By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Commissioner of Police (CP) for Edo, Funsho Adeboye, has said no individual or political party will be given special privilege to hijack any of the electoral processes in Edo governorship election, scheduled for Sept. 16. Adebayo stated this on Thursday in Edo...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured Nigerians that it would replace all facilities damaged by flood in its Edo headquarters office, affirming that the incident not affect the Sept. 24 governorship election in the state as scheduled. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Manhood Yakubu has charged the State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs), to stop the coronation of candidates and instead conduct proper elections in their states. Manhood stated this on Wednesday in Abuja when he received the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called upon Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to support in mobilizing prospective registrants for the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise scheduled to commence simultaneously in Edo and Ondo States on the 27th May 2024. The Chairman of...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC), said that as the elections in the two states of Edo and Ondo approach, it has decided to resume the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) to enable eligible citizens who are not registered voters to do so....
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disowned Wednesday’s Labour Party (LP) National Convention held in Nnewi, Anambra. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday. Oyekanmi said the conduct...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu has told the media to continue to be resolute against fake news and misinformation saying the best way to check such drive was to ensure openness and transparency. INEC Chairman who made...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has warned that henceforth there would be no accreditation for any Civil Society Organisation who failed to submit it observation report after any election. Chairman of the commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu issued the warning at a first...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The chairman Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu has disclosed that less than one week to the close of nomination for Edo state off cycle election, only six political parties have so far submitted the names of their candidates to...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Nigerian Traditional Rulers Council, (NTRC) on Friday, urged the United Kingdom (UK) to discard visa ban calls on the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu by some person. This was contained in a letter addressed to the British High Commissioner, and...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The United Nigerians in Diaspora (UND) has resolved to embark on an advocacy march to the United States (U.S) Embassy as well as the British High Commission in Abuja to demand for a visa ban and travel restrictions against the Chairman of the Independent...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) have agreed to explore ways to deepen the existing collaboration by fashioning more practical ways to tackle the threat posed by fake news in the electoral process. The agreement...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday, support of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) for election materials delivery. The deliveries would be made to the North-East, South-East and the South-West geo-political zones of the country, for the Saturday, Feb. 3 rerun and by-elections. The INEC Chairman, Mahmood...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – On Friday, December 29, 2023, The Liberia’s National Elections Commission (NEC) extended an honorary tribute to Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The event marked the dedication of a Workspace for staff, officiated by Prof. Yakubu at the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – In a bid to improve the welfare and development of its staff, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has promoted Five Thousand One Hundred and Ninety-Six (5,196) members of its staff nationwide. The promotion was on the heels of the 2023...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it is considering the first week of February for the conduct of re-run and by-elections arising from the 2023 general elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, said this at an extraordinary consultative meeting with political parties in Abuja on...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has solicited the support of Senate to raise its 2024 budget from N40 billion to N89 billion. The Chairman INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu while defending the 2024 budget on Wednesday in Abuja, said...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has on Tuesday, sworn-in nine (9) out of the newly appointed Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs). Mahmood disclosed that the tenth REC-designate will be sworn-in next month on the expiry of the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has dissociated itself from the purported protest tagged ‘’Occupy INEC rally’’ calling for the resignation or sack of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu. “As the umbrella body of all registered political...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will soon commence the prosecution of 1,076 electoral offenders arrested in 35 states across the country during the 2023 general election. A credible source in the commission on Wednesday told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that...