Tag: INEC

Elections might be rigged with technology, INEC boss warns

The Independent National Electoral Cmmission INEC says it is worried that elections across the African sub-region might be open to rigging through advancements in counter technologies. Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, the…

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Underage voting: ‘We will share outcome of investigation with Nigerians’- INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC says it would make public the outcome of the investigation into the alleged under age voting by some Nigerians during the local government election…

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2019 Elections: INEC’s current sequence stands – Chairman

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC Professor Mahmood Yakubu said it prepared the 2019 general election timetable under extant laws and that nothing has changed about it.…

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Kano underage voters: Prosecute INEC officials found culpable – Lawyer

Following the alleged voting by minors in the last local government elections held in Kao state recently, a legal practitioner Mba Ukweni, SAN, has called for the prosecution of any…

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2019: Prison inmates to get voting rights

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC says it is intensifying efforts to give Nigerian prison inmates voting rights in the 2019 general elections.   INEC Secretary in Kebbi State, Alhaji…

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INEC seeks to go fully electronic in conducting 2019 polls

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC says it plans to deploy e-collation and transmission of the Ekiti and Osun states governorship elections later in the year, and for the 2019…

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INEC to parties: Stop the illegal campaigns

The next general elections in Nigeria will be held in 2019, but most political parties have started to flaunt their likely aspirants for the various elective positions. This action has…

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INEC defends number of political parties in Nigeria

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has defended the number of political parties in Nigeria saying it would offer Nigerians more choices and also help more voters to find political…

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Nigerians; Are you entitled to a CVR?

The 2019 election is here and the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC is urging Nigerians who have not collected their Permanent Voter Cards PVC’s to do so ASAP.   Permanent…

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