•Casting of votes The Independent National Electoral Commission has unveiled a new operational strategy aimed at strengthening its preparations and identifying potential challenges ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 general elections. The strategy centres on a real-time monitoring system that will allow the commission’s headquarters to track the prepared...
•INEC chairman, Prof Joash Amupitan The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is expected to release the final list of candidates contesting the Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday, September 12, 2026. Officials of the Commission are currently fine tuning the list, reports The Nation. Section 32(1) of the 2026 E...
•INEC chairman, Joash Amupitan The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is considering a comprehensive audit of its electoral technology systems and a mock presidential election ahead of the 2027 General Elections. This came as the Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN), the National Orientation ...
The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) yesterday insisted that it did not submit the names or Form EC9E documents of 10 Anambra State House of Assembly candidates published by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and demanded an immediate electronic audit of the commission’s nomination portal. In a statement, the party said the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission has commenced an examination of its records to determine how names allegedly unknown to the Nigeria Democratic Congress appeared on the party’s list of candidates for the 2027 general elections. The move followed allegations by the NDC that names of candidates it neither nominated nor authorised we...
•INEC chairman, Joash Amupitan The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has debunked the rumour of alleged recruitment of ad-hoc staff for the 2027 general Elections. This is coming amid online circulation of a message claiming that the Commission is currently recruiting and training ad-hoc staff for the 2027 general elections and...
•National Chairman of Action Alliance (AA), Kenneth Udeze Esq Chief Kenneth Udeze, a lawyer, is the National Chairman, Action Alliance (AA). For a long time, he and his executive have been enmeshed in a long drawn battle for the leadership of the party. In this interview, he speaks on the failure of the Joash Amupitan-led […]
•INEC ad hoc official with a BVAS device The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will conduct a nationwide mock accreditation exercise in November 2026 as part of preparations for the 2027 General Election. The exercise is expected to test the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and other electoral equipment, while enabling ...
•Okorocha and Uzodimma Senator Rochas Okorocha has sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the publication of the name of Imo State governor, Hope Uzodimma, as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Imo West Senatorial District election scheduled for 2027. The applicant, who is also a two-term gover...
Peering Advocacy and Advancement Centre in Africa (PAACA) has raised concerns over transparency in the electronic transmission of results from the August 15 Osun State governorship election. The organisation observed that same result sheets were uploaded multiple times on the Independent National Electoral Commission‘s (INEC) Result Viewing Po...
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