The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators (ICMC) to identify strategies that will reduce violence and litigations in the country’s electoral process. Chairman of the Commission, Professor Yakubu Mahmood, made the call yesterday when the Council of ICMC, led by its President, Barrister Emeka Obegolu, paid him...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has advised political parties to follow electoral guidelines and party principles in the conduct of their primaries for the Anambra Governorship election scheduled for Nov. 28. Prof. Antonia Okoosi-Simbine, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman Elections and Party Monitoring Committee, gave the advice in an interview with the Newsmen on...

Barely three months to the Anambra state governorship election, billed for November 18, the political terrain has once again been electrified. At the moment in the state, the major political parties – the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA); Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), All Progressives Congress (APC) and the United Peoples Party (UPP) have all...

Ahead of the governorship election in Anambra state, National Commissioner for South East of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Okechukwu Ibeanu has cautioned eligible voters in the state to eschew all forms of electoral illegalities. He said anybody without the card has no business nearing the polling centre on election day, warning that those...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has received a petition for the recall of Mr. Abubakar Galadima Kuki, the representative of Bebeji Constituency in the Kano State House of Assembly. This was revealed in a statement signed by INEC’s Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC) Mr. Adeddeji S. Soyebi. According to the electoral body, the...

The importance of citizens especially youths to democratic advancement cannot be overruled thus youth participation in ensuring transparent governance is an obligation. In this vein, election, the fulcrum of democracy, has to be taken seriously by the authorities and the citizens who are always at the receiving end of consequences emanating from political choices. Close...

Residents of Ibandan, Oyo State, have called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to create additional Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) centres in every ward in the country to enable more eligible voters to register and vote in the future elections. They made the call on Thursday while speaking with newsmen in Ibadan on their...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has ordered the removal of 190 non-Nigerians from the Register of voters’. In a related development the commission has decentralized the on-going nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise in Anambra State to the registration areas, as part of preparations for the governorship polls in the state. It would be...

The Constitution and Electoral Reform Committee (CERC) has proposed a massive restructuring of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The Ken Nnamani-led committee, set up by the Federal Government , in its report obtained by The Nation, proposed far-reaching reforms of the electoral agency to make it truly independent. Part of its proposal is on...

The Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Advancement (YIAGA) recently concluded its 3-day Academy on the Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT) methodology for its #WatchingTheVote (WTV) project team billed to observe the upcoming Gubernatorial elections in Anambra state and beyond. The academy which had in attendance the Board of YIAGA and the WTV project team had...