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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the conduct of the Osun and Ekiti polls gives it confidence that the 2023...

Significant improvements have been recorded in the conduct of elections. Voting populations have become larger and more diverse in terms of their voting needs and expectations,” he said. The voter population, number of polling units, election personnel, security considerations, logistics and so on are enormous,” he said.

The Independent National Electoral Commission has stated its resolve to go after those who sponsor electoral offenders in the country.

The person who snatches the ballot papers at the polling units, the person who falsifies election results, and the person who buys votes at the polling units is unlikely to be a candidate in the elections. We will work with the security agencies to also discourage, apprehend and prosecute vote buyers at the polling units. It is against the laws of this country.

Deployment of technology in the conduct of elections has exposed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)

This gives us confidence that working on the same principles, the general election will also be successfully delivered,” he said. The introduction of technology has made election and the electoral process more transparent. We are fully aware of the reality that good elections have resulted in even greater expectations on the commission to do better,” he said. This gives us confidence that working on the same principles, the general election will also be successfully delivered.” The voter population, number of polling units, election personnel, security considerations, logistics and so on are enormous. “Conducting a general election will be an entirely different experience but the principles remain the same.

The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), Mahmood Yakubu and an INEC National Commissioner, Muhammed Haruna at the commission's retreat ...

“The BVAS and “It is our collective responsibility as citizens to end vote buying. “The truth is that in the last one decade or so, the conduct of elections in particular and the management of the electoral process in general have become more complex. He recalled that in the aftermath of the 2019 general elections, INEC had series of engagements with officials of the commission and election observers, security agencies and all other stakeholders across the board. Describing elections as a multi -stakeholders’ responsibilities, he said that as far as INEC roles and responsibilities were concerned, the commission had made a lot of progress in terms of preparations. Yakubu made this remark in Lagos at the opening ceremony of INEC Retreat to review recent Ekiti and Osun off-cycle governorship elections and lessons learnt for improved performance in the 2023 general elections.

Chuks Okocha in Abuja. The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, yesterday, said though managing the ...

Only the votes cast by Nigerians will determine, who win elections and this is our commitment to the nation,” Yakubu said. The voter population, number of polling units, election personnel, security considerations, logistics and so on are enormous. I want to assure and reassure Nigerians that the commission will stand for electoral justice.

Yakubu, who spoke in Lagos yesterdayduringa retreat for an overview of the Ekiti and Osun off-cycle governorship elections: lessons for the 2023generalelection, ...

“Similarly, the opening of Polling Units (PUs) and the commencement of polls was impressive, a fact also reported by many election observation groups. Yakubu, who spoke in Lagos yesterdayduringa retreat for an overview of the Ekiti and Osun off-cycle governorship elections: lessons for the 2023generalelection, saidthe challenges the Commission faced and overcame in both elections would provide useful lessons for the 2023 election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Mahmood Yakubu, has said the Commission has learnt some lessons from the Ekiti and Osun governorship elections.

Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and Governor-elect Ademola Adeleke have disagreed over a report by an international observer, YIAGA Africa that ...

“The issue is that there are some units, which did not synchronise on the server of INEC. The figures of accredited voters were sent to the server, but there were some units which did not synchronise on the server because two or more BVAS were used. But from the report we got from the field, in many of the polling units, BVAS was not used appropriately. An analysis of the number of registered voters and the permanent voter cards (PVCs) collected by polling units showed some inconsistencies in the data. But we did not rely mainly on the report we got from our poling agents. Eighty-seven results were not processed on the ERAD, due to some issues.

Chairman of the commission, Mahmood Yakubu, stated this, yesterday, in Lagos at the retreat on the Ekiti and Osun off-cycle governorship elections, where he ...

This gives us confidence that working on the same principles, the general election will also be successfully delivered,” he said. The introduction of technology has made election and the electoral process more transparent. We are fully aware of the reality that good elections have resulted in even greater expectations on the commission to do better,” he said. This gives us confidence that working on the same principles, the general election will also be successfully delivered.” The voter population, number of polling units, election personnel, security considerations, logistics and so on are enormous. “Conducting a general election will be an entirely different experience but the principles remain the same.

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to replicate same level of credibility used in its ...

He said that INEC could develop a means of distributing the cards to people’s houses, stressing that the readiness of Nigerians’ participation in the forthcoming election was high and INEC should not be a stumbling block to it. “INEC recorded high credibility in their recent elections and I want them to employ same method to 2023 elections because there is improvement in the system,” he said. According to him, in the upcoming general elections in 2023, there are a lot of hope of higher credibility expected from the electoral body by the electorate.

