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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) have not expired.

By Felix Oboagwina The other day, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, announced additional polling units newly created nationwide. For a Nigerian demography with a rapidly shifting shoreline, the exercise met a germane need. However, it is the regional distribution and its future implications that trigger some interest here.

The Senate, on Tuesday, rejected the nomination of Lauretta Onochie as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission.

The Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, says she is not partisan but follows due process in all she does. She stated this in her opening remarks during the screening as INEC national commissioner nominee by the Senate Committee on INEC. She said, “I’ve no partisanship in my blood. I have seen many petitions against my …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has suspended Saturday’s bye-election to fill the vacant seat of Ekiti East Constituency 1 in the State House of Assembly.

The Senate has stepped down the confirmation of the Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

THE Senate has confirmed the appointment of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC for a second term of five years.

President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated his Special Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie (Delta), and three others as National Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The Independent National Electoral Commission has rejected the notice of governorship primary sent to it by the ruling All Progressives Congress.

 The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has asked the 15 political parties participating in the September 19 Governorship Election in Edo state to ensure that their primary elections are conducted within the next 10 days as earlier indicated in their letters to the Commission.