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INEC Insist There Are No Party Registration Applications on its Table

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INEC Insist There Are No Party Registration Applications on its Table

The independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated that no group has applied for registration as a political party. The electoral umpire insists that associations seeking to be registered as political parties must follow laid-down guidelines and abide by the legal and administrative requirements for registration. Admitting that over 100 associations are in the queue,…

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INEC Calls For Enactment of Laws Banning Carriage of Huge Cash To Polling Units

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INEC Calls For Enactment of Laws Banning Carriage of Huge Cash To Polling Units

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called on the National Assembly to enact stricter laws prohibiting politicians from possessing large sums of money within polling areas in order to curb vote-buying and other electoral malpractices during elections. This is also as the Chairman of the House Committee on Electoral Matters, Hon. Adebayo Balogun announced…

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Legislation and Legislature, News

We Have No Witness, INEC Tells Edo Election Tribunal As It Closes Defence

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We Have No Witness, INEC Tells Edo Election Tribunal As It Closes Defence

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Thursday, said it would not call any witness to defend the outcome of the governorship election it conducted in Edo State on September 21, 2024. The electoral body, through its team of lawyers led by a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Kanu Agabi,…

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Rivers Crisis: Pro-Wike Legislators Clamour Replacement Of Pro-Fubara Legislators

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Rivers Crisis: Pro-Wike Legislators Clamour Replacement Of Pro-Fubara Legislators

The Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly has written to the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct a bye-election to fill vacant positions in the state legislature. The move followed the resolution at plenary on Tuesday, as members agreed to write the electoral body to fill the vacant positions. The political battle in the…

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Politics

EdoDecides2024: INEC To Commence Collation Of Results 10 am

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EdoDecides2024: INEC To Commence Collation Of Results 10 am

The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced that the collation of results from the Edo State governorship election held on Saturday will commence at 10 am today. This was disclosed in a statement issued early Sunday by the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Edo State, Dr Anugbum Omuoha. The REC assured the public that the collation…

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Voting and Elections

Desist From Validating Any “Illegal” National Convention – NLC Warns INEC, LP

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Desist From Validating Any “Illegal” National Convention – NLC Warns INEC, LP

As the crisis in the Labour Party continues to fester, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the National Legal Adviser of the Labour Party to desist from validating the “illegal Labour Party National Convention” scheduled for March 27, 2024. In separate letters dated March 22, 2024,…

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Politics

Rivers Crisis: State Elders Sue Tinubu, Fubara And INEC

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Rivers Crisis: State Elders Sue Tinubu, Fubara And INEC

The political crisis in Rivers State has taken a new dimension as six elders have sued President Bola Tinubu to the Federal High Court in Abuja, for allegedly compelling Governor Siminilayi Fubara to enter into an unconstitutional agreement. The plaintiffs, led by a member of the Rivers State House of Assembly representing Bonny State Constituency,…

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News

INEC Announces February Date For By-Elections Into NASS, HoA, Others

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INEC Announces February Date For By-Elections Into NASS, HoA, Others

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) gave the hint yesterday thatrerun and by-elections to fill existing vacancies in the National Assembly and Houses of Assembly will hold in the first week of February next year. INEC said only candidates that participated in the last general election will be involved in the rerun. For the by-elections,…

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Voting and Elections

SERAP Sues INEC For Failing To Prosecute Electoral Offenders

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SERAP Sues INEC For Failing To Prosecute Electoral Offenders

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for failing to arrest and prosecute suspected perpetrators of electoral offences in the recently concluded off-cycle governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states.” In the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1694/2023 filed last Friday at the Federal High Court in Abuja, SERAP sought:…

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Activists and Activism, Civil Society Organizations

Observers Extol INEC Over Kogi Poll

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Observers Extol INEC Over Kogi Poll

In Kogi State, the Independent Observer Mission has scored the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) high over the conduct of the November 11 governorship exercise. In its report made public on Monday , the observers described the election that produced Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as transparent, free and fair. In the…

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