Ahead of the general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it would publish the list of registered voters on Monday, January 7. INEC Director of Voter Education, Mr. Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi said this yesterday during an interview on the maiden edition of Channels Television’s Lunchtime Politics. “On January 7 we will issue the […]
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Huffed by the statement credited to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and its Presidential Candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari, had plotted with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to rig the forthcoming 2019 general elections, the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, Wednesday asked PDP […]
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Independent National Electoral commission, INEC, in Cross River State has achieved 70 percent distribution of Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, to registered voters and efforts are being made for all the cards to be distributed before the end of January 2019. Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, for the state, Dr. Frankland Briyai, told Vanguard, yesterday, in Calabar […]
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Disturbed by the incidents of vote-buying that tainted recent elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared its readiness to collaborate with the security agencies to stop the emerging trend. Speaking in an interactive session with the commission’s youth ambassadors and celebrities in Lagos, on Saturday night, the INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, said […]
Read More Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said it requires over 100,000 vehicles for logistic purposes in the 2019 general elections. Consequently, the commission has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with stakeholders in the transportation sector, including Nigerian Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW; Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN, and National Association of […]
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The Court of Appeal Benin Division on Friday granted the prayers of five prisoners, seeking the court to direct the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to include names of Nigerians in prisons in the country in its voter register. Justice S. Oseji, delivering the lead judgment, on behalf of Justice Helen Ogunwumiju. The appeal was […]
Read More Of the 786,839 voters registered in the just concluded Continuous Voters Register, CVR, which took the number of registered voters in Lagos to 6.609 million, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in Lagos is still expecting from the commission’s headquarters, 284,791 Permanent Voter’s Cards, PVCs. Making the disclosure in a telephone chat with Vanguard, Mr. […]
Read More The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that over 300,000 ineligible voters were dropped after the Automatic Fingerprints Identification System (AFIS) screened out their names, as part of effort aimed at ensuring a clean voters’ register for the 2019 elections. The electoral body will today publish the voters’ register across the country. This is […]
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Presidency has reacted to claims that President Muhammadu Buhari influences major agencies in the country, especially the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina made the statement on Thursday in an interview on Channels Television. According to him, President Buhari does not interfere with INEC […]
Read More The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Lagos State said 6, 609, 115 residents were eligible to vote in the 2019 general elections in the state. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Mr. Sam Olumekun, disclosed this at a workshop on Lagos State Election Security Strategic Plan for 2019 Elections. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, […]
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The Senate, yesterday, approved a total sum of ₦189,207,544,893 for the conduct of the 2019 general election expenditure as proposed by Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in supplementary budget. According to the Senate, the approval became imperative to enable Nigeria prepare adequately for the elections. Speaking at a meeting on the submission of harmonised report […]
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Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has warned political parties and their presidential candidates for the 2019 elections against publicly campaigning before November 18. INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, issued the warning, Monday, while speaking at a workshop for election professionals from the Commonwealth Africa region. Yakubu said the approved time for campaign, according to the timeline […]
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