Some ad-hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Edo state have seized some election materials due to lack of payment of their stipend. The workers who were…
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Just in: I’m disappointed in INEC – Obaseki
Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has expressed disappointment over the conduct of the ongoing governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission in the state. Obaseki while speaking with…
Full List of Candidates and Parties Contesting Edo 2020 Governorship Election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is set to the conduct the 2020 governorship election in Edo State on Saturday, 19th September 2020. The electoral umpire has already commenced the distribution of…
Appeal Court reverses INEC’s deregistration of 22 parties
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reversed deregistration of 22 political parties by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The parties were among the 74 political parties de-registered in…
INEC threatens to suspend governorship elections in Edo and Ondo if…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has threatened to suspend the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo if the violence allegedly ongoing in the states continues. INEC’s Spokesperson, Festus Okoye who issued…
INEC launches portal for polling unit results; How to access it
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has introduced a dedicated public election result viewing portal, known as “The INEC Result Viewing (IReV)”. The commission said IRev would enable Nigerians to…
Conflicting court orders can disrupt conduct of elections in Edo – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed worry over the conflicting court orders issued as a result of internal crisis rocking some political parties across the country. INEC’s national commissioner…
You have 10 days left for Edo primaries, no extension – INEC tells political parties
The political parties interested in the Edo state governorship election have been told by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that they have 10 days to conduct their primary election. Mahmood…
We won’t declare any winner if Edo, Ondo governorship elections are disrupted – INEC
The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, has declared that no winner will be announced in Edo and Ondo states if the governorship elections set to take…
Breaking: INEC wins as Court declares deregistration of 74 political parties valid
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has declared that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has the power to deregister political parties which failed to comply with the provisions…
INEC set to begin e-voting, says voters to use face masks during Edo, Ondo elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) will be used for future elections in the country beginning from 2021, however, the forthcoming governorship elections in Edo…
INEC Gives update on the fire outbreak at its Headquarters in Abuja
The Independent National Electoral Commission has released an update on the fire that broke out at its headquarters, saying that the incident would not affect the administrative or technical operations of the…
Breaking: Abuja INEC Office Engulfed By Fire
The headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Abuja was on Friday morning gutted by fire. It was gathered that the fire started from the media centre of…
Coronavirus: INEC postpones Beyelsa, Imo senatorial bye-elections
Following increase in the spread of Coronavirus, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has shifted the senatorial bye-elections for Bayelsa, Imo and Plateau states. The Commission had received notification for…
Just in: INEC announces dates for Guber party primaries in Edo, Ondo
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced dates for the conduct of governorship primaries by political parties in Edo and Ondo States. INEC’s Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, at a…
INEC mocks restraining order against de-registering parties
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has mocked 31 de-registered political parties that got a court injunction which restrained the commission from de-registering them. Justice Anwuli Chikere who issued the…
Just In: Court bars INEC From Deregistering 31 Political Parties
Justice Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court, Abuja has barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from deregistering 31 political parties. Justice Chikere, in her ruling, said having failed…
Nigeria not ripe for Diaspora, electronic voting — INEC, Senate
The Nigerian Senate has said that Nigeria is not yet ripe to enable the necessary legislation that would enable Nigerians who are resident abroad to participate in future general elections…
INEC Results go missing from Commission’s Archive
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) revealed on Thursday that results and data for the 1999 and 2003 general elections were missing from the Commission’s archive. This was disclosed by…
Confusion in Bayelsa: PDP falls short of constitutional requirement, INEC meets
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is meeting today after receiving on Thursday night the enrolled order of the Supreme Court judgment on the Bayelsa State governorship election. The judgment…
