The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is standing by the timetable it released for the 2019 general elections. This means that the presidential and National Assembly elections will hold on the same day while the governorship and state legislative elections will come next. The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has insisted that no elections should hold in Kano and Katsina states until voter register is sanitised and minors removed from the list. This call was necessitated by allegations of underage voting in Kano state, after pictures of underage voters trended on social media. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Kola […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says over 250, 000 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) have yet to be collected by registered voters in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Mrs Ndidi Okafor, Head, Voter Education and Publicity, Gender and Civil Society Liaison, INEC, FCT, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja that the […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved 10 additional registration centres in Enugu State for the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Mr Emeka Ononammadu, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Tuesday. Ononammadu said that the new centres […]
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The National Assembly Conference Committee on Electoral Act (amendment) Bill on Tuesday adopted the re-ordered sequence of the 2019 General Elections, making presidential poll the last election to be conducted. The House of Representatives had few weeks ago amended the Electoral Act 2010 with the inclusion of section 25(1). This was to reorder the sequence […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the continuous voters registration will be suspended 60 days to the commencement of the next general elections scheduled for February 2019 due to a change in electoral law. The commission made this announcement in a statement on Wednessday by Solomon Soyebi, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and […]
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The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, says the commission has 74 million voters in its register by the second week of January. The INEC Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Mr Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi , made the fact known in a statement in Abuja on Friday. Osaze-Uzzi quoted Yakubu as making […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday in Abuja presented certificates of registration to the 21 newly registered political parties. The registration of the 21 new political parties was approved by the commission on Dec. 14, 2017, bringing the number of registered parties in the country to 68. The political parties are All Blending Party, […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has registered 21 new political parties, thereby, bringing the total number of parties in the country to 67. Two weeks ago, Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the commission, announced that there were several applications from political groups for registration. In a statement on Thursday, May Agbamuche-Mbu, an INEC national commissioner, said the […]
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May Agbmuche-Mbu, a national commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, announced that the commission has sacked two of its members of staff accused of being involved in the double registration of Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state. Bello, who had registered as a voter in the federal capital territory, FCT, was said to […]
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