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 [...
•Emeka Ike, INEC logo and Lere Olayinka The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended an electoral officer allegedly linked to the recent breach of voter data, with the Commission saying investigations by security agencies and data protection regulators are ongoing. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Informatio...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented certificates of return to winners of the by-elections held across six states on Saturday. The elections were held for senatorial offices in Enugu, Nasarawa North, Ondo South, and Rivers South-East and also for the Dawakin kudu/Warsaw federal constituency in Kano State and the Z...
•Tinubu and INEC logo Ahead of the 2027 general election, a civil society organisation, the Centre for Reform and Public Advocacy (CFRPA), has written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), seeking clarification on issues surrounding the academic credentials submitted by President Bola Tinubu during the 2023 election process....
•Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Governor Biodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the 2026 Ekiti State governorship election. The Returning Officer for the election, Adenike Oladiji, announced the result at about 3:13 a.m. today, declaring...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has asked the Court of Appeal in Abuja to stay the execution of the judgment that ordered the deregistration of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and four other political parties. The Commission also threw its weight behind a notice of appeal lodged by the political parties, reports Vang...
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