A group of young Nigerians has written to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, cautioning him on exhibiting bias against Atiku Abubakar, the leading opposition candidate in Saturday’s presidential election.
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The Independent National Electoral Commission says it is committed to learning from international best practices to improve the country’s electoral processes.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced the extension of the date for the collection of Permanent Voter Cards.
The Independent National Electoral Commission does not intend to postpone any of the elections as a result of court orders coming close to election schedules, the Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said.
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has assured members of the Administrative Board of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria on the Commission’s resolve to conduct free, fair and credible 2019 general elections.
Less than 10 days to the general elections, Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Abiodun Ige Adams, has warned the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, not to disenfranchise him and the rest of his family from exercising their civic rights.
The Independent National Electoral Commission says no one can use the identification number on Permanent Voters’ Cards to comprise the smart card reader machine on Election Day.
The Head, ECOWAS Election Observer Mission in Nigeria, former Liberian President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has tasked Nigeria to ensure a free, fair and credible election process that would uphold its leadership role in the continent.
Towards the success of the forthcoming 2019 general elections, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, has addressed the Commanding Officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps with a plea for collaboration.
Federal Road Safety Corps has deployed no fewer than 20, 000 officers and marshals for the upcoming general elections across the country.
The Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Wednesday said measures had been put in place to ensure seamless voting for People With disabilities in the 2019 general elections.
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday in Abuja sworn-in a new Resident Electoral Commissioner, Elder Monday Tom.
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.
The Independent National Electoral Commission said it had uncovered plans by some political actors to use food vendors around polling units for vote-buying in the forthcoming general elections.
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, said that the commission was not under pressure to do what was wrong.
The PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, inaugurating the sub-committees urged leaders and members of the sub-committees to quickly start work as there was limited time to the election.
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, says the commission will not disappoint Nigeria and the world in the conduct of the forthcoming general elections.
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Wednesday called for a new approach to the deployment of security personnel for the 2019 general elections.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it would only do a nationwide pilot electronic transmission (e-collation) of results in the forthcoming general elections.
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday raised the alarm over new a new method of vote buying being devised to undermine the voting process.