More than eight million Nigerians have completed their online registration in the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise, according to new data released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Data released by INEC showed that a total of 8,003,196 registrations were recorded as of the ninth week of the exercise, covering October 13–19,…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented its findings on the 2023 general election. The commission stated that publishing the report is consistent with its previous four electoral cycles and commitment to transparency. This was announced in a statement by Sam Olumekun, the National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee….
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Oyo State has confirmed a fire incident at its Ibadan South East Local Government Area office. This was disclosed in a statement issued in Ibadan by the state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Adeniran Tella, and made available to newsmen. According to the statement, the fire incident happened…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has accredited his victory in the 2022 governorship election to the introduction of the bimodal voter accreditation system (BVAS) in the country. Adeleke, said if not for BVAS, his opponents would have found a way to rig him out like they did in the 2018 election. “That BVAS thing…
Gunmen on Friday morning attacked the residence of the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Lokoja, Kogi State, Hale Gabriel Longpet, burning several vehicles. According to a release from the Independent National Electoral Commission, the armed men engaged the security personnel in a gun battle for over 30 minutes until reinforcements arrived. SaharaReporters learnt that the…
The Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party have called for the cancellation of the Imo State governorship election held on Saturday. Samuel Anyanwu, the governorship candidate of the PDP, on Saturday night called for the cancellation of the election. He alleged that security agents assisted officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission and…
SUSPENSION OF ELECTION IN SOME LOCATIONS IN KOGI STATE The Commission has received reports from our officials in Kogi State on incidences of electoral malpractices, particularly the incident of result sheets completed before voting. Reports indicate that the incidents occurred in Adavi, Ajaokuta, Ogori/Magongo, Okehi and Okene Local Government Areas. The most serious incidents occurred…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it has received a report of forged election result sheets in Kogi State, adding that it is investigating the fake results in circulation in the state. A civil society organisation, YIAGA Africa, had raised the alarm over the discovery of election results from Polling Unit 004,…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Timipre Sylva and his running mate, Joshua Maciver, are conspicuously missing as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), released the amended final lists of candidates for the November 11 Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo governorship elections on Tuesday evening. The amended list which was uploaded on the commission’s website…
The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal has nullified the victory of the Senate Minority Leader, Simon Mwadkwon, in the February 25 Plateau North senatorial election. The Appeal Court also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct a fresh election within 90 days. The court gave the ruling on the…
