The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as described as misleading the claim that about seven million Nigerians who applied for online pre-registration as voters during the last nationwide Continuous Voter Registration were denied the opportunity to complete their registration, and consequently not able to collect their Permanent Voters Cards. On Sunday, a group of 24 Nigerians dragged INEC to court …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been dragged to court by 24 Nigerians whose claim is hinged on alleged failure of the commission to grant them and millions of other citizens enough time to complete their voter registration online. According to a statement on Sunday by the Deputy Director, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Kolade Oludare, the plaintiffs …

The supposedly Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has ended the registration of (new) voters despite the fact that there were hundreds and thousands of would-be or intending voters trooping into and milling around voter registration centres or points all over the country. We saw pictures of agitated Nigerians struggling to get registered. Many slept at the registration centres. Others got …

The Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) will now end on 31 July, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced. The commission’s spokesperson, Barrister Festus Okoye said on Friday in a statement that the decision was in compliance with the court ruling affirming that “INEC is at liberty to appoint a date of its choice to suspend the CVR, provided it …

Nigerian youths appear ready to make their impact felt in deciding the country’s elected leaders this time. Usually considered apolitical with social media rather than the poll being their tool to elect leaders, figures from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) show that youths account for 63.9 percent of the total record of new registrations. If their efforts are turned …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday said it had registered 133,935 additional eligible voters in the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in Lagos State as at April 18. INEC’s Public Affairs Officer in the state, Mrs Adenike Oriowo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the figure covered the first week of the fourth quarter of the exercise. …