Tag Archives: INEC

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the list of candidates for the presidential elections includes Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Peter Obi of Labour Party (LP), Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso of New Nigeria Party (NNPP), Sowere Stephen …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has delisted 1,126,359 out of the 2,523,458 fresh registrants that registered between June 28, 2021, and January 14, 2022.   Addressing newsmen on Monday night September 12, in Abuja, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee of INEC, Festus Okoye said cleaning up of …

The INEC boss also disclosed that the commission is working to address other challenges facing it. The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu said hackers from outside the shore of Nigeria attacked the commission’s portal during the Ekiti and Osun governorship election.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that its result viewing (IReV) portal was attacked by hackers from Asia during Ekiti and Osun governorship election.    INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this in his keynote address at a stakeholders’ conference on election result management in Abuja on Friday September 9.    Yakubu …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has opened a portal for the recruitment of ad hoc Staff for the 2023 general elections.   Eligible Nigerians have been asked by the commission to apply for the different positions that were advertised.    Positions advertised include SPOs, POs, APOs, RAC Managers and RATECHs, …

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has warned political parties and candidates against the use of masqueraders, public facilities and religious centres for campaigns.   In an interview with Punch, the National Commissioner and Chairman of its Committee on Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, asked political parties to align strictly with …

Playing by the rules: The commission asked parties to strictly abide by the provisions of the Electoral Act to avoid sanctions as stipulated by the Act. This is coming exactly one month to the commencement of campaigns for the presidential and National Assembly elections. Campaign season beckons: Recall that the …

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has denied reports claiming it has reverted to the manual collection of results.   In a statement released this afternoon, the commission said its explanation on the result management procedure for the 2023 general election was misconstrued by a section of the media to …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has explained why over seven million eligible voters could not complete the Continuous Voter Registration.   INEC’s National Electoral Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye who spoke to Punch on Tuesday August 16, said most of those who could not complete the registration were Nigerians …

Several concerned Nigerians had demanded that the CVR be extended to enable eligible would-be voters to register… The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday, August 05, 2022, declared that it is relatively impossible to extend the Continuous Voters Registration, CVR, which was suspended on Sunday, July 31.