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The Inspector-General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, and National Commissioners of INEC have been teargassed in Kogi State read more

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reacted to the suspension of Mr. Omoyele Sowore as the substantive National Chairman of the African Action Congress (AAC) by the party saying he is the chairman they recognise. INEC’s statement is coming days after a certain Mazi Okwy...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it was satisfied by the academic documents submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari while running for office. Mr Buhari’s early school certificate was one of the major grounds of a petition filed against his victory by Atiku Abubakar...

Since the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Rt Hon Emeka Ihedioha the winner of the governorship election in Imo State, there has been a lot of statement from different quarters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), that Governor Rochas Okorocha and his allies were...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has resumed collation of results for the governorship poll in Rivers state. On March 10, INEC had suspended all electoral processes in the state as a result of violence and widespread disruption of collation of results. The commission later...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted the election in 44 polling units. The commission announced the votes the two leading parties scored in the exercise and a summation by TheCable showed that Ahmadu Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 10,480 votes...

An Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has deferred its judgement in a suit challenging the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to continue with the collation of results in Bauchi State, after an initial suspension of the results. The court had entertained a …...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has listed the only condition under which it will issue a certificate of return to Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo state. At a press conference in Abuja, Festus Okoye, chairman of INEC information and voter education committee, said the...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled the rerun in Rivers state for April 13. Festus Okoye, INEC commissioner for information and voter education, announced this at a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday. Okoye added that the announcement of results will be done on...

At least, 47 of the over 70 political parties that contested the 2019 governorship election in Imo State have announced intention to drag Emeka Ihedioha, to the election petitions tribunal. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Ihedioha of the opposition Peoples...

Amidst rowdiness, the Senate on Wednesday passed resolutions to check the roles of the military in the 2019 elections and “inconsistent application of electoral laws” by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The deliberations leading to the adoption of four resolutions supporting...

A group known as the Committee of Elders of Kano has just been formed to meet and find a resolution to the impasse which ensued after last Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Kano state. It would be recalled that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared the Kano...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared incumbent governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, as winner of the governorship polls. Mr El-Rufai defeated his closest rival with a margin of 231, 259 votes. Elections were held in the 23 local governments of the state on...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday started the announcement of the results of governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections held in the country on Saturday. The results released so far revealed some surprises and upsets across the country. … Read more via...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed the result released by Uba Danzainab, a senior special assistant on social media to the state’s governor, Abdullahi Ganduje. A statement signed by INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kano, Riskuwa Arabu-Shehu, said the...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) commenced final distribution of sensitive and non-sensitive voting materials on Friday. As of Friday night, almost all registration area centres (RACs) had received or were about to receive voting materials, PREMIUM TIMES and Centre for...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State has been gutted by fire, a day to a crucial governorship and house of assembly elections in the state. The cause of the fire remains unknown for now. A security … Read more...

Adams Oshiomhole is a terrible electoral umpire and has no moral pedigree to call for the resignation of the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), a minister has said. The Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, stated this at his home in Ibadan on Monday while …...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has adopted fresh strategies to check vote buying during the forthcoming general elections. The commission also insists that it would not collate and transmit the results of the elections electronically, saying it does not have a...