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INEC Reacts To Suit Seeking Disqualification Of Tinubu, Obi

INEC Makes Announcement On CVR As Deadline Elapses

While reacting to the backlash against the extension of the date for Voter registrations, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has finally ruled out any possibilities of extending the Continuous Voter’s Registration (CVR) expected to end today.

Barr. Festus Okoye who is the INEC National Commissioner, Voter Education and Publicity,  made this known in a chat with journalists in Awka, Anambra State capital, on Saturday.

Read Also: Youth Group Pleads With INEC For Extension Of PVC Registration

According to him, the exercise, scheduled to end today, July 31, 2022, would not be extended. He said the electoral body had in …

Youth Group Pleads With INEC For Extension Of PVC Registration

Youth Group Pleads With INEC For Extension Of PVC Registration

In place of the July 31, 2022 deadline which had been anounced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the conclusion of the Continuous Voter Registration in the Country, a youth group who have been identified as the Khamis Darazo Movement have openly called for an extension of the session while reiterating that it is mobilizing 200,000 residents in Bauchi and Gombe State to register for their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs).

Leader of the Khamis Darazo Movement, Khamis Musa who had spoken to journalists shortly after a rally in Bauchi State, said hundreds of youths in the two states …

SERAP Sues INEC Over Failure To Prosecute Vote-Buyers

SERAP Sues INEC Over Failure To Prosecute Vote-Buyers

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to court for ‘failing to prosecute those suspected of vote-buying and electoral bribery’ in the governorship election in Ekiti State which was conducted on June 18.

In a statement yesterday which was made available to Africa Daily News, New York, SERAP cited reports that suggested there was a brazen pattern of vote-buying and electoral bribery at several polling units in the state, including bargaining prices for votes and payments made in uncompleted buildings.

Filing the suit last Friday at the Federal High Court in Abuja, …

Prison Term Slammed On Politicians Who Pick Two Forms - INEC

Prison Term Slammed On Politicians Who Pick Two Forms – INEC

While reacting to the controversies surrounding some Nigerian politicians who have opted for two forms while running with proxies, Mike Igini the Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Akwa Ibom State, has announced that these politicians who had contested for more than one elective office would be risking conviction for electoral offences for violation of the Electoral Act, 2022.

Igini had made this disclosure on Tuesday while featuring on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily.

Read Also: INEC Laments About Transportation Of Sensitive Materials For 2023

According to him: “A person who signs a nomination paper or …

2023 INEC Opens Up On Extending Deadline For Party Primaries

INEC Laments About Transportation Of Sensitive Materials For 2023

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has reiterated that it is currently being burdened with a huge logistics nightmare on its hands which comes in form of transporting sensitive materials for the 2023 election.

Festus Okoye who is the Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee had made this announcement on Monday while appearing on Channels TV.

He had also added that the logistics used for Osun and Ekiti governorship election will not be sustainable for the 2023 general elections.

Read Also: Group Lauds INEC For Free And Fair Elections In Osun State

Okoye states that the electoral commission, INEC will …

Youth Group Pleads With INEC For Extension Of PVC Registration

Group Lauds INEC For Free And Fair Elections In Osun State

The Stakeholders of the Patriotic Youth Alliance G40 has openly lauded the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for ensuring an electoral process that assures transparency, competence and unbiasedness with the just concluded gubernatorial election of Osun State.

The leadership of the group had also praised the security agencies for doing a wonderful job of ensuring eligible voters cast their votes in a free and conducive environment. The group said such action has reignited the lost confidence of the Osun people and Nigerians to actively participate in the coming 2023 general elections in the country.

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INEC Finally Fixes July 31 For Suspension Of CVR Nationwide

INEC Finally Fixes July 31 For Suspension Of CVR Nationwide

Fresh reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has revealed that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has finally fixed the 31st of July for the date for the suspension of the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise, ahead of the 2023 general elections.

The INEC National Commissioner, and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee Mr. Festus Okoye, made the announcement after an extraordinary meeting of the commission in Abuja on Friday.

Read Also: INEC Insists On Rejecting Akpabio, Lawan’s Senatorial Tickets

The decision according to him is to allow the commission to perform the legal …

INEC Insists On Rejecting Akpabio, Lawan's Senatorial Tickets

INEC Insists On Rejecting Akpabio, Lawan’s Senatorial Tickets

Their electoral woes are not yet over as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has openly announced that it can no longer take any decisive action as regards the senatorial seats for Akwa Ibom North West and Yobe North Senatorial Districts which is being contended for by the former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio and Senate President Ahmad Lawan respectively after they had used proxies to vie for the position.

The All Progressives Congress, APC party had submitted the name of Akpabio and Lawan to INEC as its candidates for the two senatorial districts. But reports by INEC …

2023 Elections ‘No One Can Buy Our Integrity’ — INEC REC

INEC CVR Session Captures Over 10 Million Nigerians In 1 Year

The ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has captured up 10,487,972 as of 7 a.m. today.

This analysis was contained in the quarter four, week 12 update which had been released in Abuja on Wednesday.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had also commenced a fresh voter registration session on June 28, 2021.

Read Also: What INEC Wants To Achieve In Osun Guber – Mahmood

INEC had made confirmations that 9,455,198 Nigerians have managed to complete their registration sessions. Of the figure, 3,314,169 registered online while 6,141,029 did physical registration.

In the …

2023 Elections ‘No One Can Buy Our Integrity’ — INEC Boasts

What INEC Wants To Achieve In Osun Guber – Mahmood

Professor Mahmood Yakubu who is the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),  has openly revealed that the electoral umpire has put out directives which would help the Osun State governorship election to be much better streamlined than the recently concluded Ekiti State governorship poll and the upcoming 2023 general elections too.

The INEC Chief had stated this on Monday while inspecting non-sensitive materials at the INEC office, Osogbo, alongside Osun State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Professor Abdulganiy Raji, with other officials of the commission. He also urged electoral officers of INEC to be proactive in their duties ahead of …

2023 Elections ‘No One Can Buy Our Integrity’ — INEC REC

Elections Cannot Be Rigged In Nigeria Anymore – INEC Chief

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) National Commissioner for the Osun State 2022 gubernatorial election, Professor Kunle Ajayi has made open revealations that with the introduction of the new Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), it will be very difficult to rig coming elections in Nigeria.

He made this revalation during an interview session with journalists on the sideline of the INEC pre-election preparation workshop in Osogbo.

Read Also: MURIC Alleges PVC Registration Ban On Muslims By INEC

While maintaining that the Ekiti 2022 gubernatorial election had become a standard for assessing elections in the country, Ajayi had also stated that …

CVR Online Registration Remains Suspended, INEC Clarifies

INEC Chairman Reveals Extension Of Voters’ Registration Process

As he caves in to the mounted pressures to extend the date for the Continuous Voter Registration exercise, Professor Mahmood Yakubu who is the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has made announcements that the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration which had been initially scheduled to come to an end on the 30th of June, 2022, has been adequately extended.

Professor Mahmood Yakubu made this announcement on Saturday.

Read Also: We Didn’t Extend Voters Registration Deadline, INEC Clarifies

The Federal High Court in Abuja had earlier stopped INEC from ending the ongoing voter registration exercise.

Professor Yakubu, during