Elections Nigeria Politics

2023: INEC invites international organisations for election monitoring

International organisations from all over the world are invited to monitor the general elections in Nigeria in 2023 at the invitation of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu made the call when he welcomed the delegation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Pre-Election Fact Finding Mission to Read More…

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Elections Legal Nigeria Top Story

Nigerians sue INEC for disallowing them from completing voter registration

After failing to give them and seven million other Nigerians adequate time and opportunity to complete their voter registration after they had started their registration online, twenty-four Nigerians have dragged the Independent Na­tional Electoral Commission (INEC) to court in a lawsuit. The plaintiffs, who are suing for themselves and on behalf of seven million other Read More…

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INEC maintains electronic transmission of election results has come to stay

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured Nigerians that the electronic transmission of election result has come to stay. The commission gave the clarification in a statement titled: “Clarification on Electronic Transmission of Election Result” signed by Mr Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, in Abuja on Sunday. Okoye Read More…

Bayelsa Elections Nigeria Top Story

INEC to probe 320 PVCs found by hunters in Bayelsa forest

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it would investigate the circumstances that led to the dumping of 320 Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) by unknown persons in a forest in Bayelsa. The cards were recovered by the Bayelsa State Command of the Nigerian Hunters and Forest Security Service on Tuesday, and handed over to Read More…