•Olumide Akpata The Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate for Edo State Olumide Akpata says his letter to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) helped the party conduct a credible governorship primary in the state. Akpata had some days back written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) claiming there was a p...
•Voters on queue to cast their ballot during the 2023 election The Independent Electoral Commission has released the 2023 election report which emphasises the role of technological advancements, particularly the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), in enhancing electoral integrity and reducing fraud. In a release signed by the National C...
•INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu Barring any last minute change of plans, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC is set to release the 2023 general election report today. The report would detail all aspects of the election including the technical glitch experienced with the INEC Results Viewing Portal iREV during the presidential ele...
•Governor Diri The All Progressive Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have tendered conflicting election results on the November 11, 2023 governorship election in Bayelsa State. The conflicting election results were tendered at the Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, repo...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented certificates of return to Senators and House of Representatives members who won the bye and re-run elections held last Saturday. The certificates were presented by the National Commissioners representing the states where the senator or house member is representing, reports Chan...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will present certificates of return to 18 newly elected members of the National Assembly today. INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, said this yesterday, days after re-run and bye-elections across the country. “Certificates of Re...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has suspended yesterday’s rerun elections in specific constituencies in Enugu, Kano and Akwa Ibom States due to disruptions, irregularities and abduction of election officials. The affected areas are Enugu South 1 State Constituency, Enugu State, Ikono/Ini Federal Constituency,...
•Fuad Laguda (L) and Femi Gbajabiamila (R) The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Fuad Laguda, as winner of the Surulere Federal Constituency 1 Bye-Election. Declaring the results, the Returning Officer for the bye-election, Prof Simeon Adebayo, revealed that the ...
•INEC staff with ballot boxes Voting has yet to commence in most polling units in today’s rerun election for Ikono/Ini Federal Constituency of Akwa Ibom, due to late arrival of officials from the Independent National Election Commission (INEC). Although there was massive turnout of voters, the late arrival of officials and election materials h...
The Independent National Electoral Commission in Lagos State today took delivery of sensitive materials for Saturday’s Surulere Federal Constituency I by-election from the Central Bank of Nigeria. INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Prof. Ayobami Salami, told newsmen that the commission was fully prepared for the election. Sal...