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The Independent National Electoral Commission has been barred by a federal high court sitting in Lagos from engaging the services of the chairman of the Lagos State Parks Management Committee, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, to distribute election materials in the state pending the hearing and determination of …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured Nigerians that the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly polls will hold nationwide despite the cash crunch and protests across the country.   Commenting on the recent crisis in the country, INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu said the commission is working closely …

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said that only National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) members are authorised election officers to handle the Bimodal Voter Authentication System (BVAS) during the February 25 and March 11 general elections.   Speaking after a tour of the training …

The Independent Electoral Commission has disclosed that Internally Displaced Persons Voting Centers have been created for persons displaced by insecurity to vote in the upcoming elections. The Niger state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Ahmed Garki, who stated this during a stakeholders meeting on Friday in Minna, said 247 polling units across …

There have been demands for Agbaje’s removal over alleged mismanagement of Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) collection in some parts of Lagos and engagement of Musiliu Akinsanya (aka MC Oluomo)- led Lagos State Parks Management Committee to convey election materials. Oyekanmi implored the two political parties calling for Agbaje’s redeployment to …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that voters assigned to new polling units will receive text messages to know their polling units before the February 25 and March 11, 2023 general elections. The electoral commission Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, made this known in Abuja on Monday, February 13, at a meeting with …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has shared the pictorial voting procedure for the forthcoming elections in February and March 2023. The step-by-step process for the election was captured in the infographic. See below The post INEC presents pictorial voting procedure for 2023 election appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.

The Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Osun State, Dr Mutiu Agboke, has alleged that some politicians might have connived with some staff of the electoral commission during the last governorship election in the state, to bypass the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS).    This is …

Unknown gunmen on Wednesday morning, February 1, attacked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC office in Ojoto, Idemili South Local Government Area.    The gunmen who were armed with dangerous weapons including petrol bombs, also attacked a Police Station in Nnobi, in the same local government area, and a residential …

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu has said that the logistics arrangement for the general elections scheduled to hold on February 25 and March 11, might be affected by the current fuel scarcity in the country.   Speaking at a consultative meeting with transport unions such …