•Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) The Independent National Electoral Commission is contemplating a policy to withdraw and destroy Permanent Voter Cards that remain uncollected for a decade. This recommendation was among 208 proposals arising from the commission’s review of the 2023 general elections, reports The PUNCH. The move stemmed from the pe...
The Peoples Democratic Party, the All Progressives Congress and the Independent National Electoral Commission will call 290 witnesses to prove their cases at the ongoing governorship election petition tribunal in Edo State. The candidate of the PDP in the September 21 governorship election, Asue Ighodalo, had approached the tribunal, praying t...
Ahead 2027 general elections, 78 associations have submitted applications to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) seeking to be registered as political parties. A senior management staff of the commission, who pleaded not to be named, revealed this to our correspondent in Abuja, reports Sunday Tribune. The source, who declined ...
•INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu was part of the election observers who monitored the recent general election in Ghana which was widely celebrated for its transparency, fairness and credibility. There was no report of Ghana’s electoral commission staff...
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC said it has received a court order restoring Barr. Sylvester (Sly) Ezeokenwa as Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA. Accordingly, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun said the commission met today, Tuesday, December 1...
•INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu receiving Benin Republic electoral officials The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) today received a 12-member delegation from Benin Republic’s Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA) who visited on a study tour. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, received the delegation from Benin Republic along...
•INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission has proposed sweeping reforms to improve the country’s electoral system, following lessons learnt from the 2023 general elections and subsequent off-cycle polls. Among the reforms being proposed are diaspora voting and phasing out of the use of Permanent Voter Card du...
•Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been urged to establish mobile courts on election day to quickly address cases of vote-buying, intimidation, and other electoral violations. Mr. Bukola Idowu, the team lead of Kimpact Development Initiative...
•Fire The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) today, Tuesday, December 3, announced that its office in the Ika North Local Government Area of Delta State has been gutted by fire. National commissioner and chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, said in a statement that the fire was caused by a powe...
•Agboola Ajayi The Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate in the just-concluded Ondo State governorship election, Agboola Ajayi, has rejected the results and has alleged that the opposition, the All Progressives Congress, and the Independent National Electoral Commission perpetuated “criminality” during the exercise. The election results were an...
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