The Independent National Electoral Commission has opened its online portal for the accreditation of media organisations and journalists covering the upcoming Ondo State governorship election, set for November 16, 2024. INEC, in a statement released today by its National Commissioner and the Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Commi...
The Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman of The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Rotimi Oyekanmi, has said that the commission has learnt its lessons. Oyekanmi stated this while analysing the Commission’s preparedness on the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State during an interview on Channels TV last night. He said ...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been ordered by an Abuja High Court presided over by Justice M. M. Adamu to recognise Chris Imumolen as the National Chairman of Accord Party. This directive is pending the hearing and determination of a suit filed by Imumolen and 12 other officials of the party against Maxwell […...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to firmly resist the plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to smuggle in unaccredited polling and collation agents. This is coming on the heel of failure by the APC to meet the deadline stipulated by the Electoral Act, 2022 and INEC [&hellip...
•INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu The Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Ogun State, Barrister ‘Niyi Ijalaye is dead. The Ogun REC slumped and died in Abuja yesterday evening after a meeting of RECs at the Commission’s headquarters, reports Channels TV. The cause of his death is yet unknow...
•Election in Nigeria The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it would begin distribution of Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) to newly registered voters on Thursday, ahead of the governorship elections in Edo State. In a statement on its X handle on Monday, the commission shared the list of the centres where the cards would [&h...
The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced that more than 44,000 polling and collation agents have been submitted by political parties for the upcoming Edo State governorship election. This information was disclosed in a press release issued today by the National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) today, Tuesday, August 6, released the final figure of registered voters in Edo and Ondo states ahead of the September 21 and November 11 governorship elections in the two states. The final figure showed that 2,629,025 persons registered to vote in Edo State, while 2,053,061 registered to vo...
Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court Abuja, today, granted an interim injunction restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission from releasing voters register to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), for the purpose of conducting the forthcoming Local Government elections in the state. Justice Lifu made ...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said 134 observer groups would be eligible to monitor the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo slated for September and November, respectively. Sam Olumekun, National Commissioner & Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, who disclosed this in a statement further revealed ...

