The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of registered voters for the 2023 general election. In the list made available to political parties has the highest number of registered voters with 7,060,195, followed by Kano State with 5,921,370. The list showed that INEC registered 93, 469,008 voters for the general polls.
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…says the Commission is determined to ensure that registered voters have ample opportunity to collect their PVCs ahead of the election The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has extended the deadline for the ongoing collection of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) nationwide by one week. National Commissioner & Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye
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…INEC under Mamood Yakubu is a disappointment to Nigerians The Accord Party has blamed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the lingering leadership crisis rocking the party. National Deputy Chairman, Hon. Innocent Igbokwe who stated this in Awka in a press briefing shortly after meeting with party leaders, accused the electoral body of insisting
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The independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Anambra state has called for cooperation from the traditional rulers and President Generals in the state to ensure that they work towards successful conduct of the 2023 general election in the state. Speaking during a stakeholders meeting at the INEC state office, Awka yesterday, the Resident Electoral Commissioner
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…as voters blamed the ugly development on the electoral umpire and its staff Eligible voters in Anambra State have lamented increasing frustrations and hardships being experienced in the process of collecting their Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) at various locations across the state. The voters blamed the ugly development on the electoral umpire and its staff.
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…says Southeast can not get Biafra by killing their own brothers and sisters The Coordinator, Imo State Peace Movement, Comrade Chidubem Ogbenna has condemned killings, kidnappings, burning of property and violence in Southeast, especially in Imo State. Speaking to newsmen in Onitsha, Ogbenna condemned the killing of Actor Osita Iheme’s elder brother who is in
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…as INEC warns voters not to sell their cards, says it is a punishable electoral offense The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has lamented that politicians now purchase Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, to rig and mar the credibility of the exercise. This disclosure is coming as voters across the 774 local government areas across the
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…charges everybody to be involved in securing INEC election materials in various communities The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Anambra state on Wednesday announced relocation of six local government Collation Centres and Registration Area Centres over insecurity, poor/dilapidated structures and bad terrain. She also announced the commencement of the distribution and deployment of election
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…on December 1, 2022, the INEC office in Orlu LGA of Imo State was also attacked The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the Oru West Local Government Area, Imo State, was on Sunday attacked by suspected hoodlums. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, disclosed this
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The Daily Vendor learnt that the offenders; Nasiru Idris, was found in possession 101 PVCs and another was caught with 367 PVCs Police operatives have arrested two persons in possession of 468 Permanent Voter Cards(PVCs). This fact was contained in a press statement signed by the Independent National Electoral Commission’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information
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…the attack makes it the third attack on INEC facility in November 2022 The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State has been set ablaze by hoodlums. The hoodlums razed down the building in the early hours of Sunday. Chairman of the commission’s Information and Voter
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…charges registered voters across the state to go and collect their PVCs Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Anambra state has revealed that over 7,000 PVC of registered voters are yet to be collected from the Njikoja council headquarters in the state. Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. (Mrs) Queen Elizabeth Agwu made the disclosure during the
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…urges INEC to create polling units at IDPs’ camps and also engage its members as ad-hoc staff during elections Ahead the 2023 general elections, the Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has charged the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) to make adequate provisions for the over two million Internally Displaced Persons(IDPs) in the state. He made the
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…the interactive session will have the INEC Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye Ahead the 2023 General Elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) will next week Tuesday hold an interactive session with governors, security agents and some presidential candidates and other stakesholders. An interactive session, slated for Nicon Luxury, Abuja, will have the
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…calls on citizens to participate fully in all electoral activities The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that it will commence its bi-weekly media briefings on electoral activities followed by weekly updates. The INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu stated this in his message titled, ‘100 days to the 2023 general election’ on Wednesday. Yakubu explained that
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