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The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday withdrew its motion seeking an order of the Federal High Court in Abuja allowing it to serve the recall petition on Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye. According to PUNCH, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba struck out the motion after INEC’s lawyer, Mr...

Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose, his deputy, Prof. Kolapo Olusola, and some All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirants risk jail term for allegedly campaigning ahead of the time stipulated by law for the 2018 election. The new Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof. AbdulGaniy...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the application by Senator Dino Melaye challenging moves by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to effect his recall. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba on Monday held that all the complaints made by Melaye lack merit and deserve to be dismissed...

Anambra state government has declared today as work free day for public servants in the state to enable those not yet captured in the ongoing civic voter registration exercise (CVR) by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to visit their various wards and register. A statement...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it had received a petition for the recall of Mr Abubakar Kuki, a member of Kano State House of Assembly. Mr Adedeji Soyebi, National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee of the commission, made this known...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it has ordered the removal of the names of 190 non-Nigerians from the country’s Voter Register as part of measures to clean up the register. The commission disclosed this in a statement issued by its Director of Voter Education and...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will begin the recall of Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West) today. The INEC timetable shows that Melaye’s recall will run from July 10th to August 19th. The notice, released July 3, 2017, reads: “In exercise of the powers conferred on the...

Senator Dino Melaye has denied being sent a notice of ongoing recall process by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. READ: INEC Formally Notifies Senator Melaye Of Constituency's Decision To Recall Him In an interview with LEADERSHIP, Melaye denied that INEC has reached out...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has formally received the 188,588 signatures out of the 360,098 registered voters in Kogi West representing 52.3% percent required for the recall of Senator Dino Melaye. Vanguard reported that six bags contained the signatures of the...

The Department of Political Party Registration of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is set to forward names of five associations to management for registration. Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, yesterday confirmed that the process will soon be...

Nigerian Senate on Tuesday began the screening of 27 Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari for confirmation. Leader of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, presented the president’s request for approval of the nominees at plenary in Abuja. After the...

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday, announced immediate-past Senate Leader, Ali Ndume's replacement as chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) committee. In his place, Saraki announced the chairman of the Senate committee on Labour, Senator Suleiman Nazif from...

The Independent National Electoral Commission has commenced the continuous voter registration exercise across the country. The Chairman of the commission, Prof. Yakubu Mahmud, said at a ceremony to mark the commencement of the exercise in Karu, Abuja that the exercise would afford eligible...

Two hundred and five members of staff at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have been suspended and placed on half salary. The suspension was announced on Tuesday in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. The decision follows a meeting which considers the report of the...

Prof Mahmud Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, on Tuesday accused political parties of fielding persons with questionable characters for elections. Speaking at a stakeholders meeting, Yakubu “If a candidate that emerges from party primaries is changed, how...

The Nigerian Senate on Thursday acknowledged that it had received a letter containing the names of nominees for confirmation as resident electoral commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. READ: Buhari Sends 28 Names To Senate For Confirmation as REC See copy of the...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) today disclosed that the number of political associations seeking registration as political parties ahead of the 2019 general elections is currently 86. The chairman of the commission, Mahmood Yakubu, made this known during the...

A staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission conducting the legislative election on Saturday in Etche local government area of Rivers State has been kidnapped. A correspondent covering the election on Saturday reported about a female INEC staff crying while alerting the state...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has fixed a date for the Anambra Governorship election. INEC announced that the election will hold on 18th November, 2017 as approved by the Commission.

The Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed Saturday for the conclusion of outstanding 2015 elections in Rivers. The commission’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Mr. Aniedi Ikoiwak, in a statement on Tuesday said the exercise would hold at Etche and Omuma Local...