The commandant-general of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr Abubakar Ahmed Audi, has revealed that attackers of INEC buildings orchestrate their attacks using gasoline or high-proof alcohol, with fuel-soaked bread stuffed in the necks of bottles. He said the group was identified through an intelligence report at …
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2023: Power Will Return To The People – Ex-Reps spokesman
A former spokesman of the House of Representatives, Honourable Eseme Eyiboh, has said that the 2023 election will be an absolute return of power to the people. Eyiboh, who made this known in a chat with DAILY POST, was reacting to concerns raised by some politicians over the use of …
Read More »2023: INEC Announces Dates For PVCs Collection
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has fixed dates for the collection of Permanent Voter Cards PVCs ahead of next year’s general election. INEC National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education Committee, Barr. Festus Okoye in a statement said the Commission met on Thursday, 1st December 2022, and …
Read More »Photos: INEC Airlifts BVAS To states
The country’s electoral body, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has airlifted the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) to the states ahead of the 2023 general elections. Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the INEC chairman observed airlifting of the devices at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. See the pictures below:
Read More »We Have Lost 2000 Ballots Boxes, 399 Voting Cubicles, 24 Gens – INEC
LAGOS – The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has restated that the commission would recover from recent attacks on its facilities. The INEC chairman, Professor Mahmoud made this disclosure on Tuesday, while speaking at a retreat organised for Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs. He said, “In the last four months, five …
Read More »Burnt 65,000 PVCs Replacement Takes Two Days – INEC
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said it will take two days to replace the 65,000 Permanent Voter Cards burnt during an attack on the commission’s office in Ogun State. The INEC boss said this on Tuesday in Abeokuta, the state capital, during …
Read More »BREAKING: Court Orders INEC To Resume Voter Registration
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to immediately resume the Continuous Voters Registration until 90 days before the 2023 general elections. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in the judgment, also directed INEC to ensure that eligible Nigerians were not deprived the opportunity to have …
Read More »Underage Persons Won’t Be Allowed To Vote In 2023 – INEC
THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has insisted that no underage persons will be allowed to vote in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. The Director of Voter Education and Publicity, INEC, Victor Aluko, made this vow while speaking on Channels Television’s Rubbin’ Minds on Sunday. The commission also reiterated its …
Read More »2023: Forget Run-off, Atiku Will Win At First Ballot – Atiku/Okowa Campaign Team Tells INEC
THE Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation has assured the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that it needs not bother about preparing for a run off in the 2023 Presidential election because the Presidential Candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, will win at the first ballot. This was contained …
Read More »INEC Reserves 93.5 million Ballot Papers For Presidential Run-off
LESS than 100 days to the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission has said that it will print 187 million ballot papers for the presidential poll scheduled for February 25, while half of these will be reserved for a possible run-off. The commission also classified the Bimodal Voters …
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