A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, restrained INEC from releasing the national voter register to the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWSIEC) for the conduct of local government elections. Justice Peter Lifu, in a ruling on an ex-parte motion brought by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), also stopped KWSIEC and the state’s Attorney … Read more
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 Local Government Joint Account, State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC), among others. The stakeholders including political … Read more
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 a statement issued by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, on … Read more
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 region, which targeted several government facilities, including INEC. Fortunately, no lives were lost in the … Read more
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 place on November 16, 2024. Seventeen political parties fielded candidates, but notably, no female candidates … Read more
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 the outcome failed to meet the expectations of Nigerians and the international community as … Read more
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has extended the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in Edo and Ondo earlier scheduled to end on June 6 to June 9. Mr Sam Olumekun, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Olumekun added that the daily … Read more
THE attention of the Edo State Government has been drawn to deliberate attempts by the state’s Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to stir violence and cause crises in the state in a desperate move to halt the ongoing Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The State Government strongly … Read more
THE headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Benin, the Edo State capital, has been submerged by flood following a torrential rainfall in the state. Reports said that the incident occurred on Friday, May 24, 2024. Confirming the incident, the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, … Read more
STAKEHOLDERS in the electoral process have tasked the Federal Government to unbundle the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to make it more efficient, ahead of the 2027 General Election. The stakeholders said this in a communique issued on Sunday at the end of the National Multi-Stakeholders Forum on Electoral Reform Priorities, under the auspices of … Read more