The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has established committees for National Situation Room and Collation Centre for the 2023 general elections. The commission disclosed this in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, on Thursday in Abuja. Okoye said that...
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INEC has taken delivery of its last consignment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, said on Wednesday that INEC’s Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, National Commissioners and senior officials took delivery of the machines on...
Nigeria is yet again on the threshold of history. This historic time is different and filled with omens. Since the return of the country to the current democratic dispensation, elections have been marred by irregularities. Rigging and all other forms of manipulation have been the norm. The 2023 general...
INEC on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the road transportation and marine workers’ unions to facilitate efficient and successful logistics delivery for 2023 general elections. The unions include the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), the National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) and the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has tasked Nigerians to reject possible inducements by money bags trying to buy their votes in 2023 general election. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at a day stakeholders’ summit on addressing the influence of money in 2023 general election on...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, on Friday sought the nod of the House of Representatives to classify its facilities as high security facilities across Nigeria. Yakubu made the appeal in Abuja during the investigation hearing of the the ad-hoc Committee Investigating the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) on Friday warned FCT residents against collection of their Permanent Voter Cards(PVCs) by proxy, as distribution begins Monday, Dec.12. Alhaji Yahaya Bello ,Resident Electoral Commissioner ,INEC-FCT, at a news conference on the collection of PVCs in Abuja, said the INEC offices would be opened...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – A Coalition of Civil Society Organizations, known as Democracy Watch Nigeria has called on security agencies to brace up to the challenges of fishing out perpetrators responsible for the incessant attacks on INEC facilities in the country. The Convener of the group, Dr. Nwambu...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Hoodlums on Sunday have set The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office ablaze in Imo State. The latest attack is coming barely 72 hours after hoodlums attacked it’s office on Thursday, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Monday, 12 December, 2022 to Sunday, 22 January, 2023 as the dates for the collection of PVCs in all the 774 Local Government Offices of the Commission throughout the Federation. The decision was taken after the...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says its office in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State undergoing renovation was attacked on Thursday. INEC National Commissioner, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja....
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it woul sustain clean up of the voters’ register to curtail underage, ineligible voting. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this at an interactive session with journalists in Lagos on Friday. He said: “We are making efforts to make sure we eradicate...
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu says the commission is already working to resolve election result issues that may arise from blind network spots. Professor Yakubu stated this at a One-Day Strategic Interactive session with journalists in Lagos on Friday. The INEC chairman’s reaction followed reservations...
With 100 days to the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will start weekly media briefings to inform Nigerians on the progress made by the commission. In a statement he personally signed on Wednesday, INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu said the commission will start with...
Retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, the National Security Adviser (NSA) to the President, says Nigeria recorded 52 political violence across 22 states from Oct. 8 to Nov. 9. Monguno said this at an emergency meeting of the Inter-agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) organised by the Independent National Electoral...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Olukayode Ariwoola says he will not condone any act of recklessness or abuse of power and public trust from judicial officers. Ariwoola said this at the swearing-in of members of the 2023 Election Petition Tribunals on Monday in Abuja. “Your Lordships should...
The Chief Justice of the Federation (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola sworn in members of th Election Petition Tribunal for the 2023 general elections. The Chief Justice of the Federation (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has sworn in members of the Election Petition Tribunal for the 2023 general elections. The event...
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Friday inaugurated the Electoral Logistics Committee (ELOC) for 2023 general election in Abuja, toward a hitch-free poll. Speaking at the ceremony, Yakubu said that inaugurating the committee was critical to the successful conduct of the 2023 election. He...
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu on Thursday sworn-in 19 new Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs), charging them to ensure strict compliance with the law. Speaking at the ceremony, Yakubu said that they must ensure transparency and non-partisanship in their conduct. “Furthermore, you will also interact...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has requested the sum of N50 billion for its 2023 budget, an increment of N10 billion compared to its 2022 budget which was N40 billion. This was contained in a document submitted by INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yukubu during the commission’s budget defense session...