A 12-member delegation from Benin Republic’s Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA) has visited the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on a study tour. The delegation, led by CENA President, Sacca Lafia, included national commissioners, directors, and senior staff. They were received on Monday by Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, alongside other commission members at INEC headquarters in Abuja. The visit, according …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has refuted reports circulating on social media about the alleged death of its Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. The reports, which surfaced on Monday, 9 December, 2024, claimed that Yakubu died in a London hospital. However, in a statement on Saturday, the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, appealed to the public to …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced plans to seek an amendment to the Electoral Act 2022 to clarify issues surrounding result management, particularly the manual transfer and electronic transmission of election results. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this during a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in Abuja yesterday. He said that the proposal is one of …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has proposed sweeping reforms to improve the country’s electoral system, following lessons learnt from the 2023 general elections and subsequent off-cycle polls. Among the reforms being proposed are diaspora voting and phasing out of the use of Permanent Voter Card (PVC) during elections. The INEC Chairman, Prof, Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed these on Thursday in …

Two months after, more knocks came for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over alleged wide spread rigging and institutional manipulation of the governorship election in Edo State As a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday evening, the Chancellor of the Athena Centre, Mr. Osita Chidoka revealed that his organisation’s finding about the exercise, taking the electoral umpire …

Only 900 people will be picked from the list of more than 15,000 who applied for recruitment into the Oyo state civil service, an official said on Friday in Ibadan. The Oyo State Civil Service Commission chairman, Kamoru Aderibigbe, told journalists that the ongoing recruitment process would see the applicants sitting for a computer-based test between Monday and Thursday. “The …

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old man, Bukola Olabode, who allegedly defrauded Point of Sale operators (PoS) and residents of Ihunbo in the Ipokia Local Government Area while impersonating a police officer. According to PUNCH Metro on Thursday, residents apprehended the suspect on Tuesday, and subsequently handed over to officers of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence …

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says Nigerians will have to pay for the new multipurpose national identity card due to limited government revenue. The Head of Card Management Services at NIMC, Dr Peter Iwegbu, said this at a two-day roundtable organised for journalists in Lagos. He said on Friday that the payment was to ensure that it was produced …

Chairman of the committee set up to recover vehicles belonging to the Edo State Government, Kelly Okungbowa, has declared that over 200 vehicles are currently missing. Okungbowa disclosed that within 24 hours of the committee’s existence, it had recovered three vehicles in a private residence. The committee chairman, who spoke to journalists on Friday on the success of his committee …

A Bauchi State resident, Muhammad Ibrahim, has cancelled his wedding ceremony after medical tests revealed he is not genetically compatible with his fiancée, Fatima Abdulqadir. In a Facebook post shared on 21 November 2024, Ibrahim announced the decision to call off the wedding, which was scheduled for 29 November 2024. He explained that both he and his fiancée were AS …