ELECTRONIC Voting Machine (EVM) will be used for future elections in the country beginning from next year, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has indicated. But, the forthcoming governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states will run on the existing order, the agency added. It said its decision on e-voting […]
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The Media Centre of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Abuja was on Friday morning engulfed by fire. Details of the incident are sketchy as of the time of filing this report. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, confirmed the incident to […]
Stakeholders reveal loopholes exploited by politicians One year after the 2019 general elections, over 60 per cent of political parties that participated are yet to file their statutory returns to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), contrary to the provisions of the Electoral Act. Before the deregistration of 74 parties […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is proposing 34 amendments to the Electoral Act, it was learnt Monday. Its Director of Legal Services, Oluwatoyin Babalola, said there are certain shortcomings in the electoral legal framework that needed to be addressed through legislation. Also, Lagos State Resident Electoral Commissioner Sam Olumekun […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has withdrawn its petition before the Bayelsa Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja against the Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) The PDP had before the Supreme Court’s verdict challenged the emergence of Mr David Lyon of the […]