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to replicate same level of credibility used in its ...

“INEC recorded high credibility in their recent elections and I want them to employ same method to 2023 elections because there is improvement in the system,” he said. Udekwe said INEC should maintain higher degree of fairness, credibility and fairness as done during the isolated elections in Osun, Ekiti and Anambra, to ensure that people’s wishes counted in 2023 elections. The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to replicate same level of credibility used in its previous elections in Osun, Anambra and Ekiti during the 2023 general elections.

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu has said the Commission is mapping out measures to check vote ...

So, as long as we don’t get the sponsors, the shenanigans of vote buying are going to continue and the best antidote for it is the Electoral Offences Commission and Tribunal.” “The voter population, number of polling units, election personnel, security considerations, logistics are enormous. There are responsibilities that are entirely that of the commission. The Electoral Act has placed on the Commission a responsibility it hardly has the capacity to successfully implement. Once we protect the integrity of the process at the polling unit level, our election is as good as any credible election. All these are measures to make sure we protect the process.

INEC had refused to recognise Mr Akpabio as a candidate because the commission did not monitor the APC primary which he claimed he won.

Good journalism costs a lot of money. By contributing to PREMIUM TIMES, you are helping to sustain a journalism of relevance and ensuring it remains free and available to all. Nigeria’s electoral law empowers INEC to monitor political party primaries.

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept and publish Godswill Akpabio's name as the ...

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in the suit filed before Nwite, the APC and Akpabio are 1st and 2nd plaintiffs respectively while INEC is the sole defendant. NAN reports that INEC had recently cautioned the APC against its choice of candidate for the Akwa Ibom North-west Senatorial seat. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment, held that INEC’s refusal to accept and publish Akpabio’s name was in contradiction with the law, having received the name from the APC as its valid candidate

As the preparations for the 2023 general elections garner momentum, the former minister of aviation, Osita Chidoka, has called on the Independent National.

If people think their vote will not count, then we would not have this number of people registering for the elections”. I am making that call again because there is a need for INEC to have a third-party validation of their technological process”, he said. Nigerians were saying they would come out and vote; people increasingly believed that the system is free and fair and has integrity.

The Independent National Election Commission has made it clear that it is determined to pursue individuals who support electoral fraud in the nation. This |

[Investigations3 months ago](https://www.ripplesnigeria.com/feature-ogun-residents-waste-collectors-trade-blames-as-refuse-litter-environment/) [Investigations2 months ago](https://www.ripplesnigeria.com/investigation-untold-story-of-ondo-oil-producing-communities-battling-poor-health-system/) The person who snatches the ballot papers at the polling units, the person who falsifies election results, and the person who buys votes at the polling units is unlikely to be a candidate in the elections. [Investigations1 month ago](https://www.ripplesnigeria.com/investigation-how-roadside-foods-endanger-consumers-life-with-trans-fat-in-northern-nigeria/) [Investigations2 weeks ago](https://www.ripplesnigeria.com/special-report-hike-in-gas-price-forces-more-nigerians-to-use-coal-sawdust-as-smoke-kills-93300-yearly/) We will work with the security agencies to also discourage, apprehend and prosecute vote buyers at the polling units. [Investigations5 days ago](https://www.ripplesnigeria.com/investigation-how-kano-subeb-awarded-contracts-to-inactive-contractors-non-existent-schools-in-kano/) It is against the laws of this country. He asserted that if the sponsors were not detained, electoral fraud would continue. This information was revealed by the INEC Chairman, Prof. [Politics](https://www.ripplesnigeria.com/politics/) He said, “Vote buying is a violation of the Electoral Act.

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept and publish the name of Godswill Akpabio as the ...

“Even the meetings of the organs and national conventions of political parties are fixed by the courts. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment on Thursday, held that INEC acted illegally by refusing to accept and publish Akpabio’s name even when it was sent to it by the APC as its candidate. The Senior advocate argued that the courts have been involved in the appointment of party officers and endorsement of candidates adding that this has been unfavourable to the country's democracy

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, speaks during an interview on Politics Today on May 5, 2022. Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal ...

