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The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu has moved the collation of election results to Monday, February 25, 2019, by 11:00 am. The presidential and national assembly elections held on Saturday, February 23, 2019. Election marred by violence Reports from several polling booths across the nation shows that violence was the […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given a go-ahead to political parties to resume their campaigns. INEC had earlier announced that there is no more room for campaigns after it postponed the general elections. The electoral body cited logistic challenges and bad weather as the reasons for moving the dates. INEC, in a statement […]
The U.S. Embassy in Nigeria encouraged Nigerians to support the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct free, fair, peaceful and credible elections. U.S. Embassy fully supports the joint statement by the heads of the ECOWAS and other international election observation missions on the postponement of the Feb.16 Nigerian elections. Voters queue to vote at Ejule […]
rofessor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says bad weather, sabotage, and a host of other factors caused the commission to postpone the elections. Earlier on Saturday, the INEC Chairman had announced the postponement of the elections by one week. Addressing a conference in Abuja on Saturday afternoon, he said the […]
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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has reacted to the postponement of the elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). INEC, in the early hours of Saturday, February 16, 2019, cited logistics as its reason for postponing the elections. According to a statement sent to Pulse, the PDP presidential […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the presidential, legislative and governorship elections after an emergency meeting. The presidential and national assembly elections will now hold on February 23, 2019 instead of February 16, 2019. Governorship elections earlier slated for March 2, 2019 will now hold on March 9, 2019. INEC says it arrived […]
You’ve voted, so what next? Presidential elections are tomorrow, February 16, where the whole of Nigeria decides who will be in power for the next 4 years. While that might be nerve-wracking for many, we still have to get through the elections. Rules, dos and don’ts have been put in place to ensure smooth running […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has replaced election materials lost in the fire that destroyed its office in Qua’an Pan local government area of Plateau State. The fire outbreak completely razed the commission’s office on Saturday, February 9, 2019, with several materials burnt, including 360 voting cubicles, 755 ballot boxes, 14 generators, election forms […]
This was disclosed by the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Asmau Maikudi, at a press briefing in Gusau on Wednesday. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will not consider any Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Zamfara, saying they do not have records. This was disclosed by the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr […]
Men dressed in military uniform attacked officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Benue State just days to the Presidential and National Assembly elections. While addressing the media on Thursday, February 14, 2019, the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Nentawe Yilwatda, said the attack on the commission’s vehicle happened late on Wednesday, February […]