The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced the extension of the date for the collection of Permanent Voter Cards.
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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 Independent National Electoral Commission in Lagos on Wednesday said that over 5.5 million Permanent Voter Cards had been collected by registered voters in the state.
Jennifer Abubakar, the wife of the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has promised gender equity in government if PDP wins the February 16 presidential election.
Independent National Electoral Commission said the fate of owners of Permanent Voter Cards lost in its Abia office fire would be decided after investigations.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Akwa Ibom said on Monday that it arrested 120 suspects in possession of hard drugs during its Pre-election Raid Operations between September 2018 and January 2019.
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 Independent National Electoral Commission says only Smart Card Readers deployed by it for the general elections can authenticate Permanent Voter Cards and communicate to its system.
Few weeks to the February national elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission in Ebonyi State has identified rural illiteracy, difficult terrain and migration as factors militating against Permanent Voter Cards collection in the State.
The Independent Electoral Commission says it is overwhelmed by the current rush by eligible voters to collect their Permanent Voter Cards few days to the election.
Maikudi made the call during an interview with journalists at her office in Gusau on Thursday.
The Independent National Electoral Commission says 209,721 Permanent Voter’s Card have yet to be collected in Cross River ahead of the 2019 general elections.
The party Governorship candidate in the state, Alhaji Sani Abdullahi, made the allegation in an interview with newsmen in Gusau on Wednesday.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Independent National Electoral Commission in Kano, Prof. Riskuwa Shehu, says no less than 475,370 Permanent Voter Cards are yet to be collected in the state.
Prof. Francis Ezeonu, Imo Resident Electoral Commissioner, made this known at an interactive meeting with religious bodies- members of the Christian and Muslim communities in Imo, on Tuesday in Owerri.
Emmanuel Alex-Hart, the Edo Resident Electoral Commissioner, announced this at an interactive session with traditional rulers in Benin.
Mike Igini, Independent National Electoral Commission Resident Electoral Commissioner in Akwa Ibom State, says 2,045 Permanent Voters Cards stolen in Okobo Local Government Area of the state has been reproduced.
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has noted with deep concern reports that contrary to its promise of 2018, made at different times and in multiple locations, that it would not use the controversial incident forms, the Independent National Electoral Commission has backtracked and decided to allow the use of the unreliable incident forms.
“You must surrender voluntarily or risk prosecution if apprehended by NIS operatives,’’ NIS Comptroller in the state, Sam Chinda, warned on Thursday in Enugu.