Ogun INEC office set ablaze by hoodlums
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Ogun INEC office set ablaze by suspected hoodlums

…the Ogun INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner says level of damage is being assessed The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, office in Ogun State has been set ablaze by suspected hoodlums. The Daily Vendor learnt that the incident happened in the early hours of Thursday. It was gathered that the arsonists, numbering about eight reportedly scaled

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2023: Queen Elizabeth resumes as new Anambra REC
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2023: Queen Elizabeth resumes as new Anambra REC

…Queen Elizabeth had already assumed duties at the commission’s Headquarters, Awka – INEC A new Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been appointed in Anambra state in the person of Dr Queen Elizabeth Agwu. The Head of Department, Voter Education and Publicity, Mr George Edeani, in a release, said Agwu

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2023: INEC faces 600 cases over nomination of candidates
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2023: INEC faces 600 cases over nomination of candidates

…appeals to the Judiciary to be neutral along with INEC The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has revealed that the commission is currently facing 600 court cases that arose over the nomination of candidates for the 2023 general elections. Yakubu pointed out the situation became worrisome when a political

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2023 Census: NPC partners INEC, NOA, ASATU, others
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2023 Census: NPC partners INEC, NOA, ASATU, others

…urge community leaders to join hands with NPC to ensure proper documentation Stakeholders in Anambra State have called for active participation in the 2023 Population and Housing Census to ensure accurate data were generated for policy making, planning and other developmental drives. They said active participation in the exercise would also help in addressing political

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INEC seeks stronger media synergy, assures successful 2023 poll
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INEC seeks stronger media synergy, assures successful 2023 poll

…says the media has a critical role to play both in Nigeria’s democracy project and in the country’s election The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in Anambra State has canvassed for stronger partnership with the media aimed at delivering a  transparent and successful result in the 2023 general election in the country. The State INEC

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2023: RECs' absence cog in wheel of electoral process - CSOs
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2023: RECs’ absence cog in wheel of electoral process – CSOs

…say there is need to fill the void created by the absence of RECs in various States of the Federation Civil Society Organizations under the aegis of National Coalition on Improved Service Delivery (NACOISED) have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to as a matter of urgency, appoint the recently cleared  Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) nominees.  The

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INEC releases gov election timetable for Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi
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INEC releases gov election timetable for Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi

…Timetable and Schedule of Activities has also been uploaded to the Commission’s website The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has released timetable and schedule of activities for Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi state governorship elections. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, INEC, Festus Okoye disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. INEC

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CIPPON wants FG to order INEC, UBEC to stop patronizing foreign printers
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CIPPON wants FG to order INEC, UBEC to stop patronizing foreign printers

‘FG should come up with a deliberate policy that would make its big spenders like the INEC and UBEC to be part of the solution to local paper production’ The Chartered Institute of Professional Printers of Nigeria(CIPPON) has pleaded with the Federal Government to introduce policies that would make it compulsory for the Universal Basic

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2023 General Elections: Group calls for removal of INEC chairman
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2023 General Elections: Group calls for removal of INEC chairman

‘The group also demanded the arrest and prosecution of the INEC chairman’ A Northern group, Arewa Citizens’ Watch for Good Governance, has called for the removal of the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, ahead of the 2023 general elections in the country. The group said they would petition

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2023 General Elections: INEC discovers 2.7m cases of double registration
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2023 General Elections: INEC discovers 2.7m cases of double registration

‘Affected persons have been deleted, says INEC’ The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has discovered 2.7 million cases of double registration carried out during the recently concluded Continuous Voter Registration. The commission said that the affected persons have been deleted from the voter register. This was disclosed by the INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu,

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2023 Elections: Senate confirms 19 INEC RECs
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2023 Elections: Senate confirms 19 INEC RECs

‘Sen. Gaya said the senate committee found no merit in the petitions against 4 nominees bordering on alleged membership of APC’ The Senate has confirmed the nomination of nineteen Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). It also confirmed on Wednesday, the nomination of Muhammad Sabo Lamido as Executive Commissioner, Finance

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2023 General Elections will not be rigged, Ex Oyo INEC REC insists
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2023 General Elections will not be rigged, Ex Oyo INEC REC insists

‘Politicians will be surprised that there will be no manipulations prior, during and after the elections’ The immediate past Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Oyo State, Mutiu Agboke, has said that no one will sit at the corner to write the results of the forthcoming general elections. Agboke

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2023: Court recognizes Obaseki PDP faction
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2023: Court recognizes Obaseki PDP faction

‘Based on past decisions by the Supreme and Court of Appeal, the state chapter of a political party was not empowered by law to conduct party primaries’ A Federal High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State, yesterday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise and publish the names of candidates produced by

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2023 Elections: Again INEC reassures Nigerians of credible polls
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2023 Elections: Again INEC reassures Nigerians of credible polls

…Says, the BVAS and INEC Result Viewing Portal IreV will be deployed for the conduct of the 2023 general election The  chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has assured of his firm commitment to delivering a free, fair and credible election, saying his ultimate goal is electoral justice which would allow

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2023 Elections: INEC promises improved polls 
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2023 Elections: INEC promises improved polls 

Ahead the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has maintained that there would be an improvement in the conduct of the elections. This was disclosed by INEC’s National Commissioner in Charge of Planning, Monitoring and Strategic Planning Committee (PMSC), Prof Rhoda Gumus, during a two-day workshop on Election Monitoring and Support Centre

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