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Hundreds of young Nigerians will gather in Abuja on Tuesday to discuss how to fix the country. Organisers say the ‘#FixingNigeria National Youth Conference’ will be a “platform for all Nigerian youth leaders to express their ideas, discuss and brain storm on short term and long term … Read...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained it will not create new polling units because it is too late to do so with the 2019 elections less than 10 months away. The commission’s chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, stated on Friday this while responding to a … Read more via...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the commission had no connection with the voters register used in the Kano local government elections in which underage voters allegedly participated. The chairman of the Commission, Mahmood Yakubu on Friday told journalists in Abuja...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has revealed how blind people will vote in the 2019 general elections. Chairman of the Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed that ballot papers in braille will be provided for blind people during the 2019 elections. Yakubu said this during...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Wednesday it has rejected 61 association seeking to be registrater as political parties. INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu stated this while presenting registration certificates to 21 political parties that were registered in December...

Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Wednesday released breakdown of registered Voters by Local government areas for the 18th November Governorship election. See photo:

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would on Thursday release the timetable for Ekiti and Osun gubernatorial elections coming up in 2018. The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in Abuja...

The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said Nigerian companies lack the capacities in printing ballot papers and other electoral materials. Prof. Yakubu stated this while responding to questions from members of the House of...

Former National Chairman of the PDP, Uche Secondus has stated that the Chairman of the Independent Electoral National Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu is running the agency into the ground. According to him, Yakubu does not have the "wherewithal" to lead INEC successfully. “Events...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) may consider shifting Saturday, September 10 Edo election. The Electoral umpire is meeting today with security agencies over their request for the postponement of Edo State governorship polls scheduled to hold on Saturday. Department of State...

The Independent National Electoral Commission said it has stopped over 100 officers, who are currently undergoing investigations for alleged corrupt practices, from taking part in the conduct of the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states. The commission said the action was taken in order...

The Independent National Election Commission, (INEC) yesterday dismissed criticisms that all elections conducted since the assumption of office by the present chairman had been inconclusive, saying the commission had so far concluded 139 elections. This was contained in a statement signed by...

Governor Ayodele Fayose has expressed worry over the spate of inconclusive elections in the country. “Democracy in Nigeria is being threatened by INEC and this should call for national and international reflection," he said, in reaction to the just concluded Imo senatorial election which was...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday in Abuja said it has received 32 applications from various associations for registration as political parties. The commission, in its daily bulletin, quoted INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosing this during the the second...

Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, has raised the alarm that Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari is fast becoming a “shame” while elections under his watch are ending up “inconclusive”. According to Fayose, the failed attempt by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to manipulate the...