The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the final list of presidential and vice presidential candidates for Nigeria’s 2027 general elections. The list contains 18 presidential candidates and their running mates across various political parties and was signed by the INEC Secretary, Rose Oriaran-Anthony, reports Channe...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday raised objection to the prayer by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to amend the suit seeking the disqualification of President Bola Tinubu and All Progressives Congress (APC) from the 2027 presidential election. Atiku, the presidential candidate of African Democratic Congress (ADC), and his p...
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to urgently publish a nationwide timetable for the production, distribution and collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), warning that administrative delays must not disenfranchise registered voters ahead of the 2027 general elections. The pa...
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to approve and use the modified digital logo of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), featuring a two-finger victory sign. The court also restrained INEC from stopping or interfering with the party’s use of the logo as its official symbol ...
•INEC chairman, Prof Joash Amupitan The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed September 19 for five by-elections in four states. The states are Gombe, Kano, Bauchi and Delta. INEC chairman’s Chief Press Secretary, Dayo Oketola, disclosed this in an interview yesterday in Abuja. Oketola said the by-elections comprise one fe...
•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...
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