The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate Atiku Abubakar withdrew their application to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to allow their agents to participate in sorting out ballot papers that were used for the presidential election held on February 25. PDP and Atiku are challenging the electoral umpire’s declaration of the candidate […]
Mr. Femi Falana, a human rights lawyer, yesterday claimed that members of the political elite had demonstrated via their recent actions that they were unwilling to permit democracy to endure in the nation. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), also added that those arrested for various election malpractices and manipulation of results in the last […]
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, has apologized for delays experienced in certain polling units across the country. The Chairman, in a briefing at the central collation center in the capital, Abuja, after widespread reports of late arrival of voting materials and electoral officers in some states. Mahmood said some delays […]
Members of the Commonwealth observer Mission to Nigeria, led by Thabo Mbeki, former President of South Africa, have visited the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) five days before the commencement of the general elections in the country. The Commonwealth Observer Mission is one of the many foreign observer groups that will monitor […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday released a list of 1,500,000 Party Agents registered by 18 Political Parties in 176, 974 Polling Units for the 2023 general elections slated for February 25 and March 11, respectively. The statistics of agents from the major parties show Obi’s LP (Obi) has 134,874 Agents, ADC (Obi) […]
The National Universities Commission, NUC, the regulatory agency for universities in Nigeria has ordered the closure of universities across the country ahead of the 2023 General Elections. In a letter addressed to vice-chancellors of all universities and directors of inter-university centres, the NUC noted that the directive was based on the directive of the Minister […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reacted to its verified Twitter account liking a post relating to a presidential candidate.
The Independent National Electoral Commission will deploy 707,384 presiding officers for the general elections scheduled to commence on February 25 whilst also calling for the introduction of electoral education into the National Values Curriculum of primary schools considering it importance. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, stated […]
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