Tag: Inec
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INEC Suspends Adamawa REC Indefinitely
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the Resident Electoral Commissioner for Adamawa State Hudi Yunusa Ari from office indefinitely. In a letter dated April 17 by the Secretary to the Commission, Rose Oriaran-Anthony INEC asked the REC to stay away from the Commission’s office in Yola till further notice. It asked the Administrative Secretary…
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JUST IN: INEC postpones gov election by one week
The Independent National Electoral Commission has postponed the governorship and state assembly elections scheduled to hold on March 11 by one week. The elections will now hold on March 18, 2023. Details later…
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INEC Deletes 2.7 Million For Double Registration
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday said it detected 2.7 million cases of double registration carried out during the last Continuous Voter Registration and that the affected persons have been deleted from the voter register. The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at a National Endowment for Democracy event in Washington DC in the…
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Electoral Offence: Police Declare Civil Servant Wanted in Osun
A member of staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC including an adhoc (Corps member) have been arrested for selling Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs in Ilesa, Osun State. The buyer, a civil servant who was alleged to have been working for the opposition party was said to be on the run at the press…
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Osun Guber: PVC Registration Closes End of March – REC
Residents of Osun State have till the end of March for registration of Permanent Voter Card (PVC) to enable them participate in the July 16 Governorship Election in the State. The State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Prof AbdulGaniyy Raji stated this on Sunday at a voter education programme organised by the Joint Muslim Action Forum,…
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Osun Guber: PVC Registration Closes End of March – REC
Residents of Osun State have till the end of March for registration of Permanent Voter Card (PVC) to enable them participate in the July 16 Governorship Election in the State. The State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Prof AbdulGaniyy Raji stated this on Sunday at a voter education programme organised by the Joint Muslim Action Forum,…
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Insecurity: INEC Vows To Conduct Anambra Governorship Election
In spite of security challenges in Anambra State, the Independent National Electrical Commission (INEC) has said, it will proceed with the November 6 governorship election in the State. INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, spoke on Tuesday at an emergency meeting of the inter-agency consultative committee on election security (ICCES) in Abuja. He said during the last…
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INEC Announces Date For 2022 Osun Governorship Election
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has announced that the 2022 governorship election in Osun State will take place on July 16, 2022. This announcement was made by the INEC secretary, Rose Oriarian-Anthony in timetable of the conducts of the election dated June 10, 2021. The timetable outlined the schedule of activities in the build…
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INEC Announces Date For 2022 Osun Governorship Election
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has announced that the 2022 governorship election in Osun State will take place on July 16, 2022. This announcement was made by the INEC secretary, Rose Oriarian-Anthony in timetable of the conducts of the election dated June 10, 2021. The timetable outlined the schedule of activities in the build…
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Use of Technology: A Panacea to Credible Elections
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mallam Mahmood Yakub has said the use of technology is a panacea to credible elections. Yakub noted that the introduction of electronic voting machines into Nigeria’s electoral process is another giant step in the Commission’s continuous effort to deepen electoral integrity in the country through the deployment of…