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 …

Ad hoc staff recruited by the Independent National Electoral Commission  (INEC) for the 1 November governorship election in Ondo State have accused the commission of failing to pay their allowances, 22 days after the poll. The workers, numbering over 17,000, expressed frustration over the delayed payments despite promises made by INEC to disburse their allowances shortly after the election. One …

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 …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has presented certificates of return to Ondo State Governor-elect, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, and his deputy, Adelami Olayide. The certificates were handed over in Abuja on Wednesday by the Supervisory National Commissioner for Ondo State, Prof. Kunle Ajayi. This comes four days after INEC declared Aiyedatiwa the winner of the governorship election held on Saturday. Representing the …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved the promotion of 1,731 staff members who excelled in the 2024 promotion examinations. The commission’s Director, Voter Education and Publicity, Adenike Tadese disclosed this in a bulletin on Tuesday. Among those promoted are 59 Deputy Directors elevated to the rank of Director, 168 Assistant Directors promoted to Deputy Director, and 167 Chiefs …

Five days after the 21 September governorship election in Edo State, renowned columnist Ikechukwu Amaechi, in a piece titled, If I Were Asue Ighodalo, stated: “The Edo election has confirmed what every discerning Nigerian knows: the Mahmood Yakubu-led Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is a fraud with no moral fibre to conduct free, fair, and credible elections. If I were …

Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, who represents Ogun West district,  has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to consider alternative means of identification to prevent voter disenfranchisement. Adeola, who is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, said that accepting multiple forms of identification cards for voting would make the electoral process more inclusive and transparent. He praised …