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Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday struck out an application filed by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, seeking to strike out the petition of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, will commence defence of President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in the 2019 presidential election today, Monday. INEC will open its defence in the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its presidential candidate, Atiku...

Ahead of today’s resumption of the collation of the results of the governorship election in Rivers State, interested parties have expressed divergent views over the neutrality of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. 
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced the date for supplementary governorship election in Adamawa State The commission has fixed March 28 for the supplementary governorship election following the nod from the court for it to conduct a supplementary election in...

This was made known in a statement issued to newsmen on Friday by the state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Obo Effanga. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has sacked four collation officers in Rivers state over alleged bias. This was made known Read more via Pulse...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has released the final list of governorship candidates ahead of the general election. In the list released on Thursday, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has no candidate for both Rivers and Zamfara states. The list was signed by INEC...

Paul Arkwright, British High Commissioner to Nigeria, has said that the United Kingdom will continue to support the anti-corruption crusade in Nigeria as is being spearheaded by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). “We are pleased to see how the EFCC operates, and we … Read...

A group, the Nigerian Democratic Alliance, on Monday, expressed worry over what it described as “personalised attacks” on the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmud Yakubu, as well as alleged persistent call for his removal ahead of the general elections by...

Ahead of the forth-coming general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in Anambra State, has commenced the assessment of all the political parties claiming presence in the state. This was coming just as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) state Chairman, Chief...

The process to recall the senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye, suffered a setback at the weekend as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2rdBf7k Get More Nigeria Political News

Voters in Osun State have called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to extend the ongoing continuous Voters Registration (CVR) in the state. The Osun state government had declared Monday work-free day to allow all formal and informal workers to participate in the exercise...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued strong warning to aspirants mainly from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of illegal campaigns. Addressing stakeholders at a meeting held weekend in Yola, the Resident Electoral Commissioner...

A Federal High Court on Friday vacated its consent judgment declaring Dr. Obiora Okonkwo winner of the Anambra Central Senatorial District. Justice John Tsoho, who vacated his December 13, 2017 judgment at the instance of an application by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...

As 2019 beckons, Nigerians can now check and verify their Voter's card online through the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, portal. You can check your voter status by entering your details in the form on this page. To check follow: 1. http://voterreg.inecnigeria.org/ 2 Fill...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed that the Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, engaged in double registration during the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise in his state, effectively violating the Electoral Act. The commission stated this in a...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has recorded another major feat on 19th November, when it announced the final results of the Anambra State Governorship and Idemili North State constituency elections barely 24 hours after the exercise. A statement on the INEC website...

The ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) took an early lead in the Anambra gubernatorial election held yesterday. Early results show incumbent Governor Willie Obiano and his APGA clinching victory in most of the polling units which results have been announced since voting closed...

The officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in some local governments have expressed dissatisfaction over the failure of the electronic card reader given to them for the Anambra gubernatorial election. Reports have it that the INEC officials in those local governments...

Mild drama on Friday as senior official of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said plans have been put in place for officials to "sleep with" corps members on the eve of the Anambra gubernatorial election. While addressing civil society at a dialogue in Abuja, the Resident...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would on Thursday release the timetable for Ekiti and Osun gubernatorial elections coming up in 2018. The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in Abuja...