•PVC registration The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise by two weeks. The nationwide CVR exercise commenced on August 18, 2025 and was originally scheduled to conclude on July 10, 2026, reports Channels TV. INEC’s National Commissioner & Chair, ...
The All Progressives Congress may trigger fresh controversy over its 2027 National Assembly primaries after restoring six serving senators to the party’s ticket, despite the earlier declaration of other aspirants as winners. The reversal, which affected nine states, came as the Independent National Electoral Commission declared yesterday that ...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reportedly rejected the list of candidates submitted electronically by Nafi’u Bala. According to reports, the electoral commission did not accept the online submission, a development that could have significant implications for the affected political process. The Frontier reports that Ba...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued access codes to virtually all registered political parties to enable them upload the particulars of their candidates to its nomination portal, with the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) being the only exception as of yesterday evening. It was learnt that all other political parties...
•Peter Obi The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, on Monday in Abuja filled out the inquiry form of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). While his name has been uploaded to the Commission’s server, he left the nation’s political leaders with a poignant question, reports Daily Trust. Wri...
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has removed former Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam and former House of Representatives member Gbenga Elegbeleye from the party’s final list of National Assembly candidates. The decision also saw the replacement of five other senatorial aspirants and 19 House of Rep...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has concluded the nomination of its senatorial candidates for Kaduna State ahead of the 2027 general elections, with former Senator Shehu Sani, Senator Sunday Marshall Katung, and former Governor Mukhtar Yero receiving the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Form EC9. The issuance of the statuto...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has charged media practitioners in Osun State to treat vote buying as a frontline investigative priority ahead of the August 15, 2026, governorship election, urging journalists to document incidents with the specificity needed to trigger prosecution. This charge was contained in a keynote ad...
The Independent National Electoral Commission says it has yet to receive the Certified True Copy of the judgment delivered by the Federal High Court in Lokoja setting aside an earlier order relating to the registration of the Nigeria Democratic Congress. In a statement today, the Chief Press Secretary and Media Adviser to the INEC Chairman, [&...
With barely 21 days left before the statutory deadline for the release of election funds, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has yet to receive money earmarked for the conduct of the 2027 general elections. The concerns over funding are unfolding against the backdrop of INEC’s proposal of N873 billion for the conduct of the [...
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