The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has no candidate in Saturday’s Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo governorship election, because it is not a political party. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at a news conference held at the Kogi Headquarters of the commission in Lokoja...
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Eighteen political parties featuring in the Saturday’s Kogi governorship election have signed a peace accord, ahead of the poll. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some of the parties were the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Labour Party...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has deployed nine additional Residents Electoral Commissioners (REC) in Imo for Saturday’s governorship election. The Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at a stakeholders’ meeting in Owerri on Monday. The meeting was attended by governorship candidates, chairmen and secretaries...
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has begged politicians in Kogi to give peace a chance for a peaceful, successful and credible governorship election on Nov. 11. The INEC made the appeal during a one-day stakeholders meeting on Tuesday in Lokoja. Yakubu, who was...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has urged staff members of the commission to remain non-partisan and maintain their integrity, ahead of the Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi governorship election. Yakubu said this when he visited some INEC offices to...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has defended a supplementary budget of N18 billion at the National Assembly, largely aimed at addressing the issue of staff welfare and allowances. The commission’s Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, according to the INEC daily bulletin on Thursday in Abuja, led a team...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured that it will leverage the lessons learned in the 2023 General Election to ensure that the Governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi states scheduled for November 11, 2023, are conducted in full compliance with...
It is political and self-incriminating to destroy billboards for reading “All eyes on the judiciary.” This is a message of patriotism dressed up for the general good, which all honourable people should identify with. Therefore, it is shocking that top officials of the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCO)...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday took delivery of innovation technology tools to enhance the results management process, accuracy and the commission’s operational effectiveness. The Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, while speaking at the handover of the innovation technology...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Nigeria Medium and Large-Scale Printers League has lauded the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu for Patronising Local Printing Industry and for the exceptional privilege of printing all electoral materials locally for the just concluded 2023 General Election. ...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday in Lagos moved to resolve some of the administrative challenges encountered in the 2023 general elections. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this at the post-election review of the 2023 general elections with some administrative secretaries. Yakubu said the meeting...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, says the commission will continue to welcome suggestions that will improve future elections and Nigeria’s electoral process. Yakubu made the statement in Abuja on Wednesday at the commission’s meeting with media executives on the review of how...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied insinuation from the public that it has received huge sums of money from the development partners as sponsorship for elections. Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu who disclosed this at a meeting with...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as part of its on-going review process of the 2023 General Election, met with Collation/Returning Officers to discuss issues of concern about the election, including those raised by some Nigerians with regards to the result management. The...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has filed a six-count charge against the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) deployed to Adamawa State, Barr. Hudu Yunusa Ari. The case was filed at the Adamawa State High Court sitting in Yola, over his unprofessional conduct in...
A former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be “accountable” to Nigerians just as the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) treated the case of Mmesoma Ejikeme, a 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidate, accused of result forgery. “Like JAMB,...
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said the commission has received 216 case files from the Nigeria Police on the 2023 general elections. Yakubu stated this on Tuesday in Abuja l during the commission meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs), which commenced the commission post-election...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday explained why it had kept mute on the divergent opinions expressed on its conduct, process and outcome of the 2023 general elections. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, gave the explanation during the commission’s meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in...