He further ordered INEC to publish the name and particulars of Akpabio as the candidate of the APC for the Akwa-Iborn North/West Senatorial District in the 2023 general elections as nominated and submitted to it by the APC. The judge also declared that INEC cannot publish any other name or particulars of any other candidate as candidate of the APC for the Akwa – lbom North/West Senatorial District elections, except as nominated, submitted and received from the APC He said INEC is bound by the provisions of Section 29 (3) of the Electoral Act to publish only the personal particulars of the candidate of the first plaintiff for the Akwa-Iborn Northwest Senatorial District elections in the person of the second plaintiff (Akpabio) as received from the first plaintiff.

Former minister of aviation, Osita Chidoka, has on Thursday demanded that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to subject the Biometric ...

If people think their vote will not count, then we would not have this number of people registering for the elections”. I am making that call again because there is a need for INEC to have a third-party validation of their technological process”, he said. Nigerians were saying they would come out and vote; people increasingly believed that the system is free and fair and has integrity.

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to accept and publish Godswill Akpabio's name as the ...

INEC spokesperson, Festus Okoye, in an interview however, said that the commission rejected the former minister because he was not the validly nominated candidate for the senatorial district. “I hereby declared that the defendant (INEC) publish the name of the 2nd plaintifff as the authentic candidate,” he said. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment, held that INEC’s refusal to accept and publish Akpabio’s name was in contradiction with the law, having received the name from the APC as its valid candidate

A federal high court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept and publish the name of...

“I hereby declared that the defendant (INEC) publish the name of the 2nd plaintiff (Akpabio as the authentic candidate,” the judge ordered. [Godswill Akpabio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godswill_Akpabio) as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Akwa Ibom north-west senatorial district in 2023. Court orders INEC to accept Akpabio as APC senatorial candidate

The Electoral Forum, a Civil Society Organisation (CSO), has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to compel political parties to ...

“ In addition, banks and anti-corruption agencies such as ICPC and EFCC should be fully involved in monitoring campaigns and the electioneering period, and the media should spotlight more on policy-based campaigns by candidates and parties,’’ he said. This is contained in a communiqué issued and signed by Prof. He added that CSOs should also focus on the holistic agenda of good governance and not only on good elections as both were equally critical.

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to recognise the former Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio, ...

The judge noted that it was not in doubt that there were two (2) primaries conducted by the APC for the Akwa – Ibom North/West Senatorial District: one by the NWC of the APC, and the other by Augustine Ekanem, an illegal factional Chairman of the APC in Akwa – Ibom State. Justice Nwite, therefore, ordered INEC to publish the name and particulars of Akpabio as the candidate of the APC for the Akwa-Iborn North/West Senatorial District in the 2023 general elections as nominated and submitted to it by the party. The Judge said INEC “is bound by the provisions of Section 29 (3) of the Electoral Act to publish only the personal particulars of the candidate of the first plaintiff for the Akwa-Iborn North/West Senatorial District elections in the person of the second plaintiff (Akpabio) as received from the first plaintiff.”

The Abuja division of the Federal High Court has cleared the coast for Godswill Akpabio to participate in the 2023 general elections as the candidate of the ...

The court observed that it was not in doubt that there were two (2) primaries conducted by the APC for the Akwa Ibom North/West senatorial district: one by the NWC of the APC, and the other by Augustine Ekanem, an illegal factional chairman of the APC in Akwa Ibom State. Consequently, the court ordered INEC to publish the name and particulars of Akpabio as the candidate of the APC for the Akwa-Iborn North/West senatorial district in the 2023 general elections as nominated and submitted to it by the party. Making a declarative relief in favour of Akpabio, Justice Nwite declared that INEC “is bound by the provisions of Section 29 (3) of the Electoral Act to publish only the personal particulars of the candidate of the first plaintiff for the Akwa-Iborn North/West senatorial district elections in the person of the second plaintiff (Akpabio) as received from the first plaintiff.

INEC had refused to recognise Mr Akpabio as a candidate because the commission did not monitor the APC primary which he claimed he won.

Good journalism costs a lot of money. Consequently, the judge ordered INEC to publish the name and particulars of Mr Akpabio as the candidate of the APC for the Akwa-Iborn North/West Senatorial District in the 2023 general polls. Nigeria’s electoral law empowers INEC to monitor political party primaries. Mr Nwite held that the electoral umpire cannot publish any other name or particulars of any other candidate as the candidate of the APC for the Akwa – lbom North/West Senatorial District elections, “except as nominated, submitted and received from the first plaintiff (APC).” The judge said in the judgement that INEC “is bound by the provisions of Section 29 (3) of the Electoral Act to publish only the personal particulars of the candidate of the first plaintiff for the Akwa-Iborn North/West Senatorial District elections in the person of the second plaintiff (Akpabio) as received from the first plaintiff.” [Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)](https://www.inecnigeria.org/) to accept and publish Godswill Akpabio’s name as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Akwa Ibom North-West District for the 2023 elections, the Nations newspaper has reported.

