly to meet the commission’s technological needs to better serve the country. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday, INEC’s National Commission, Festus Okoye, disclosed that part...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – In furtherance to its commitment to the welfare and development of its staff, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has promoted 1,985 members of its staff, nationwide. In the Commisson’s bulletin Wednesday, the Promotion comes on the heels of the 2021 promotion examination and...