Calls to stop the president from appointing the Chairman, National Commissioners, and other presiding officers to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) took centre stage on Monday in Abuja as the Nigerian Civil Society Situation presented its comprehensive Credibility Threshold for Nigeria’s 2027 General Election. The document w...
•INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu A Federal High Court in Abuja has told the National Rescue Movement it can serve court documents on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, through someone else. Justice Obiora Egwuatu made the ruling today, reports The PUNCH. He said the documents, including Form 48 (...
•Yakubu and Amaechi Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has stated that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) would not have taken over Nigeria’s helm of affairs in 2015 if the current chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, had been in charge. According to the former Rivers State governor...
•Prof. Mahmood Yakubu Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has said that all necessary amendments to the Electoral Act will be completed before the 2027 elections. He stated this at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday, reports Daily Trust. He also debunked the insinuation in some quar...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate, today, rejected a motion seeking to immortalise the late Humphrey Nwosu, former Chairman of the National Electoral Commission, now Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC). Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe (APGA-Abia South) had moved the motion under Senate Orders 41 and 51 but faced opposition, reports Vanguard. Th...
•Prof. Mahmood Yakubu (right) The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu alongside members of the commission on Thursday held an extraordinary meeting with political parties leaders at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. The meeting focused on the Commission’s preparations for the upcoming Edo and ...

