The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday in Abuja sworn-in a new Resident Electoral Commissioner, Elder Monday Tom.
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The Independent National Electoral Commission in Yobe says it has identified 24 inaccessible areas with security challenges where elections will not hold.
Malam Is’haq Kawu, Director-General, National Broadcasting Commission, has warned broadcasters against airing slanderous political campaigns to guard against promoting hate speeches and overheating the polity.
As the 2019 general elections draw nearer, Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Abiodun Ige Adams, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct free, fair and credible elections.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Osun State, Olusegun Agbaje, on Tuesday disclosed that magnifying glass would also be provided for the albinos to enable them cast their votes without stress.
Senator Kabiru Marafa, representing Zamfara Central, on Tuesday reacted to the recent conflicting court judgments on the botched All Progressives Congress primaries in the state.
A former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, on Tuesday urged the Federal Government and the relevant institutions to ensure that the February and March elections are free and fair.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has reached pact with the Federal Road Safety Commission and National Union of Road Transport Workers on the transportation of election officials in Kebbi.
The acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Muhammad Tanko, has urged Judges to handle election petitions without any external pressure or influence either from political parties, stakeholders or economic interest groups.
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to collaborate with traditional rulers in educating the local electorate on voting modalities ahead of the 2019 general elections.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has accredited 144 observer groups that will monitor the conduct of the forthcoming general elections in the country.
Women in Ebonyi State have appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission to allow them collect the Permanent Voter Cards of their children and husbands who reside away from home as a means of reducing the preponderance of uncollected PVCs across the State.
The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Ekiti state, Prof. Abdulganiyu Raji has been moved to Ogun.
Women Radio 91.7 has embarked on advocacy visits to stakeholders of democracy in a bid to ensure 2019 general elections is peaceful and non-violent to increase women’s participation.
The European Center for Election Support says elections are not the responsibility of the Independent National Electoral Commission alone.
Twenty-one days to the national elections, People Living With Disabilities in Ebonyi State have called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to include their members in the ad-hoc personnel for the exercise.
The Zamfara State High Court 3 sitting in Gusau on Friday upheld the primary election conducted by the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress.
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday sentenced two ex-officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Christian Nwosu and Tijani Bashir, to seven years’ imprisonment each.
Prof. Akin Oyebode of International Law and Jurisprudence on Friday lauded Dr Oby Ezekwesili’s withdrawal from the presidential race in the 2019 elections.
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday convicted two ex-officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Christian Nwosu and Tijani Bashir, charged with N264.8 million gratification and money laundering.