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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated that a total of 1,379 342 Nigerians registered nationwide in just one week. In a statement on Monday by the National Commissioner …
CVR: 1.37m pre-register in 1 week as in-person exercise commences Read More
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that over 505,906 Nigerians have completed their online pre-registration in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise within the first five days …
CRV: Over 500,000 Nigerians pre-registered in first 5 days – INEC Read MoreThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) began Friday moving sensitive materials such as ballot papers and result sheets to Remo North in Ikenne and Sagamu local government areas preparatory to …
INEC distributes sensitive materials for Remo bye-election Read More
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated that eight additional associations have joined the earlier 143 others seeking registration as political parties. This, according to the Commission, brings …
151 associations now seek registration, INEC set to unveil new political parties Read More
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has cautioned political parties against early campaigns ahead of the 2027 general election. The Commission stated that such actions were not only inappropriate but …
2027: INEC warns political actors against early campaigns Read More
The Independent National Electoral Election (INEC) said it has received 10 more letters of intent from associations seeking registration as political parties, bringing the number so far to 144. According …
Associations seeking registration as parties now 144 – INEC Read MoreThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it has received five more letters of intent from political associations seeking registration as political parties. According to INEC, the figure brought the …
INEC extends continious voters’ registration as political associations seeking registration soar beyond 130 Read MoreThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday organised a two-day refresher training on the use of INEC Candidate Nomination Portal (ICNP) for party officials. Held in Abuja, the training …
INEC trains parties on candidate nomination Read More
Ahead of the 2027 general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Wednesday released the list of 110 political association which applied to it for registration. Speaking at the second …
Party registration: INEC processing 110 associations, to resume nationwide CVR Read More
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has created an Artificial Intelligence AI Division to enhance its capacity for data-driven decision-making, risk detection and mitigation as well as deepening voter services …
INEC creates AI division to enhance capacity Read More
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Monday called for several amendments to the 1999 Constitution and the 2022 Electoral Act ahead of the 2027 general elections. Top on the list are provisions for …
2027: INEC seeks voting rights for inmates, Nigerians in Diaspora Read MoreNigeria’s electoral system is bedeviled by many challenges. They range from electoral malpractices, the inadequacies or lacunae in the electoral laws, to the structural limitations of the Independent National Electoral …
Nigeria’s bid to curb off-cycle elections Read More
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has called on the African youth to take the centre stage in promoting peaceful and credible elections across the …
Champion peaceful polls, Yakubu tasks African youth Read More
Ahead of 2027 general elections, a lecturer in the department of Political Science and International Relations, Nile University of Nigeria, Dr. Iroro S Izu, has recommended that transparencyu and accountability …
2027: Varsity Don advocates transparency, accountability checkers for credible elections Read More
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has rejected recent criticisms leveled against the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, describing them “as unfounded and damaging …
AYCF dismisses allegations sgainst INEC chairman as baseless Read More
The Electoral Hub has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for its diligent efforts in organising the Ondo gubernatorial polls. The Director, IRIAD-The Electoral Hub, Princess Hamman-Obels, in it …
Ondo guber polls: Electoral Hub thumbs up INEC’s effective service delivery Read More
A former chairman of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), who conducted the June 12, 1993 general elections, Professor Humphrey Nwosu, has passed on. Prof Nwosu died in a hospital in …
Ex-NEC chair Humphrey Nwosu dies in U.S. hospital Read MoreThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced Tuesday that out of 2,629,025 registered voters in Edo state, 2,249,780 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) have been collected ahead of the governorship election …
Edo guber: Over 2.2m PVCs collected by registered voters – INEC Read More
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released guidelines for the conduct of political rallies, processions and campaigns ahead of the Edo and Ondo states governorship polls scheduled for September 21 …
Edo, Ondo polls: Adhere to law on equal access to public facilities for campaigns, INEC tells govs Read More
Attempts by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to arraign its suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner, Hundu Yunusa-Ari, before Adamawa State High Court 9 sitting in Yola has hit the brick …
INEC fails to arraign suspended Adamawa REC Hudu Read More
A Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from prosecuting the suspended Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa-Ari. The court while giving the …
Court halts prosecution of suspended Adamawa REC Read More
All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial aspirant for governor of Kogi state, Smart Adeyemi, has described the results of the state’s primary election as a rape of democracy. Speaking on Arise …
Kogi APC primaries a rape of democracy – Adeyemi Read More
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended its Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Adamawa, Hudu Yunusa Ari. The REC had on Sunday controversially announced All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship …
Breaking: INEC suspends Adamawa REC Read More
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Sunday morning declared Senator Aishatu Dahiru Binani the winner of the Adamawa governorship election.
VIDEO: Watch how REC suddenly declared APC’s Binani as Adamawa governor-elect Read More
A trending video has captured moment some ad-hoc officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were caught with thumb-printed ballot papers in the March 18, 2023 governorship and house …
VIDEO: INEC staff caught with thumb-printed ballot papers Read More