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INEC begins verification of status of political parties
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has begun its constitutional responsibility of conducting the verification of the status of political parties in the country. The Director Election and Party Monitoring, Hajiya Hawa Habibu, made this known when she led INEC’s Election and Party Monitoring Team on a visit to the…
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INEC promotes 55 directors, 5,141 staff members
The Independent National Electoral Commission has promoted 5,196 members of its staff nationwide. The figure breakdown was contained in a bulletin made available to journalists on Thursday, December 28 by the commission. It indicated that “55 Deputy Directors on Grade Level 16 were promoted to the rank of Directors on…
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INEC votes N3bn to fight electoral cases
The Independent National Electoral Commission has budgeted over N3bn to defend the results of the February 25 presidential and national assembly election and the March 18 governorship and state assembly polls. The PUNCH reports that several candidates who lost in the elections have filed petitions at the presidential and state…
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Peter Obi officially petitions Presidential Election Tribunal
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi has formally submitted a petition challenging the process leading to the outcome of the Presidential Election held on February 28, 2023. The Independent National Electoral Commission had announced Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of the election after which it…
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‘N300 Billon That Could’ve Fixed Schools And Hospital Spent On A Sham Of An Election’ – Simi
Simisola Ogunleye-Kosoko, better known as Simi has condemned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the huge sum of money spent in the just concluded general elections. Simi stated that the budget of 300 billion naira could have been used to fix schools and hospitals. Speaking via Twitter on Monday,…
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Court orders INEC to paste, transmit Saturday’s poll results electronically
Court orders INEC to paste, transmit Saturday’s poll results electronically A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to electronically transmit the Saturday’s governorship and house of assembly’s election results in accordance with its regulations and guidelines. Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a judgment, also…
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Drug Allegation: INEC Denies Investigating Tinubu
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has a disclaimed a statement indicating that the electoral umpire is investigating the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu. INEC National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye was quoted as saying that the commission is in talks with…
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2023: Lawan out, Shekarau, Akpabio in as INEC publishes final list of NASS candidates
Senate President Ahmad Lawan may have finally lost out in his bid to return to the red chamber following the omission of his name from the final list of candidates for next year’s Presidential and National Assembly Elections.
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2023: Court orders INEC to name Akpabio as APC senatorial candidate
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept and publish Godswill Akpabio’s name as the candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) for the 2023 Akwa Ibom North/West Senatorial District election.
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Lagos, Kano, Delta lead as INEC registers 11 million voters between June, July
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says over 11 million new applicants have completed their voter registration.