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Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)

February 12, 2022

INEC upgrades election results portal

INEC said the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) has been migrated from www.inecelectionresults.com to www.inecelectionresults.ng.

Mahmood Yakub
February 11, 2022

Form parties to challenge old politicians, INEC tells young Nigerians, women

“The old politicians will never quit and give you the opportunity, so you have to grab the opportunity.”

Prof. Yakub Mahmood
February 2, 2022

Senate stamps APC card-carrying member Rhoda Gumus as INEC commissioner

Senators, including the Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege and James Manager, spoke highly of the competence and credibility of the president’s nominees.

Ahmad Lawan
January 31, 2022

INEC asked to ban politicians from wooing voters with rice, other items

The TMG says money used by politicians for campaigns are proceeds of laundering and taxpayers’ money.

January 28, 2022

FCT Elections: INEC assures disabled persons of priority voting rights

“Special queues will also be maintained on the election day to give priority to the persons with disabilities to cast their ballots with dignity and privacy.”

Disabled person voting in Nigeria used to illustrate the story
January 23, 2022

2023: Group lobbies Senate to confirm 7 INEC commissioners

On December 14, 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari wrote to the Senate, seeking the confirmation of the nominees.

Senate President Ahmed Lawan/INEC Chair Mahmoud Yakub
January 22, 2022

INEC asks Nigerians to disregard Tinubu’s “fake news” on PVCs

“The general public should therefore disregard the fake news making the rounds that the PVCs issued in 2011 need revalidation.”

INEC Chair Mahmood Yakub and APC Chieftain Bola Tinubu
January 20, 2022

South-South trump other regions in INEC’s fresh online voter registration exercise

South-South has 1,276,201 applicants, South-West 1,078,232, North-Central 864,873, North-West 832,402, and the North-East and South-East have 670,874 and 304,595 respectively.

Mahmood Yakubu and sample PVC
January 19, 2022

Tinubu lies to Nigerians, claims their PVCs have expired

“To me, I look at it closely other elections being held; you see that it’s diminishing because those cards is (sic) expired.”

President Bola Tinubu
January 15, 2022

INEC announces date for by-elections in four states

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed February 26 for the conduct of by-elections in six constituencies across four states.

INEC Photo (Credit: Punch Newspapers)