The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released a revised timetable and schedule of activities for the 2027 general elections, shifting dates for the presidential and governorship polls in compliance with the Electoral Act 2026. In a statement issued yesterday and signed by the National Commissioner and Chairman of the Inform...
•INEC National Commissioner Muhammed Haruna The recent adjustment in the 2027 election time table has introduced a fresh challenge for the Independent |National Electoral Commission (INEC) as it shortens the period for preparations, INEC National Commissioner, Malam Muhammed Haruna, has said. To avoid a clash with the Ramadan fasting period, t...
•INEC chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it will review the Electoral Act 2026 in order to comply with the law as regards schedules for the 2027 elections. Mr Adedayo Oketola, the Chief Press Secretary and Media Adviser to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, said the Commission would ...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has started the upload of election results for the FCT Council polls on the Commission’s results viewing portal (IReV). Checks by our correspondent as of 9:04 pm showed that the results from polling units in the six local councils of the FCT have started trickling in, hours after INEC [&hell...
•Olabode George Chief Olabode George, former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has described the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) exclusion of the PDP, African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the Labour Party (LP) from the Rivers State Assembly bye-election as desperation by a cabal to rig the 2027 g...
•House of Reps The House of Representatives will reconvene on Tuesday, February 17, for an emergency sitting to deliberate on electoral matters arising from the recently announced timetable for the 2027 General Elections. The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Joash Amupitan, had on Friday announced February...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has addressed concerns over its recently released Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the 2027 General Election, particularly regarding the dates fixed for the conduct of the elections. INEC had yesterday announced that the Presidential and National Assembly elections would hold on Febr...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed that the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Labour Party (LP) will not participate in the forthcoming bye-elections in two constituencies of the Rivers State House of Assembly. The bye-elections are scheduled to hold in Khana State Constituen...
•A polling unit The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially set the wheels in motion for the 2027 general elections, releasing a comprehensive timetable and announcing a landmark “mock presidential election” to verify the integrity of its electronic transmission systems. Speaking at a news conference today in Abuja, the...
•Polling unit The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued a notice for the 2027 general elections. Accordingly, while the Presidential and National Assembly elections will be held on February 20, 2027, the Governorship and State Assembly elections will be held on March 6. Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Joash Amupitan, di...
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