The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it has registered 13,013,989 new voters from its nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) between April 2017 and Aug. 20 2018. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) A consolidated CVR report released on Friday in Abuja by the commission revealed that 3,981,502 voters were […]
Read More The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will not postpone the 2019 general elections because of the delay in the passage of its budget. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the clarifications while fielding questions from State House correspondents on Friday in Abuja. He said that there was no provision under the law for […]
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Election Monitor, a Civil Society Organisation, CSO, has warned that further delay in passage of budget of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, may lead to constitutional crisis. Mr Abiodun Ajijola, the group’s National Coordinator, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said it would be counter-productive to wait until Sept. 25 to pass the […]
Read More The meeting between senators and members of the House of Representatives over budget for Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Thursday, ended in a deadlock. INEC is seeking budgetary approval of ₦189 billion to conduct 2019 general elections. The meeting came to a stalemate as the lawmakers could not agree on the figures presented to both […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the registration of 23 new parties ahead of the 2019 general election. The number of registered parties is now 91. Before the parties announced yesterday, there were 68 political parties. INEC has extended the deadline for the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise by two weeks. The registration, […]
Read More The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday insisted that the Inspector-General of Police must arrest and produce the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu in court on Aug. 16. Justice Stephen Pam gave the order following the absence of Yakubu’s team of lawyers in court and there was no explanation as to why […]
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Global body in charge of security, United Nations Security Council, says it is worried over what it described as continued tensions linked to disputed electoral processes, social and economic difficulties, and conflicts between farmers and herders in the Lake Chad Basin. Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad are members of the Lake Chad Basin on which the […]
Read More Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) have met to review the outcome of the report of the joint committee set up early in the year on electronic transmission and collation of results. Prof. Umar Danbatta , Executive Vice-Chairman, NCC, after the meeting with the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Thursday, described […]
Read More The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, arraigned three officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Ogun State before a Federal High Court, Lagos, over alleged laundering of ₦179.8 million. EFCC arraigned Yemi Akinwonmi, Dickson Atiba, and Ogunmodede Oladayo before Justice Sule Hassan on eight counts bordering on conspiracy, benefiting from crime […]
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The All Progressives Congress, (APC) candidate in the Ekiti governorship election, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has won the governorship election according to the results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission in majority of the 16 local councils in the state. Fayemi, though, has not been declared the winner by the INEC yet which is as […]
Read More The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it will suspend the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise in Zamfara by August. This was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Gusau by the Residents Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the state, Dr. Asma’u Maikudi. Asma’u said the commission planned to suspend the exercise with […]
Read More Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, yesterday urged Nigeria youths to live up to expectation of ensuring credible election in 2019. Yakubu, who spoke during INEC Campus Outreach at University of Lagos, said the Nigerian youths had a major role to play in determining the outcome of 2019 general election as they […]
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