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Edo guber: INEC warns media houses over campaign jingles

Edo guber: INEC warns media houses over campaign jingles

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Edo, on Monday threatened to drag media houses airing campaign jingles of aspirants before the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and other media regulatory bodies. The State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Anugbum Onuoha, gave the warning at a press conference in Benin. Onuoha said the warning became necessary in...

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By-election: PDP wins state assembly seat in Sokoto

By-election: PDP wins state assembly seat in Sokoto

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, winner of the Bodinga North state constituency in Sokoto State, in the rerun election. The returning officer of the Court-ordered rerun election, Professor Farouk Tambuwal, announced Magaji Abubakar of the PDP as the winner of the election with...

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INEC to conduct fresh elections for 16 polling units in Jos North

INEC to conduct fresh elections for 16 polling units in Jos North

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will hold a fresh election in 16 polling units within Jos North and Bassa Federal Constituency this morning, Sunday, February 4. Oliver Adungu in a statement he issued in the early hours of Sunday, said the the commission discovered that ballot papers for 16 polling units in the Jos...

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By-election: PDP’s Kallamu wins Mayo-Belwa constituency in Adamawa

By-election: PDP’s Kallamu wins Mayo-Belwa constituency in Adamawa

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mahmoud Kallamu, as the winner of the just concluded House of Assembly by-election in Mayo-Belwa constituency of Adamawa state. Announcing the by-election results, INEC said Kallamu scored 1,306 votes to defeat the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Ibrahim Italiya...

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nigeria decides: CODE alleges plot to compromise election results

nigeria decides: CODE alleges plot to compromise election results

An election observer group, Connected Development, CODE, has alleged plan by those it referred to as electoral criminals to rig the election by compromising the results. The alarm was raised on Sunday in Abuja at a world press conference addressed by the Chief Executive Officer of CODE, Hamzat Lawal, who claimed he got the information...

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460,643 uncollected PVCs in 11 years – INEC

460,643 uncollected PVCs in 11 years – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission has disclosed that a total of 460,643 Permanent Voter Cards were uncollected in 11 years in the Federal Capital Territory. The latest document from the Commission office in FCT made available to our correspondent, on Saturday, revealed that uncollected old PVCs from 2011-2019 were 230,007 while that of 2021-2022 was...

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2023 election: INEC raises concern over unclaimed PVCs in Anambra

2023 election: INEC raises concern over unclaimed PVCs in Anambra

The Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Anambra State, Queen Agwu, has said about 132,623 Permanent Voter Cards are yet to be claimed in the 21 local government areas of the state. Agwu stated this on Wednesday at the INEC headquarters in Awka, Anambra State, while raising concern about the situation....

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inec explains reasons Why they were harvesting Voter Identification Numbers from PVCs

inec explains reasons Why they were harvesting Voter Identification Numbers from PVCs

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has explained its decision to harvest Voter Identification Numbers VIN from Permanent Voter Cards PVCs of Nigerians registered several years ago but are yet to collected their PVCs. INEC National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education Committee, Barr. Festus Okoye, in a statement on Wednesday, said the...

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Ways to check your name on INEC voter register

Ways to check your name on INEC voter register

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is preparing to conduct general elections in 2023. While INEC has pledged to do everything within its reach for registered voters not to be disenfranchised, the populace has the responsibility of doing their part to get ready for electoral participation. Read also iNEC Publishes Names Of Presidential, VP Candidates...

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2023: INEC REVEALS UNCOMPLETED  CVR BY  Many registrants left are diasporans, says INEC

2023: INEC REVEALS UNCOMPLETED CVR BY Many registrants left are diasporans, says INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission has revealed why some of the seven million eligible voters could not complete the Continuous Voter Registration. INEC recently disclosed that out of 10,487,972 Nigerians who carried out their pre-registration online, only 3,444,378 completed the process at a physical centre. INEC’s National Electoral Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Festus...