Next Election: Edo Governorship Elections-21st September 2024
Further to the Press Statement issued on Monday, 14th August, 2017 on the above, the petitioners through their representatives who presented the petition have written to the Commission to withdraw same. Accordingly, the Commission will take no further action on the matter, the petition having been withdrawn. Prince Ad []...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that seven Political Parties would field candidates for this Saturday’s Dukku State Constituency bye-election in Gombe. According to a statement signed by the Acting Secretary to the Commission, John Irem, the Contesting parties are: the Action Alliance []...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has inaugurated a 20-member Inter-Agency Technical Committee to evaluate requirements for the successful deployment of indigenously developed e-voting solution offered by the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI). The agency had in Ju []...
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has sworn-in nine (9) additional Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs), bringing the total number of serving RECs to 23. At the Swearing-in ceremony held at the INEC Headquarters in Abuja, Professor Yakubu reiterated the Co []...
1.A few weeks ago, I had the honour to swear-in fourteen Resident Electoral Commissioners. Today, nine (9) more Commissioners have just been sworn-in, bringing the total to twenty-three (23). Out of the 9 Commissioners, five (5) have been reappointed for a second and final term while the remaining four (4) are new app []...
In order to ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations guiding the operations of Political Parties, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has organized a two-day capacity building workshop for Legal Advisers, Treasurers and Orga []...
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Yakubu Mahmood, has assured that preparations for the successful conduct of the Anambra governorship election scheduled for November 18, 2017 are on course. The INEC Chairman gave the assurance during a 2-day workshop organized for National Lega []...