•Nyesom Wike and Emeka Ike Renowned Nollywood actor now politician, Emeka Ike, has sued Lere Olayinka, media aide to the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. Emeka is jointly suing Olayinka and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as the first and second respondents, respectively, for N10 billion. In the originat...
•INEC chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, has said the success of next year’s general election will depend not only on the preparedness of the commission but also on the commitment of political parties to uphold democratic principles, respect the rule of law, co...
•INEC chairman Amupitan (C) The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), along with national commissioners, is meeting with chairmen and secretaries of political parties, ahead of the forthcoming Ekiti governorship election Today’s engagement is one of the consultative meetings scheduled by the electoral umpire to revi...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the final list of candidates for the bye-elections scheduled to hold on June 20, 2026, across six states of the federation. The elections are aimed at filling vacant seats in the Senate, House of Representatives, and State House of Assembly, reports The Guardian. FULL LIST: Ond...
The protem Director of Organization for All Democratic Alliance (ADA), Ahidjo Karlahi, has slammed a suit against against the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), seeking its deregistration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The suit, which was filed last week Tuesday before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja and marked...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed that one of its staff members with legitimate access to its Continuous Voter Registration CVR database is now at the centre of an investigation into the unauthorised disclosure of a voter record belonging to a candidate in a recent party primary in the Federal Capital Territory...
•Atiku Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar today warned that the unauthorised disclosure of voter information from the Independent National Electoral Commission’s INEC Continuous Voter Registration CVR database has placed the credibility of the 2027 general election under serious threat. According to him, the incident has exposed the vulnerab...
•INEC Chairman, Joash Amupitan The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC says it has launched an investigation into allegations of unauthorised access to its Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) database and the disclosure of information relating to a candidate, actor Emeka Ike, in a recent political party primary in the Federal Capita...
A day after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) appealed the verdict of a Federal High Court that voided its timeline on party register and election guidelines, seeking a stay of execution of that judgment, another Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday upheld INEC’s authority to fix timelines for political party primaries ahea...
•INEC chairman, Prof Joash Ojo Amupitan (SAN) The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appealed the Federal High Court judgment which nullified its revised timetable and schedule of activities for the conduct of the 2027 general elections. INEC, in a notice of appeal dated and filed on May 25 through its lawyer, Alex Izinyon, S...
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