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Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)

October 18, 2023

‘Go to Court’: INEC slammed with 1,000 pre-election lawsuits, official says

INEC says it faced over 1,000 pre-election litigation in the build-up to the 2023 general election.

Mahmood Yakubu and others (Credit: Channels)
October 17, 2023

INEC advised to learn from Liberia’s election

Mr Balogun said INEC needed to change the format of its ballot papers to include photographs and names of candidates.

Liberia's ballot paper
October 16, 2023

Court fixes October 23 to rule on certificate forgery suit against SDP deputy guber candidate in Kogi

The government charged him with perjury, false declaration, use of false documents as genuine, and possession of a forged record.

FEDERAL HIGH COURT
October 14, 2023

Security challenges our primary concern in Kogi guber poll: INEC

Mr Yakubu said the commission was working with the security agencies to provide a secure environment for peaceful and credible elections.

Mahmood Yakubu
October 13, 2023

Kogi 2023: INEC to conduct mock accreditation Saturday

Mr Yakubu said the total number of registered voters in Kogi for the election is 1,932,654.

Mahmood Yakubu
October 12, 2023

Procured jankara judgment’ won’t affect my chances of winning Bayelsa guber poll: Sylva

“Don’t be dismayed about the ruling; just be prepared to come out en masse on November 11 to cast your vote for our party, the APC,” he said.

Former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva
October 11, 2023

Bayo Olupohunda: Atiku’s hypocritical attack on Tinubu’s Muslim-Muslim ticket

Atiku decries APC’s Muslim-Muslim ticket but sees nothing wrong in violating his party’s zoning that would have ensured a rotational presidency.

Atiku and Tinubu
October 10, 2023

Guber Polls: 5.4 million people expected to vote in Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi, says INEC

Of the figure, 1.05 million voters are in Bayelsa, 2.4 million are in Imo, and two million are in Kogi.

Voters waiting on queue at Obafemi Owode, Ogun State
October 10, 2023

RECALL: Documents show Jonathan govt filed, withdrew criminal charges against Bola Tinubu for submitting fake academic claims to INEC in 1999

As the president braces a steep political price, Nigerians have asked how he managed to ride a well-documented pattern of constitutional violations to the nation’s highest office.