Henry Balogun's blog with latest news, insights, articles and opinions across politics, media, entertainment and more
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says a total of one million, nine hundred and thirty-two thousand, six hundred and fifty four, (1,932,654) registered voters are expected to take part in the November 11th Governorship election in Kogi State. Resident Electoral Commissioner in charge of Kogi State, Gabriel Longpet stated this at the presentation of […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday, alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) allocated votes to Gov. Abdullahi Sule of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the 2023 governorship election in Nasarawa state. In a statement by Alhaji Ibrahim Hamza, PDP spokesperson in the state, said INEC owed the citizens of Nasarawa clarifications […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said a total of 5,409,438 registered voters comprising 1,056-862 in Bayelsa State; 2,419,922 in Imo State; and 1,932,654 in Kogi State, will determine the outcome of the November 11 governorship elections in the three states. The National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee of INEC, Mr […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it plans to transmit results of the Nov.11 Bayelsa governorship election manually.The state INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Mr Obo Effanga, stated this in Yenagoa on Wednesday, during an interactive section with religious leaders and faith based organisations. Effanga said that INEC was ready to conduct free, fair […]
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the Edo governorship election will be held on September 21, 2024, while that of Ondo State will be held on November 16, 2024. The nation’s electoral body stated that the declaration is in pursuance of the provisions of Section 178 (2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will conduct a mock accreditation for the forthcoming governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi states from Saturday 14th October 2023. The test run will take place simultaneously in the three States, a statement by INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun revealed. The […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday said contrary to what some people may think, it has nothing to hide regarding the conduct of the 2023 General Elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu stated this at the Post Election Review of the 2023 General Elections with […]
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has fixed tomorrow for all parties to adopt their written addresses in the petitions filed by Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) against the declaration of President Bola Tinubu as winner of the February 25 presidential election. After the scheduled […]
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, said on Monday all sensitive and non-sensitive materials used for the last general election were printed in Nigeria. Yakubu stated this during the commission’s quarterly consultative meeting with the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on the ongoing review of the 2023 general election in Abuja. He said: […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has recognised the Youth Party (YP) as a registered political party, bringing the total number of registered parties in the country to 19. The commission, in a statement issued by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, in Abuja on Thursday, said the recognition […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the Labour Party (LP) has no ground to call for the sack of its Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, over the outcome of the 2023 general election.The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi stated this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has filed a six-count charge against the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) deployed for Adamawa State, Barr. Hudu Yunusa Ari. The case was filed at the Adamawa State High Court sitting in Yola, over his unprofessional conduct in the recently concluded Governorship election in the state. The Chairman, Information […]
The Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC) has filed a six-count charge against Barr. Hudu Yunusa Ari, suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Adamawa State. National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee of INEC, Festus Okoye, who disclosed this on Thursday, said the charges were filed before a High Court sitting in […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has closed its defence in the petition filed by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). That this is after only presenting one witness and submitting relevant documents. Abubakar Mahmoud (SAN), the lawyer representing INEC, announced the closure of the case […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will “soon” take action on the case of suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa-Ari. INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye, who made this known in a TV interview Thursday after revealing that the police have concluded investigations on the matter. Okoye also said the […]
Buba Galadima, a chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), has called on President Bola Tinubu to sack Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He spoke in an interview on Channels TV’s Political Paradigm. Galadima accused the INEC boss of subverting the will of Nigerians during the last presidential election. […]
The police in Ebonyi have reportedly killed three of the suspected killers of a member of staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and rescued his kidnapped wife. The victim, Mr Emmanuel Igwe, an Assistant Electoral Officer (AEO) of INEC, was on Sunday, June 18, killed by suspected kidnappers operating along the Ishiagu/Mpu road […]
A digital forensic expert subpoenaed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in Abuja, has alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) wiped off the results of the February 25 presidential election from the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines used for the poll. The PDP and its […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will begin post-election review of the 2023 general election in July. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee. The statement was issued after the commission’s regular meeting on Thursday in Abuja. Okoye said […]
There was an altercation between the Labour Party and INEC at the Presidential Election Petitions Court on Wednesday following claims made by Peter Obi’s lead counsel Livy Uzoukwu that the INEC chairman was dodging the service of subpoena issued by the court for him to produce certain documents This happened after Obi and his Labour […]
