The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called on key stakeholders in Ebonyi to support its efforts in mobilising residents for the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in the state. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Dr Joseph Chukwu, made the call in an interview with the...
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says a total of 1322 ad-hoc staff have been trained in readiness for elections in Kuje Council of the FCT. The INEC Electoral Officer (EO), Mrs Zainab Gbefwi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kuje, after...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially informed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of its decision to hold the convention on February 26, 2022. The Chairman of APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni disclosed this...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Ahead of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council election scheduled for February 12th, 2022, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured FCT residents of a secure and safe environment for the electorate to come out and vote on election day. INEC Chairman,...
The Civil Society Organisation and Media Policy Advocacy Network (CSOMPAN) has expressed dissatisfaction over missing electoral materials used during the Nov. 6 Governorship election in Anambra State. Chairman of the group, Chief Obunikem Asuzu, disclosed this while receiving members of Justice, Development and Peace Commission (JDPC) and Foreign, Commonwealth...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Chairman of Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State, Rt. Hon Emmanuel Offiong Bassey has appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deploy more Voter Enrolment Device (VED) in order to enhance the registration of voters in the state. Hon. Bassey...
The Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau, Mr Rufus Bature, has expressed concern about holding by-elections and APC national convention on the same day — Feb. 26. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) fixed Feb. 26 for by-elections in seven states, including Plateau. The by-elections however, coincides...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has pledges that the forthcoming FCT Area Council elections will be credible. Professor Yakubu disclosed this on Wednesday when he visited the FCT INEC office in Garki, Abuja. According to him, the commission...
The management of the Internally Displaced Persons’ (IDPs) camp in Uhogua, Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo, has appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to create a polling unit within the camp. Mr Solomon Folorunsho, the Coordinator of the camp, made the appeal on Tuesday...
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...
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...