LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu has reiterated that political parties must abide by the provisions of the law, INEC’s regulations and guidelines as well as their Constitutions and guidelines in choosing their candidates in future elections. Stressing that INEC will monitor the primaries as required by law,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission has presented cheques to the next of kin of Police Officers who died in a boat mishap that occurred during the Bayelsa Central and West Senatorial Districts’ bye elections, held on 5th December 2020. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Emmanuel Alex-Hart made the presentation to the…
Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu has commended members of the National Assembly over the early amendment of the Electoral Bill. Yakubu who made the commendation in a goodwill remark during a meeting with the Senate and House of Representatives conference committee on the Electoral Act amendment bill 2021 in Abuja…
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said the hitch-free conduct of the recent Ijaw National Congress (INC) election indicated that Nigeria can hold rancour-free national elections. Diri stated this on Friday during the inauguration of the new INC leadership at the Ijaw House in Yenagoa. He urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to…
LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission is considering making the National Identity Number a precondition for registering voters when the continuous voter registration exercise commences in a few weeks, The PUNCH has learnt. A national commissioner at INEC disclosed this during an interview with The PUNCH on Tuesday. He said the NIN would…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, is today expected to hand over to an acting chairman who will oversee the affairs of the agency pending the confirmation of his (Yakubu) reappointment by the Senate. The ceremony is scheduled to take place at the conference hall of the commission’s…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will suspend the Edo and Ondo governorship election process if the actions of political actors led to a breakdown of law and order. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, announced this on Thursday in Abuja after a…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), is set to arraign a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), Prof. Maurice Iwu for alleged money laundering, the Guardian learnt. It was gathered that Iwu will be arraigned at a federal High Court, sitting in Lagos on a four-count charge bordering…