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday berated the Coalition of United Political Parties over allegations of planned suspension of the ...

First, the Commission is conducting a comprehensive Automated Biometric Identification System cleanup of the registration data by scrutinising every record. “The attention of the Commission has been drawn to a report of a press conference addressed by the Coalition of United Political Parties on the Register of Voters for the 2023 general election. The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday berated the Coalition of United Political Parties over allegations of planned suspension of the Biomodal Voter Accreditation System for the conduct of the 2023 elections.

Udora Orizu in Abuja. The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), yesterday, alleged that there were moves to use a secret court action to stop the ...

“The intelligence CUPP intercepted, which has led to the discovery of the suit filed seeking to nullify the BVAS and exposure of the massive compromise in the voters register cannot now be wrong that the third leg of the plot is to sack the National Chairman through a suspension as the plotters know they cannot get the required numbers from the National Assembly for an outright sack. The parties further alleged that Yakubu was under pressure for the commission to announce a change to its hard stance on the compulsory use of the BVAS machine for accreditation or get sacked as Chairman of the Commission. The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), yesterday, alleged that there were moves to use a secret court action to stop the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machine in the upcoming 2023 general election and also remove the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu.

INEC had conducted the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) nationwide between 28 June 2021 and 31 July 2022.

In the document, pictures of male registered voters bear names of female voters and vice-versa. Good journalism costs a lot of money. What is this?!” she said in her tweet. What sort of nonsense is this?! I never finished my pvc registration yet here is my name with an old man’s face. “@inecnigeria is an evil organisation and we need to call these people out.

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday said it is yet to receive the recent court judgement on the former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs ...

On plans by some politicians to challenge the legality of BVAS in court, the INEC National Commissioner explained that the technological device is backed by the Electoral Act. “But we have to receive the judgement, study the judgment, understand what has transpired in relation to the matter, and then make a decision on what the court expects us to do and also make a decision whether the commission will appeal against such a judgement.” The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday said it is yet to receive the recent court judgement on the former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio.

you may have read some reports making the rounds that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has "delisted" one million newly-registered ...

“But we made a determination not to enable the device because it will take some time searching through the database of 84 million registered voters and that will keep people on the queue for too long. Okoye said in this case, the commission invalidates and removes the newer registration(s) and leaves the already existing one. In other words, INEC did not delist voters. “Some already registered persons registered again relying on misinformation and disinformation that PVCs issued before 2011 have expired. We also target visibly underaged.” This is when an individual who has previously registered to vote does so again.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has yet to add new registrants, captured at the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR)to the ...

15 and July 31 is being concluded presently, and the outcome in terms of multiple and ineligible records will be made public. “It Is important to reiterate that no new registrant has yet been added to the Register of Voters for the 2023 General Election or will be included until these supplemental activities have been completed in line with the law. Okoye said that no new registrant would also be added to the register until the supplemental activities for their integration have been completed in line with the law.

The former Provost Marshall of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Idada Ikponwen (Rtd), has described as unfortunate and worrisome the discovery of over ...

In a multi-ethnic and multi-religion society, a party that intends to win the next elections at any level, must ensure that everyone is carried along,” he stated. On the choice of a Muslim-Muslim ticket by the ruling APC, he berated the party for fielding candidates of the same faith, saying that, “governance is the business of the people. On the other hand there is need to give INEC kudos for the recovery and giving the information to Nigerians.

INEC had conducted the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) nationwide between 28 June 2021 and 31 July 2022.

In the document, pictures of male registered voters bear names of female voters and vice-versa. Good journalism costs a lot of money. What is this?!” she said in her tweet. What sort of nonsense is this?! I never finished my pvc registration yet here is my name with an old man’s face. “@inecnigeria is an evil organisation and we need to call these people out.

From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja. Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has dismissed the claims from Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) of ...

We appeal for your support while we painstakingly deal with the clean-up of the register and other processes that will guarantee that the general election in 2023 is free, fair, credible and inclusive,” the statement read. Reacting further, the electoral umpire noted: “The commission will continue to provide the public with updates on the progress of these processes, as we did through our Press Release of September 12, 2022. First, the commission is conducting a comprehensive Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) clean-up of the registration data by scrutinising every record.