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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Sept. 21, 2024, for the conduct of the Edo governorship election and Nov. 16, 2024, for Ondo State. The commission announced the dates in the timetable and schedule of activities for the two states’ governorship elections released on Tuesday in Abuja. The schedule was signed by Sam […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says that the Kogi State November 11 governorship result will be transmitted electronically directly from polling units to its server. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Kogi, Prof. Gabriel Longpet, disclosed this at a two-day media roundtable Engagement on the Kogi election Organized by the Independent Press Center, IPC […]
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The Centre for Transparency Advocacy, CTA, has tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to put in place necessary technology to tackle problems arising from the uploading of election results in the country. This came as it unveiled the 2023 general election perception study on citizens’ understanding of the mandate of the nation’s electoral umpire. […]
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The Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, is getting set to deliver its judgement on the three petitions that are seeking to nullify the election of President Bola Tinubu. As a precursor to the fixing of judgement date, the Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-member panel has directed all the parties to appear before it […]
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The candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), in the last presidential election, Abubakar Atiku, has asked the Presidential Election Petition Court (PREPEC) to uphold the admittance of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that he won 21 States in the disputed February 25 presidential election. Three of the lawyers representing INEC at the PREPEC […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has recognised the Youth Party (YP) as the 19th political party in Nigeria. It said the party will be accorded all the rights and privileges accorded to other political parties in Nigeria. The electoral body met on Thursday to deliberate on the judgement delivered by the Supreme Court of […]
Continue ReadingThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the Labour Party (LP) has no ground to call for the sack of its Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, over the outcome of the 2023 general election. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi stated this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria on […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC said it has received 215 case files from the Nigerian Police in respect of electoral infractions during the 2023 general elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this on Tuesday at a meeting with states Resident Electoral Commissioners RECs to review the general election. Accordingly, he said the commission […]
Continue ReadingThe Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has disclosed plans to update Nigerians on its final decision on the suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Hudu Yunusa-Ari. DAILY POST recalls that the suspended REC, Yunusa-Ari caused controversy in the country when he declared Aisha Binani the winner of the Adamawa governorship rerun election in April, […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC said it has commenced a review of the 2023 general elections. INEC National Commissioner in charge of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye disclosed this in a statement issued Thursday night in Abuja. He said the Commission held its regular meeting on Thursday 22nd June 2023 and […]
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