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Samson Abanni, Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has adjourned sitting at the collation center to Monday, February 27, 2023, by 11am. Announcing the state result for the presidential election at the International Conference Centre, Abuja on Sunday, the Ekiti state Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Ayobami Salami, turned in the state’s … [Read more…]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday formally opened the 2023 presidential election collation centre at the International Conference Centre in Abuja. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu opened the centre and set certain ground rules for the collation of results. “The collation centre is hereby declared open until the final announcement of the results of … [Read more…]

The collation of the Presidential and National Assembly results will commence on Sunday, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has announced. Yakubu made this announcement while addressing a press briefing on the voting process nationwide on Saturday. The INEC Chairman said the Bi-modal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) worked perfectly … [Read more…]

An election monitoring group, the Centre for Democracy and Development, CDD, on Saturday released its preliminary reports, identifying late commencement of polls, glitches in the functionality of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines among other operational deficiencies that characterised the Presidential and National Assembly elections . The Chairperson of CDD’s Election Analysis Centre, Prof. … [Read more…]

The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to extend voting time in areas and polling units were glitches led to late commencement of balloting. The NBA, which is the umbrella body of legal practitioners in the country, said its request to INEC was based on reports from over 1000 … [Read more…]

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has shifted the conduct of senatorial election in Enugu East following the death of the Labour Party LP candidate The election would now hold alongside the governorship polls on March 11, 2023. The development followed the death of Labour Party (LP) candidate in the Enugu East senatorial race, Barr. … [Read more…]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has taken possession of a “substantial part” of the cash it requested of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) amid the naira scarcity. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, confirmed receipt of the funds on Thursday during a press conference in Abuja on the commission’s activities two … [Read more…]

After weeks of preparation, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has cleared 87,209,007 voters out of the 93.5 million it registered to vote in tomorrow’s Presidential and National Assembly election and the March 11 governorship and state Assembly polls. The 87.2 million voters were the number of people who collected their Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, … [Read more…]