The Chairman-designate of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Joash Amupitan, has denied the speculation that he was part of the legal team that represented President Bola Tinubu at the 2023 Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC). Amupitan stated this on Thursday during his screening by the Senate. “You also talked about whether I was part of […]
President Bola Tinubu has nominated Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission. The appointment, which was confirmed by the National Council of State on Thursday, follows the exit of Professor Mahmood Yakubu from the electoral body. According to a statement issued by Presidential […]
Professor Mahmood Yakubu has handed over to May Agbamuche as the Acting National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Agbamuche is the oldest serving National Commissioner in the electoral body. Professor Yakubu announced this on Tuesday at the ongoing meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners at the INEC headquarters in Abuja. He solicited the […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed suggestions that Nigerians have lost confidence in the country’s electoral system, describing such claims as baseless and unsupported by evidence. In recent weeks, civil society and religious groups have voiced concerns over what they perceive as growing voter apathy. However, INEC, in a statement issued on Sunday […]
A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, wants the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be stricter in regulating early campaigns, asking it to charge violators to court. Falana spoke on Sunday, describing campaigns ahead of the 2027 elections as abnormal. “The law cannot cover all situations. The lawmakers thought they were dealing with a civilized […]
The African Democratic Congress has refuted a report that the Independent National Electoral Commission has validated and released a list of the party’s state chairmen across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. In a statement released on Sunday by the party’s spokesperson, Bolaji Abdullahi, via his official X account, the ADC national leadership […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said that 14 associations have been cleared to proceed to the next stage of their applications to be registered as political parties in Nigeria. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, who disclosed this on Thursday, after the commission’s meeting, said that 171 applications […]
Victoria Etta-Messi, director of voter education and publicity at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says incumbents are exploiting their positions to gain undue advantage in early election campaigns. Speaking earlier on Wednesday at a stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja, Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, said the commission is constrained by the law from sanctioning politicians who […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has partnered the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to harmonise identity and voter registration processes across Nigeria. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, who spoke when the NIMC Director-General, Abisola Kukar, and her delegation visited the INEC headquarters in Abuja, hailed the ongoing cooperation between the two federal agencies. Yakubu is […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reiterated that Nigerians who pre-register online for the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise must still appear in person at its designated centres to complete the process before obtaining their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). The commission explained that online registration alone does not finalize the process since biometric […]
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