By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has raised alarm over the rising cases of Gender Based Violence (GBV) and over 700 cases of sexual violations recorded between January and December 2022 in Borno State. The Chairperson, Communique Drafting Committee, Mrs. Fatima Zanna Mustapha stated...
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By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “urgently direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to identify and arrest politicians who are allegedly buying permanent voter cards...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – The Coalition of Imo Young Leaders, a political pressure group, has decried the recent spate of attacks on facilities of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Imo. The Group’s Secretary, Mr Ajachukwu Eze, stated this in a statement issued to newsmen on Wednesday...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has advised people who have registered for their permanent voter cards (PVCs) to collect them, saying, “no PVC, no vote.” INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Katsina State, Prof. Ibrahim Yahaya-Makarfi, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
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...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the recent attack on its facilities in Osun did not affect any of its sensitive materials, especially permanent voter cards (PVCs). The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Dr Mutiu Agboke, stated this at the commission’s maiden stakeholders meeting on Thursday in...
Nigerian singer/songwriter, Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has called on the youths across the country to protect their votes at their polling units during the 2023 general elections. Oputa made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline of...
An advocacy group, Polling Unit Ambassadors of Nigeria, on Tuesday urged the National Electoral Commission (INEC) to guarantee the secrecy of the ballots during the 2023 elections. Mr Suleiman Dabass, Ambassador-General of the group, made the appeal at a news conference in Abuja. Dabass said most voting cubicles used...
The Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said that the attacks on its offices in some parts of the country won’t deter it from holding the 2023 general elections. Yakubu said this on Tuesday in Abeokuta during an assessment tour of its office recently attacked...
By BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State has been set ablaze by unidentified hoodlums. Several items including ballot boxes, Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs), voting cubicles, among others were destroyed in the fire incident that occurred around...
Mr Mike Igini, a former Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral (INEC) says the commission is moving towards ending Election Tribunal business in the country. Igini said this while delivering a keynote address at the inaugural lecture of Ariyo Dare-Atoye Memorial Election Management and Governance Dialogue...
The Chairman of The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said the commission has made tremendous progress in the production and delivery of critical non-sensitive materials ahead of the 2023 general elections. Yakubu disclosed this at the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room National Stakeholders Forum on...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is already making plans and preparations for the conduct of a run-off presidential election, where no candidate meets the conditional requirements for declaring a winner from votes cast on Feb. 25, 2023. The INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter...
All Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) needed for the 2023 general elections would be ready before December. The assurance was given in Abuja on Thursday by INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Voter Education and Information Committee, Mr Festus Okoye. He gave the assurance while speaking as a panellist at...
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...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has began the display of preliminary voters register across the 245 wards in Lagos State on Saturday for claims and objections. INEC Public Affairs Officer in Lagos State, Mrs Adenike Oriowo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the exercise was in...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Niger on Thursday boycotted the local government chairmanship elections conducted by the Niger State Independent Electoral Commission (NSIEC) to elect chairmen for the 25 local government areas of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that PDP had dragged NSIEC to...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday expressed concerns over non collection of Permanent Voters Card (PVCs) in Kogi for the forthcoming 2023 general elections. Dr. Hale Longpet, Kogi Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) made this known while addressing newsmen in Lokoja. Longpet said that out of the 293,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has not printed the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) of Nigerians who participated in the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise from January 15 to July 31, 2022. INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye, made this known on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday....
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the number of registered voters in Nigeria, has risen from 84,004,084 to 93,522,272, following the addition of 9,518,188 newly registered voters. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman, INEC Chairman, said this at third quarterly meeting with political parties for 2022 on Wednesday in...