By JOHN ONAH, Abuja A legal practitioner and consultant, Prof. Yemi Akinseye-George, SAN, has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for a successful conduct of party primaries towards 2023 general elections. Professor Akinseye, who was a guest lecturer at the 4th Abubakar Momoh memorial on “Electoral Act 2022:...
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A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) for Good Governance has appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to further extend the July 31 deadline for the suspension of ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). The coalition made the appeal in a letter signed by its Convener, Prof. Theophilus...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for “failing to prosecute those suspected of vote-buying and electoral bribery during the recently concluded Ekiti State governorship election.” SERAP in a statement on Sunday, claimed that...
The increased efficiency of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) at the July 16 Osun governorship poll, is an indication that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is on its way to conduct a credible 2023 general elections. Unlike the Anambra, Ekiti governorship elections and the FCT Area Council...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will publish the personal particulars of candidates nominated by their political parties for 2023 Governorship and State Assembly elections in all the constituencies nationwide on Friday. The INEC Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this at the swearing-in of...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) have begun discussions to address possible encumbrances to the participation of inmates in the electoral process. They both agreed that it was high time inmates were granted voting rights in compliance with...
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu has urged the commission ‘s staff members to resist any unethical behaviour in the Saturday governorship election in Osun. Yakubu, who made the plea in his message to INEC members of staff on Friday, appealed to them to uphold...
Thirteen political parties on Wednesday signed a peace accord toward peaceful conduct of the July 16 Osun governorship election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some of the parties included the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Action Alliance (AA). Speaking at the...
By JOHN ONAH, Osogbo – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has promised to conduct a free, fair, credible, inclusive and conclusive Gubernatorial election in Osun come 16 July, 2022. The INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who disclosed this on Tuesday in Osogbo at the stakeholders meeting, assured political...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says a total of 1,955,657 registered voters will participate in the July 16 Osun governorship election. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education, said this at a round table media executives dialogue on Friday in Osogbo. Okoye...
The Chairman of the independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, says sensitive electoral materials will in the meantime no longer be routed through the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN). He also specifically notes that, beginning from the Ekiti State Governorship election, INEC will not keep its sensitive materials...
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...
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...
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday said it would employ both the manual and electronic methods in the transmission of the 2023 elections results. The commission also said there is a possibility of moving sensitive materials from the Central Bank of Nigeria to another location. The chairman of...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said it would finalize the document guiding the conduct of future elections, including the forthcoming Ekiti and Osun governorship elections as well as the 2023 General Election next week. This was disclosed on Thursday by the Chairman...
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday said it has no intention of extending the timeline for party primaries. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu made the comment while speaking at a consultative meeting with leaders of political parties in Abuja. Political parties in the country had asked INEC to...
Political parties in the country have asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to extend the timelines for the 2023 general elections by two months. Specifically, the parties want slight changes to the primaries’ timeline, as stipulated by the electoral umpire. Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Yusuf...
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...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday said about 1.126 million out of over 2,523,000 million registrations from June to December 2021 are invalid. The figures according to INEC represents 44.6 per cent of the total registration. The INEC, Chairman, Professor Mahmud Yakubu,...
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...