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President Bola Tinubu has nominated Saseyi Feyijimi Ibiyemi, a seasoned lawyer, as a Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), representing Ondo State. The announcement was made on Monday night in a statement by Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy. “If confirmed by the Senate, […]
As the November 16 governorship election in Ondo State approaches, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has renewed its call for the redeployment of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mrs. Oluwatoyin Babalola. The opposition party raised concerns over Babalola’s residency and her potential partiality in overseeing the election. In an open […]
A group of youths in Ondo State staged a protest on Wednesday, calling for the immediate removal of Mrs. Oluwatoyin Babalola, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC). The protest, which took place in Akure, saw the youths marching through major roads and eventually converging at the INEC State office in Alagbaka. […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected a request from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to remove Anugbum Onuoha, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Edo State, ahead of the upcoming September 21 governorship election. The call for Onuoha’s redeployment arose from concerns about his close ties to Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the […]
The Kano State Independent Electoral Commission has announced that local government elections will be held on November 30, 2024. This date was revealed by the Commission’s Chairman, Sani Malumfashi, during a press briefing in Kano on Wednesday. Malumfashi stated that an official notification for the elections will be issued on November 15, 2024. The process […]
Information reaching news men had it that some officers at the INEC national headquarters Abuja had invited some ad-hoc staff that participated in the conduct of the 2023 governorship poll in Zamfara were invited to Abuja for them to sign some suspicious documents related to the conduct of the Governorship election. The invitation according to […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Saturday 15th April 2023 for the conduct of outstanding Governorship election in Kebbi State and Adamawa State. The reports say that the electoral umpire made this known in a statement on its Twitter page on Monday. It stated that the decision to fix a new date for […]
The Commission met today, Saturday 25th March 2023 and deliberated on a wide range of issues including the issuance of Certificates of Return to those elected during the Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections conducted by the Commission on 18 March 2023. By the provisions of Section 72(1) of the Electoral Act 2022, the […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has revealed how polling unit results will be transmitted during the governorship elections across the states of the federation on Saturday. INEC Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, disclosed this while speaking on Arise TV on Friday. Okoye said the commission had learnt valuable lessons from the […]
Via – PUNCH The Labour Party has threatened that it will call on its members to occupy offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission nationwide for allegedly frustrating its petition against the outcome of the 2023 presidential election. The spokesman for the Presidential Campaign Council of the party, Dr Yunusa Tanko, in a statement obtained […]