PUNCH Following the ongoing #EndSARS nationwide protests, the Independent National Electoral has announced the indefinite postponement of the bye-elections in the six senatorial districts and nine state constituencies. The commission said it would continue to monitor the situation and meet again in…
THIS DAY A boat carrying electoral materials and ad hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to riverine areas of Ilaje Local Government Area in the ongoing Ondo State governorship election has capsized. The wooden boat reportedly carrying…
THE NATION ELECTRONIC Voting Machine (EVM) will be used for future elections in the country beginning from next year, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has indicated. But, the forthcoming governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states will run on…
PUNCH NEWSPAPER An Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Friday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission not to remove the All Progressives Congress and its governorship candidate, David Lyon, from the ballot, to enable him to participate in the…
LEGIT NEWS Few days to the governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) does not seem to be happy over recent developments emerging from the courts. The electoral umpire says it is faced with the…
THIS DAY IG deploys 32,000 Police officers. The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and the Inspector General of Police, Mr Adamu Mohammed, yesterday met with political stakeholders in Bayelsa ahead of the November 16…
PUNCH NEWSPAPER The Independent National Electoral Commission says it will carry out an assessment of the implementation of electoral activities to ensure the successful conduct of the Bayelsa State governorship election. INEC said it would examine the preparations in each…
PUNCH NEWS The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Wednesday that it had borrowed about 2,500 smart card readers from its office in Rivers State to support the conduct of the governorship election in Bayelsa State. The Resident Electoral…
THIS DAY A meeting between the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and stakeholders in Bayelsa State towards ensuring a free, fair and credible governorship election scheduled for November 16 ended in chaos Wednesday. The meeting was held in Yenagoa and…
VANGUARD The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will begin the distribution of 219,935 uncollected Personal Voter Cards (PVCs) in Bayelsa and Kogi on Sept. 2 preparatory to governorship elections in the states. The commission announced this in a…