Soludo re-elected Anambra Governor
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Prof. Charles Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) winner of the Nov. 8 governorship election in Anambra with 422,664 votes.…
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Anambra Guber: PVC collection hits 98.8% as INEC deploys 6,879 BVAS
Isaac Samuel The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday, said that Permanent Voter Card (PVC) collection for Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra State has risen to 98.8 per cent.…
Amupitan resumes as INEC chairman, says integrity of election not negotiable
lsaac Samuel The newly sworn-in Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, Thursday formally assumed office at the headqiarters of the commission in Abuja, describing his…
Amupitan: New Broom At INEC
By Reuben Abati Last week, October 7, the announcement was made of the exit of Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, Chair of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), 2015 – 2025, and…
INEC reviews Yakubu’s era, says reforms laid foundation for credible election
Isaac Samuel The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reviewed the 10-year tenure of its former Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, describing the period between 2015 and 2025 as one of…
New INEC Boss and Tinubu’s Visibilization of Northern Yorubas
By Farooq A. Kperogi Everyone who is familiar with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s unabashed Yorubacentricism expected him to appoint a Yoruba person to succeed Professor Mahmood Yakubu as INEC chairman.…
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF STATE approves appointment of Prof. Amupitan as INEC chairman
The National Council of State has approved the nomination of Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan (SAN) from the North-Central as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). President…
Yakubu steps down as INEC chairman
Isaac Samuel Professor Mahmood Yakubu has formally concluded his tenure as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), marking the end of his second and final five-year term, which…
Tinubu begins consultations on new INEC chairman
Council of State meets Thursday Isaac Samuel President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is expected to meet with members of the Council of State on Thursday as part of consultations ahead of…
Disclose process for appointing next INEC chairman, SERAP tells Tinubu
Isaac Samuel The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Bola Tinubu to make public full details of the process for appointing a new chairman of the…
INEC chairman’s actions contradict claims of forced terminal leave
Isaac Samuel Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, yesterday chaired the Commission’s regular weekly management meeting and approved the promotion of some junior staff. This…
Tinubu, Next INEC Boss, and Liman Controversy
By Farooq A. Kperogi An older friend of mine, a denizen of the circles of power, told me a few days ago that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was considering a…
2027: INEC clears 14 associations for political party registration
Isaac Samuel The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday, said 14 associations seeking to register as political parties have been cleared to proceed to the next stage of the…
2027: We lack power to punish politicians engaging in early campaign — INEC
Isaac Samuel The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has admitted that it currently lacks the legal powers to sanction politicians and political parties engaging in premature campaigns ahead of the…
CVR: INEC registers 2.5m in two weeks
Isaac Samuel The Independent National Electoral Commission has disclosed that 2,532,062 Nigerians have pre-registered online in the first two weeks of the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise. According to…
INEC fires back at ADC over claim on Osun’s voter registration figures
Isaac Samuel The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has knocked the African Democratic Congress (ADC) over claims that the number of pre-registrants recorded in Osun State during the first week…
2027: Atiku wants Nigerians to elect next INEC chairman, RECs
Isaac Samuel Ahead of the 2027 general elections, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has proposed that Nigerians should directly elect the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Resident…
Nigerians flock to INEC portal as over 500,000 register in five days
Isaac Samuel The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said 505,906 citizens have pre-registered online for the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise within just five days. INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood…
INEC to present certificates of return to winners of by-elections Thursday
Isaac Samuel The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that Certificates of Return will be presented to winners of the just-concluded bye-elections across the country on Thursday, August 21,…
INEC’s By-elections And Lessons Not Learnt
By Reuben Abati The by-elections held across the country last Saturday in 16 constituencies across 12 states, in terms of the organization, the process and outcomes would seem to…
INEC delivers sensitive materials ahead of Saturday’s bye-elections
Isaac Samuel The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday said it has completed arrangements for the conduct of bye-elections in 16 constituencies across 12 states of the federation scheduled…
2027: INEC to implement inmate voting
Isaac Samuel Ahead of the 2027 general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has thrown its weight behind extending voting rights to eligible inmates in Nigeria’s correctional facilities. Chairman…
Labour Party crisis: Abure-led faction storms INEC, protests exclusion from by-election
Isaac Samuel A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), Labour Party candidates, and supporters under the leadership of Barr. Julius Abure on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest at the National…
INEC warns states on illegal election timelines
Isaac Samuel Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has cautioned State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs) against breaching electoral laws through the issuance of short notices…
Anambra guber: INEC registers 96,085 new voters, extends CVR by three days
Isaac Samuel The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced a three-day extension of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in Anambra State following the registration of 96,085 new voters in…
INEC to begin online CVR August 18 in Akwa Ibom
Comfort Isaac The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced plans to open its portal for the process of Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, in Akwa Ibom State ahead of the…
INEC to unveil fresh guidelines on reviewing election results
Isaac Samuel Ahead of the upcoming bye-elections and Anambra governorship poll, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it would issue a supplementary regulation to clarify the review process…
INEC to conduct bye-elections Aug.16, voter registration resumes Aug. 18
Isaac Samuel The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has slated Saturday, August 16, 2025 for the pending bye-elections for to fill vacant seats in the National and State Assemblies across…
INEC receives 110 applications for political party registration
– Obidient, ADA listed among applicants Isaac Samuel The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed receipt of 110 letters of intent from various associations seeking registration as political parties.…
PDP to consult stakeholders over national secretary status after meeting with INEC
Isaac Samuel The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday, said it would engage its broader stakeholders before taking a final position on the controversy surrounding its National Secretary, following a…
Reps give Customs seven-day ultimatum to halt illegal levies
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to stop the collection of the one per…
INEC, PDP to meet Tuesday amid controversy over rejected NEC meeting notice
Isaac Samuel The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will, on Tuesday, meet with the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), amid controversy arising from the Commission’s recent rejection of…
INEC receives application for new party backed by Atiku, El-Rufai, Amaechi
Isaac Samuel The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has received a formal application for the registration of a new political party, the All Democratic Alliance (ADA) sponsored by a coalition…
INEC rejects PDP’s NEC meeting notice for excluding National Secretary’s signature
Isaac Samuel The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected a notification from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) regarding its planned 100th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting scheduled for June…
INEC publishes final list of candidates for Anambra governorship election
Isaac Samuel THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of candidates for the upcoming Anambra State Governorship election, scheduled to hold on Saturday, November 8, 2025.…
2027: INEC under fire for delaying political party registration
Isaac Samuel The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is coming under scrutiny over its failure to act on more than 100 applications from associations seeking registration as political parties more…
INEC, Election Riggers and Twisted Narratives
By Anietie Ekong Lately, there has been an upsurge of politically motivated and unwarranted attacks on the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio using several guises camouflaged as serving public…
I remain INEC chairman, Yakubu declares
Isaac Samuel The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, has dismissed rumours that he had been removed from office, saying he is still in charge of the…
Presidency: INEC Chairman not sacked
The Presidency has described as “fake news” speculation on Monday morning regarding the purported removal of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu. Earlier reports emanating…
Why Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan can’t be recalled – INEC
INEC has announced that the planned recall of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan by her constituents has failed because they coul not muster the required number of votes. Here is INEC’s full…
INEC Helping Petitioners Perfect My Recall – Sen. Natasha
By Abubakar Y Ojima-Ojo Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, senator representing Kogi central, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of bias in her recall from the senate. Akpoti-Uduaghan spoke on Tuesday…