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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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained why permanent voter cards (PVCs) were still being distributed the evening before the Anambra governorship election. Recall that on October 26, INEC announced that 81,778 new PVCs would be delivered to Anambra on October 28 for distribution ahead of the November 6 election. However, speaking on Friday in an […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday announced the registration of 23 new political parties, when it invited chairmen and secretaries of the party to pick up their certificates at its headquarters in Abuja on Thursday. This brings to 91 the total number of parties in the country. INEC has also extended the ongoing […]
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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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