The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the updated register of voters in Rivers State, along with the list of registered political parties in Nigeria, ahead of the forthcoming Local Government Council elections. In a letter dated March 13, 2025, and signed by the Administrative Secretary, Odor Napoleon Emezuiruke, IN...
The Senate has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct by-elections to fill the vacant seats in Edo Central and Anambra South Senatorial Districts. Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced this during plenary today, officially declaring the vacancies, reports Channels TV. The upper chamber had declared the Edo ...
•House of Representatives A Bill for an Act to provide for the establishment of an Independent Authority for the registration, regulation, and funding of political parties in Nigeria has scaled second reading in the House of Representatives. The bill seeks to establish a dispute tribunal and regulate the funding of political parties as well as...
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 [...
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