The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said the issues with the result viewing portal have been rectified ahead of the March 18 gubernatorial elections. INEC had promised to upload results from polling units during the February 25 presidential elections in real-time. However, the IReV portal remained inactive for a …
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ONE of the spokespersons for Atiku, Okowa Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Dino Melaye has insisted that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmud Yakubu, must resign. The former lawmaker gave the demand in a post via his Twitter handle on Saturday. Melaye’s call is coming against the …
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to resign his chairmanship of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The PDP said the call followed further review of “the widely-condemned infractions, brazen violation of the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022 and criminal manipulation and alteration of election …
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The Supreme Court has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to replace Ibrahim Shekarau with Rufai Hanga as the Kano Central senatorial candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP. In a judgment delivered on Friday by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, the Supreme Court upheld the ruling of the Court …
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For not complying with Section 160(1) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended and Sections 60(5) and 148 of the Electoral Act 2022, a group of Nigerians led by Govindex Leadership, Empowerment and Development Foundation have sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Govindex in …
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given reasons it postponed the governorship election by one week. The exercise, which was initially scheduled for this Saturday, will now take place on March 18. The National Commissioner & Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Barr. Festus Okoye, confirmed this in a …
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The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Wednesday, turned down the request of the Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Mr Peter Gregory Obi seeking to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from reconfiguring the BVAS equipment used for the conduct of the February 25 Presidential election. The Court held that granting …
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A coalition of accreditation observers groups for the 2023 general elections in Yobe State has tasked the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, to, as a matter of urgency, retrain its ad-hoc staff on the effective use of Bimodal Verification Accreditation System, BVAS, for the upcoming elections in the state. The Team …
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended Dr. Nura Ali, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Sokoto State, with immediate effect. Newsextra24 reports that the suspension is coming just days before the governorship and House of Assembly elections. Ali’s suspension was announced in a letter by INEC’s Secretary, Rose …
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The Chen Education and Development Empowerment, CEDE, group has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to investigate various infractions recorded during the Presidential elections and prosecute those found culpable, of any infractions. The group said its call in the wake of the presidential election follows the verifiable reports of …
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