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The Independent National Electoral Commission has disassociated itself from the purported primary election which allegedly produced Ahmad Lawan as the APC senatorial candidate for Yobe North and recognised only the 28 May primary poll that produced Bashir Sheriff Machina as the duly elected APC candidate for the district. The position of the Electoral Umpire was […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Zamfara State says it has extended the daily closing hour for its staff to capture more eligible registrants at the centres in Gusau. Prof. Saidu Ahmed, Zamfara INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau on Thursday. […]
The Chairman of the independent National Electoral commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, says sensitive electoral materials will in the meantime no longer be routed through the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN). He also specifically notes that, beginning from the Ekiti state Governorship election, INEC will not keep its sensitive materials with the CBN. According to him, […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the legal framework that will guide the 2023 general elections. INEC Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu, said with the presentation of the Regulations and Guidelines, the Commission has concluded formal preparations for the polls. He said it is the first time the Commission is releasing the guidelines nine […]
The Zamfara State wing of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared that 1,126,359 out of 2,523,458 Permanent Voters Cards that were registered online between June and December 2021 invalid. This was made known by State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Professor Sa’idu Babura, while addressing newsmen at the State INEC office in Gusau, the state capital. […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has described as preposterous, belief that its chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, may soon join the presidential race for 2023 election, as it will not happen. Reacting to reports in some quarters that Nigerians should not be surprised if INEC Chairman joins presidential race or people urging him to do […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the deadline for the conduct of primaries remains “firm and fixed” for Friday, June 3. The electoral body says political parties have “one month from today” to conclude their primaries. In a statement issued on Thursday, INEC said all 18 political parties have served the required notices indicating […]
The Zamfara State Police Command has launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the fire incident at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission. This is according to a statement signed by INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, which lamented the loss of valuable election materials that were […]
An office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kauran Namoda LGA of Zamfara state, has been gutted by fire. Festus Okoye, INEC national commissioner and chairman, information and voter education committee, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. Okoye said the fire occurred on Monday at about 11pm, adding that Sa’idu Ahmed, INEC’s […]
11,222 polling units have been approved in Kano State by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ahead of the 2023 general elections. Kano Resident Electoral Commissioner Riskuwa Arabu disclosed this at a one-day workshop on electoral reportage organised by the Kano State Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and sponsored by INEC. […]