The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has asked the national assembly to increase its 2025 budgetary allocation to N126 billion. Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the electoral umpire, spoke on Friday when he appeared before the joint committee of the senate…
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has assured of transparency in the planned delineation of Warri Federal Constituency. Yakubu gave the assurance on Monday at a stakeholders’ meeting for the implementation of Supreme Court’s judgment on…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called on accredited election observers for the Nov.11 Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo governorship election to strictly adhere to the code of conduct. The INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at the commission’s…
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says all sensitive and non-sensitive materials used for the 2023 general election were printed in Nigeria. Yakubu, stated this during the commission’s quarterly consultative meeting with the Civil…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it did not receive any direct funding or cash support from international development partners for the conduct of 2023 general elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the clarification in Abuja on Monday,…
By Joel Oladele, Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has vowed to prosecute 215 electoral offenders who violated the electoral law in the last General elections in Niegria. This was revealed at a meeting the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral…
Daniel Bwala, spokesperson, PDP Presidential Campaign Council, has claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari must redeem his electoral legacy by sacking the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Yakubu Mahmood. Bwala, who spoke on Arise TV on Tuesday, insisted…
The vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola, to boycott the swearing-in ceremony of the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, slated for May 29,…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has told Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to immediately seek the appointment of an independent counsel to investigate allegations of electoral offences and other electoral violence, including…
By Ogaga Ariemu The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu disclosed that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, performed optimally nationwide during the on presidential election. Yakubu stated this while giving an update on Saturday at the National Collation…
