Nigeria’s electoral umpire, INEC, has once again been drawn into the leadership crisis rocking the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), as the faction led by Dr. Major Agbo insists that the commission must suspend all elections until its “authentic logo” appears on ballot papers. In a strongly worded letter dated Aug. 25, the party’s lawyer,…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 66,951 residents of Oyo State completed pre-registration in the first week of the ongoing Continuous Voters’ Registration (CVR). Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Adeniran Tella, announced the figure in Ibadan on Tuesday at the inauguration of a sensitisation drive for the exercise. He welcomed the strong response as…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday in Gusau, Zamfara State, presented a Certificate of Return to Kamilu Sa’idu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the newly elected member representing Kaura Namoda South State Constituency. Sa’idu emerged victorious in the rerun election conducted last Thursday in five polling units across two registration areas. The…
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has moved to strengthen the credibility of its voter register by training 112 staff in Imo State on the use of its Voter Enrolment Device (IVED). The move comes ahead of the in-person Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise scheduled to begin in the state on Monday. Speaking at the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 505,906 voters have participated in its pre-registration for the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Friday in Abuja during a roadshow organised by the commission to flag off the 2025 CVR exercise. Yakubu said that INEC designated and activated its…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said only Nigerians aged 18 and above are eligible to register as voters. Yobe REC Ibrahim Abdullahi made the clarification on Thursday during a visit to the Emir of Bade, Abubakar Umar-Suleiman, in Gashua. The Emir had asked if 16- or 17-year-olds could pre-register ahead of the 2027…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled a supplementary election in five polling units of Kaura Namoda South State Assembly constituency in Zamfara for 21 August. Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Mahmmud Isah, disclosed this at a stakeholders’ meeting in Gusau on Tuesday. He said the supplementary poll would be held in three polling units…
African Democratic Congress (ADC) had called on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to investigate alleged irregularities witnessed during Saturday’s by-elections. ADC’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, stated this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja. Abdullahi also urged the commission to sanction any official found to have compromised and take necessary steps to…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kano State says it is fully prepared to conduct peaceful, credible, and transparent bye-elections in parts of the state on Saturday, Aug. 16. The state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Abdu Zango, disclosed this while briefing journalists in Kano on Thursday. Mr Zango said the state assembly bye-elections would…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has promised to safeguard the integrity of the 2026 Osun State governorship election, assuring voters that the process will be transparent, fair and professionally managed. At a stakeholder engagement in Osogbo on Wednesday, Osun’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Mutiu Agboke, said preparations were already underway following the formal issuance…
