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The electoral umpire,, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced that the display of the fourth quarter preliminary register of voters (PVR) ongoing at the INEC Local Government offices nationwide will end on 21st August, 2022. This was disclosed through the commission’s Facebook  page on Thursday. The display is coming following the conclusion of the nationwide Continuous Voter Registration ...

The electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has begun display of voters’ register in Oyo and Lagos states, following the just-suspended Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). Administrative Secretary of INEC in the Oyo state, Biodun Onikate-Amosu and Resident Electoral Commissioner in Lagos, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, in separate statements, yesterday, said the exercise would give opportunities to those that have ...

The electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it would resist rigging and vote-buying in the 2023 general election. The electoral body said that  polling booths would be distanced from the public who are around the voting area. The vow was made by the  Resident Electoral Commission (REC), Obo Effanga, during  the 2022 annual general meeting, ...

The electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it is not supporting any  political party or candidate in the next year’s presidential election. The assurance was given by the commission’s  Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, in his keynote address at the fourth Abubakar Momoh memorial lecture in Abuja on Wednesday. Yakubu, promised to ensure all valid votes count ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is yet decide the next line of action to take against those that engaged in multiple registration during the just concluded Continuous Voter Registration(CVR) exercise. The Commission, which reaffirmed that multiple registration constitutes electoral offence, said it carried out sufficient awareness campaign to educate Nigerians against registering more than once. The Board Chairman The ...

As the voters registration exercise goes on, three personnel of the  the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have been apprehended for creating an illegal permanent voter’s card registration unit at St Brigid’s Catholic Church, Ijeshatedo, Lagos. The indicted officials are  Mrs Rita, Mr Ikechukwu Izuchukwu and Miss Agbokhna Ebigun, It was gathered that they were nabbed by the operatives f ...

Mohammed Sani Abacha who emerged as a factional governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano State has sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for recognising Sadiq Wali as the party’s candidate in the state. It was reported that  the internal crisis within the PDP in Kano had led to parallel governorship primary elections where Abacha, a ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says it has a huge logistics nightmare on its hands in transporting sensitive materials for the 2023 election. Festus Okoye, Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee said this on Monday while appearing on Channels TV, adding that the logistics used for Osun and Ekiti governorship election will not be sustainable for the 2023 general ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained why  the African Action Congress (AAC) and New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) are not on the agency website. The agency said that the political parties are yet to upload details of their governorship candidates on the electoral body’s nomination portal. While Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is the NNPP presidential candidate, Dumebi Kachikwu is ...

The electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has said that all hands are now on deck to ensure that the Osun State governorship election is conducted in s free and fair atmosphere. The statement was issued by the  Osun State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof. Abdulganiy Raji revealed on Tuesday According to him vital electoral materials have been ...