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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC today announced the dates for the upcoming governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States. Professor Mahmood Yakub, Chairman, INEC said at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja that the Edo governorship election will hold on September 19...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu as the “worst electoral umpire in the political history” of Nigeria. The party declared this position on Saturday in a statement … Read more via P.M. News...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned of impending violence ahead of the Kogi and Bayelsa states governorship elections. INEC’s Chairman, Prof … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2r1d3bz Get More Nigeria Political News

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) appears not bothered by scathing indictment trailing its conduct of the last general elections. Chairman of the nation’s electoral umpire, Professor Mahmood Yakubu on Wednesday described the Commission under his leadership as the most...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has promised automatic employment to corps members who performed exceptionally well as ad hoc staff during the 2019 General Elections. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the promise on Monday in Abuja at the presentation of kits...

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has said steps were already being taken to reform the country’s electoral process ahead of the 2023 polls..... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News – http://bit.ly/2FauSt8...

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has reacted to the claim by Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State that he (Yakubu) was colluding with the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to deny him his Certificate of Return...

Seventy-five of the 91 registered political parties in Nigeria have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law. They said that President Buhari’s speedy assent to the bill will save the country from the avoidable crises that characterised the...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the presentation of certificates of return to candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara state. The electoral commission disclosed this in a tweet on Tuesday. INEC said it has been served with a judgement from...

Former deputy national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank has revealed another midnight meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chief of Army Staff, and the...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the House of Assembly Election for the Nasarawa/Binyeri State Constituency of Adamawa. Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Mr Kashim Gaidam, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Thursday, in...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says it has effectively tackled all challenges of logistics experienced during the presidential and National Assembly elections. Chairman of INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, made this known at a meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will not issue certificates of return to any candidate declared winner of an election under duress. Prof Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, made this known during a meeting with the inter-agency consultative committee on election...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is locked in a meeting to review last Saturday presidential and National Assembly polls, The Nation reports. The meeting which is coming hours after the elections is between the INEC management team and the Resident … Read more via...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared President Muhammadu Buhari, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the 2019 presidential election, held on Saturday Feb. 23. Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman Mahmood Yakubu...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has condemned the killing of one of its ad hoc staff, identified as Mrs Ibiseki Amakri, in Rivers State. While speaking during a briefing in Abuja on Sunday, February 24, 2019, INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said she was killed …...

According to INEC chairman, Professor Yakubu Mahmoud, in a press briefing on Sunday has informed Nigerians to disregard results circulating on social media. He said that, only INEC had the right to declare results. Professor Yakubu also informed the media that voting is still on in some areas...

Prof Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has said that any underaged person trying to get accredited will be instantly arrested. The electoral boss said this on Friday, while addressing stakeholders in Abuja, on it’s readiness to conduct...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday released the final breakdown of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) collected before Saturday’s presidential election. A total of 72.8 million PVCs have been collected across the country as at February 11, with Lagos and Kano leading...

Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says there is no reason “whatsoever” to resign. The chairman said this at a press briefing on Thursday in Abuja, stating that he has been doing his best in his service … Read more via Naijaloaded | Nigeria’s...