The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that elections will be conducted across the six Area Councils of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Saturday, February 21, 2026. The election, according to a statement on INEC officla X.com page on Wednesday, will commence at 8:30 AM and take place at all designated polling...
•INEC Chairman Prof Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged the National Assembly to enact stricter laws prohibiting politicians from carrying large sums of money at polling units to curb vote-buying and electoral malpractice. This call was made at a consultative meeting in Abuja today, where Hon. Adebayo ...
•INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has defended the commission’s N126 billion budget request for 2025. Yakubu clarified that N85 billion is earmarked for personnel costs while the remainder will be used to fund electoral activities, reports Saturday Guard...
In an extraordinary twist at the Edo 2024 Governorship Election Tribunal, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has failed to call any witnesses to defend itself against allegations that it colluded with the All Progressives Congress (APC) to manipulate the election in favour of Governor Monday Okpebholo. The shocking developmen...
•INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to pay N1.12 billion in compensation to the family of one Mike Madu, killed by an INEC driver in Imo State. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment on Friday, ordered INEC to pay the N1.12bn with 10 […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission, on Thursday, tendered Bimodal Voter Accreditation System machines before the Edo State Governorship Election Tribunal in Abuja. Appearing before the court on a subpoena issued by the Tribunal on January 9, a senior technical officer in INEC’s ICT department, Anthony Itodo, informed the tribunal th...
•LP chairman Julius Abure (left) and INEC boss Prof. Mahmood Yakubu The National Chairman of Labour Party, Julius Abure, has dismissed reports that the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and its only state governor, Alex Otti of Abia State, are working against the LP leadership. Abure, while speaking to the media on the sideline [...
The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced that 7,746 deceased voters were removed from the national voter register in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory as of December 2022. The Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Victoria Etta-Messi, disclosed this to our correspondent yesterday, reports The PUNCH. “Seven tho...
•INEC Chairman, INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected the N40 billion earmarked for it in the 2025 budget. Chairman of the Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, rejected the estimate during budget defence before a joint committee session on INEC and Electoral Matters, at the National A...
•INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu Recently, a media report on the perception of the performance of Nigeria’s electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), by Nigerians following the recent general election in Ghana presented a damning verdict. According to the cross section of Nigerians whose views were captured in ...
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