•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...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it will review the court ruling voiding the timetable for the 2027 general elections before taking action. Recall that on Wednesday, a Federal High Court in Abuja nullified key provisions in INEC’s revised timetable and schedule of activities for the 2027 general elections, rul...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has nullified key provisions in the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC)Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) revised timetable and schedule of activities for the 2027 general elections, ruling that the electoral umpire lacks the powers to abridge timelines expressly provided under the 2...
•INEC chairman, Joash Amupitan The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the report on the Supreme Court-ordered delineation of wards and polling units in the Warri Federal Constituency, ending months of controversy and agitation surrounding the exercise in Delta State. The report was unveiled during an emergency stakeh...
•INEC Chairman Joash Amupitan All 22 registered political parties have successfully submitted their membership registers to the Commission in compliance with the Electoral Act 2026, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said. In a statement issued yesterday, Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mohammed Harun...
•Prince Adebayo and SDP logo The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has submitted the name of its presidential candidate, Prince Adewole Adebayo, to the Independent National Electoral Commission ahead of the 2027 general election. In a letter addressed to the electoral commission following the party’s national convention and presidential primary he...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has identified insecurity and poor network connectivity as major challenges threatening the smooth conduct of the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise in Kebbi State. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Abubakar Sarkin-Fawa, made this known yesterday in Bi...
•NYSC members The Independent National Electoral Commission has disclosed that over 1.4 million members of the National Youth Service Corps will be deployed for the 2027 general election. Professor Joash Amupitan, made this known when he paid a courtesy visit to the Director-General of the NYSC, Brigadier General Olakunle O. Nafiu, at the Yaku...
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