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Constitutional Amendment Will Guarantee LG Autonomy – Stakeholders

SOME stakeholders in public administration have advocated constitutional amendment to guarantee political and financial autonomy of the Local Government Councils in the country. They specifically called for a constitutional amendment to address salient issues with regards to the State and…

Hold State Governors Responsible for 2023 Election Violence, Court Orders INEC

THE Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to hold state governors, their deputies and others to account over cases of electoral violence, bribery, vote-buying, and conspiracy during the 2023 general elections.‏ According to…

INEC Did Not Rejected Labour Party’s Convention

OUR attention has been drawn to a reply by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to some meddlesome Interlopers, who are not members of the Labour Party, seeking for the Certify True Copy of our national convention, wherein INEC stated…

INEC Accredits 134 Observer Groups For Edo, Ondo Elections

  THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has accredited 134 observer groups for Edo and Ondo governorship elections. The commission disclosed this in a statement by Mr Sam Olumekun, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, in…

INEC Confirms Edo PDP Guber Candidate, Asue Ighodalo’s Voter Registration Status

THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed that Edo PDP governorship candidate, Asue Ighodalo, is a duly registered voter with a valid Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC). This confirmation was made by INEC during a court proceeding at the Federal…

Group Seeks Full BVAS Implementation in Edo, Ondo Elections

THE Concerned Kogi Citizens Forum has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure full implementation of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) in the off-cycle Edo and Ondo elections. The group’s convener, Isaiah Ijele, who made the…

Angry Youths Burn INEC Office In Benue Amid Protests Against Bandit Attacks

THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Sankara, the headquarters of Ukum Local Government Area, Benue State, has been destroyed by some youths of the community. The incident occurred on Wednesday during protests against escalating bandit attacks in the…

Ondo Poll: INEC Publishes Candidates’ Final List, Fixes June 19 For Campaigns

THE Independent National Electoral Commission released the final list of candidates for the Ondo State governorship poll on Thursday. The agency also fixed June 19, as the date for the commencement of public campaigns for the election scheduled to take…

Democracy Day: LP Task NASS To Probe INEC Over N400bn, 2023 Expenditure

1993, 2023 share similar fate on annulment THE 10th National Assembly has been urged to urgently commence the probe of the role played by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC in the 2023 general election. It should also look into…

Why We Postponed Enugu State Constituency Rerun Election – INEC

THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says that the rescheduled rerun election for the Enugu South 1 State Constituency was postponed due to security reason. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Dr Chukwuemeka Chukwu, told the News Agency…