The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said that it will appeal the Thursday’s ruling by the Federal High Court, Abuja, ordering it to allow the use of Temporary Voter Cards (TVC) in the March 18 governorship and state houses of assembly elections. Mr. Rotimi Lawrence Oyekanmi, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Prof. […]
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Reports have emerged that a hunter has found thousands of permanent voter cards (PVCs) in a forest in Nnewi area of Anambra state. Amaka Nwafor, a reporter with Authority FM, in a video said a hunter found the PVCs on Tuesday in a forest in Akamili, Nnewi north LGA of Anambra. She said the cards […]
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The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has raised an alarm that some staff of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are denying some Muslims the right to register for Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in some south western states. MURIC Director, Professor Isiaq Akintola, made this known while he delivered a speech in Ibadan on Sunday during a […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) for citizens who registered in the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) between April and December 2017 will be ready for collection on May 21. The commission disclosed this in a statement by its Director of Publicity and Voter Education, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi in Abuja on Friday. […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it was still in possession of 7,920,129 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) yet to be collected from its offices across the nation. The commission disclosed this in a tabular data on consolidated PVCs as at March 22, 2018, released on Tuesday in Abuja. The data showed that […]
Continue ReadingThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the allegation of double registration against Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state, but he cannot be prosecuted because he enjoys immunity as a governor. James Apam, resident electoral commissioner (REC) in the state, said this at the INEC office in Lokoja, capital of Kogi, on Thursday. “The allegation […]
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