The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has reacted to what it described as misconceptions about the proposed delineation of Wards in the Warri federal constituency by the order of the Supreme Court. According to report made available to newsmen, that youths of the Itsekiri community, Warri, Delta State, during the week condemned INEC over the…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to pay N1.12bn in compensation to the family of one Mike Madu, killed by an INEC driver in Imo State. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment on Friday, ordered INEC to pay the N1.12bn with 10 per cent interest per annum from…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced that 7,746 deceased voters were removed from the national voter register in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory as of December 2022. The Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Victoria Etta-Messi, disclosed this to our correspondent on Thursday. “Seven thousand, seven hundred and forty-six decreased persons across…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has debunked reports making the rounds that it is planning to destroy uncollected permanent voter cards, PVCs. A statement by INEC, on Sunday, described the report as false, advising members of the public to ignore it. “Our attention has been drawn to a newspaper report that the Commission is…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has presented certificates of return to Ondo State Governor-elect, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, and his deputy, Adelami Olayide. The certificates were handed over in Abuja on Wednesday by the Supervisory National Commissioner for Ondo State, Prof. Kunle Ajayi. This comes four days after INEC declared Aiyedatiwa the winner of the governorship election…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has distributed the 55,859 permanent voter cards ahead of next month’s governorship election in Ondo State. National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. Olumekun revealed that the collection of the PVCs will not be shifted to…
As the governorship election in Ondo State draws near, the governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to do the right thing by being fair and ensuring a level playing field in the contest. The governor challenged the chairman of the commission, Professor Yakubu Mahmood to…
By Adebayo Yusuf A Public Affairs Analyst, Mr Jide Ojo has called on Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to ensure proper supervision of its staff before during and after elections. Mr Ojo made this known in an interview while reacting to the protest staged by Ondo state youths against the state’s Resident Electoral Commission, REC,…
The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi, on Wednesday, described the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as the real problem with elections in Nigeria. Amadi said the opposition political parties always believe that INEC would help them rig the next elections. Posting on X, Amadi wrote: “The real problem…
By Adebayo Yusuf Two public affairs analysts have called for the rejig of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for free, fair and transparent electioneering process in the country. The Analysts, Mr Adesumbo Badejoko and Dr Yemi Farounbi who was the former Nigerian Ambassador to the Philippines made this known while speaking on the off-cycle governorship…