The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced that it would publish the personal particulars of candidates for the Edo State governorship election on Saturday. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, in a statement issued on Wednesday, said the decision to publish the details of candidates followed the conclusion…
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, on Tuesday, expressed the frustration of the electoral body over the rancorous primary elections in various political parties ahead of the September 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo State. Yakubu, who spoke in Abuja at the first regular quarterly consultative meeting with political parties,…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has released the 2023 general elections report. Its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. The report was released almost a year after the 2023 general elections. Some Nigerians had expressed disappointment over the delayed uploads of the presidential…
The Independent National Electoral Commission in Lagos State on Thursday took delivery of sensitive materials for Saturday’s Surulere Federal Constituency I by-election from the Central Bank of Nigeria. INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Prof. Ayobami Salami, told newsmen that the commission was fully prepared for the election. Salami said, “We have taken delivery…
The Supreme Court has affirmed the victory of Ahmadu Fintiri as the duly elected Governor of Adamawa State. Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had declared Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as winner of the March 11 gubernatorial polls. His victory was, however, challenged in court by Senator Aisha Dahiru Binani…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu The Chairman, Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission, OYSIEC, Aare Isiaka Olagunju, SAN, says the commission is awaiting approval from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the use of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS at the forthcoming local government election. Aare Olagunju, SAN disclosed this while featuring on Pensioners FM weekend Issues-based…
Politicians are the “biggest problem” with the way the nation’s elections are conducted, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has said. Ganduje stated this on Wednesday while receiving the director of election and party monitoring for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Hawa Habibu. He said that while insecurity is…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has invited Civil Society Organisations and Non-Governmental Organisations interested in observing the February rerun and by-election to apply via an online portal on or before January 17. INEC said this in a notice issued by its acting Director, Electoral Party Monitoring, Hauwa Habib, in Abuja on Thursday. Habib advided the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has promoted 5,196 members of its staff nationwide. The commission disclosed this in its daily bulletin issued by the Director of Publicity and Voter Education, Mrs Adenike Tadese, on Thursday in Abuja. Tadese said the promotion came on the heels of the 2023 promotion examination and evaluation carried out…
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Kogi has given INEC 48 hours to issue certified copies of electoral materials on the Nov. 11 off-cycle election in the state to the Social Democratic Party (SDP). It also ordered INEC to allow SDP’s forensic experts to examine some electoral materials. The materials include the Bimodal Voter Accreditation…