This is coming after INEC formally announced the date for the governorship election in Osun State. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mutiu Agboke who made this known during a meeting with Electoral Officers, EOs, in Osogbo revealed that the CVR is scheduled to commence on August 18, 2025 for the first phase and august 25, 2025 […]
This is a major step in their efforts to unseat the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The coalition also announced some of the interim leaders and members of the party. The former Senate President, David Mark, has been installed as national chairman, while the former Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, was made the national secretary.Ex-Minister […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced that it will conduct by-elections across affected constituencies on Saturday, August 16, 2025. The elections are being organised to fill vacant seats in the National and State Assemblies, which have arisen due to resignations, deaths, or court annulments. The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this during the consultative […]
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party and officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission are currently engaged in a closed-door meeting in Abuja as preparations ramp up for the party’s upcoming National Executive Committee meeting. They both went into the closed-door meeting immediately after having a press meeting at the INEC headquarters. Though details […]
The court bailiff, Ayuba Sule, who served the Form 48 at the INEC headquarters in Abuja, following a ruling by Justice Obiora Egwuatu on June 17. The Form 48 is a notice outlining the consequences of disobeying a valid court order and the first step in contempt and committal proceedings. The court had earlier directed […]
This was made known in a statement on the website of the commission and signed by its secretary, A. C. Ogakwu. He stated that the Commission based its action on the provisions of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as Amended) and the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended). The newly registered parties […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission,INEC, has declared that the petition seeking the recall of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has failed to meet the constitutional threshold required for such a process. The electoral body made this announcement on its official X handle in statement signed by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam […]
The Senate has rejected a motion seeking to rename the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, headquarters after the former chairman of the defunct National Electoral Commission (NEC) who oversaw the June 12, 1993, presidential election, late Humphrey Nwosu.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has confirmed that it has received the contact addresses, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses of representatives of those who submitted the petition for the recall of Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. This was made known in a statement by the electoral body’s National Commissioner and Chairman of the […]
Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has faulted the petition by the Kogi Central Senatorial District seeking to recall the suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, saying the petition lacks a definite Identity and location.