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The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to allow the use of Temporary Voter Cards in the forthcoming governorship and state houses of assembly elections which has been slated for March 18. Two aggrieved Nigerians had filed a suit seeking the use of the Temporary Voter Card in […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday presented Certificates of Return to senators-elect. The Chairman of INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, presented the certificates to the winners of the just concluded senatorial elections held on February 25 at the National Collation Centre. In the list of senatorial seats for the 10th Assembly, the ruling All Progressives Congress has fifty-seven […]
The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, urged the Court of Appeal in Abuja to order the Independent National Electoral Commission to grant him access to sensitive materials it used for the presidential election. Tinubu, through his lawyer, Mr Akintola Makinde, said he would need to inspect, scan and make photocopies of some of the electoral […]
Information Technology Experts have raised concern over the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to approach the Court of Appeal in Abuja, for an order varying the permission the court had previously granted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) to inspect materials used by the commission in the conduct of […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission has removed the name of the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ado Doguwa, from the list of elected House of Representatives members. It will be recalled that INEC had earlier announced Doguwa, a member of the All Progressives Congress, as the winner of the February 25 election in […]
The leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) made good their threat on Monday when they stormed the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to protest against the outcome of the February 25 presidential election won by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The electoral body had declared Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of APC […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission has urged the Presidential Election Petition Court to vary the orders that were granted to the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi respectively, to inspect materials used for the last presidential election. Recall that the appellate court had on March 3, granted […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission has given assurance that its result-viewing portal that suffered glitches during the presidential and National Assembly elections is now up and running. It said the IReV portal would be deployed during the governorship and House of Assembly elections on Saturday. The Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, […]
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Nigeria have implored the country’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to adhere to its renewed pledge to use the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) next Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections. The position of the CSOs followed the assurance by the nation’s electoral body to Nigerians yesterday that it would […]
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr Iyorchia Ayu and the PDP vice presidential candidate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa will lead other stalwarts and members of the party in a protest at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja on Monday against the outcome of the presidential election. INEC declared […]
