The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of planning to recruit fake staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to manipulate the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) during the September 21 governorship election. PDP State Chairman, Dr. Anthony Aziegbemi, alleged that the party’s intelligence…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that Nigeria’s registered voter population exceeds that of the 14 other countries in the West African subregion combined by over 10 million. INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu highlighted the immense scale of Nigeria’s electoral process, noting that organizing a general election in Nigeria is comparable to conducting…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reaffirmed its commitment to conducting a transparent and unbiased governorship election in Edo State on September 21. Sam Olumekun, INEC Commissioner for Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), made this declaration at a media engagement in Benin, emphasizing the commission’s readiness to deliver a credible electoral process. INEC…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 2,629,025 voters will participate in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State. This was revealed by INEC’s Supervising National Commissioner for Edo, Delta, and Cross River States, Prof. Rhoda Gumus, during the presentation of voter registers to political parties in Benin. Gumus emphasized the need for a…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to hold state governors, their deputies and others to account over cases of electoral violence, bribery, vote-buying, and conspiracy during the 2023 general elections. According to a statement issued by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, on…
Scores of Itsekiri in Delta State, on Monday, took to the streets of Warri to demand fairness and equity ahead of the planned delimitation of Wards across Warri South, Warri North and Warri South-West local government areas. Armed with placards with varying inscriptions such as “INEC must obey the Nigerian constitution,” and “INEC must dismantle…
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, said it was the ‘establishment of criminality’ that made the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, servers not work during the last presidential election. Obi, who insisted that the people must one day make it to work, explained that Amazon testified there were no glitches…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, on Saturday, published the forms and particulars of political parties’ candidates submitted for the Edo State governorship election holding on September 21. The particulars were displayed at the INEC office in Aduwawa in Benin, the state capital, and in all its 18 local government offices in the state. The state…
Nigeria’s Electoral body The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 19 political parties will take part in the November 16 governorship election in Ondo State. Ondo State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the commission, Mrs Oluwatoyin Babalola, said this during a meeting with representatives of political parties in Akure on Friday. She said that the…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), its governorship candidate in Imo State, Senator Samuel Anyanwu and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), at the Imo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, have traded blames over alleged withholding of vital documents relating to the November 11, 2023 governorship election in the state. The PDP and…
