Tag: Sam Olumekun

“With this publication, no further withdrawal or replacement of candidates will be allowed except in the event of death of ...

The commission disclosed this in a statement by Sam Olumekun, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee in ...

PREMIUM TIMES had reported that some voters, under the aegis of Concerned Kogi Youth and Women, submitted a petition to ...

“Fortunately, there were no injuries or fatalities.”

INEC said it has "received a number of requests from different groups across the country for the recall of their ...

Mr Olumekun said that 379,245 PVCs, representing 14.43 per cent, were uncollected as of Monday.

INEC said altogether 17 parties are fielding candidates for the election.

While the Edo governorship election will hold on 21 September, that of Ondo comes up on 16 November.

“The flood damaged a section of the building. It destroyed voters registration machines and other items."

INEC said that 17 political parties met the 20 May deadline for submission of the list of candidates as specified ...

Some political parties conducted fresh primaries to replace their earlier nominated candidates before the deadline of April 15.

The electoral body said it would not extend the deadline beyond the 24 March deadline.

During Saturday’s elections, INEC suspended elections in some polling units in Akwa Ibom, Kano and Enugu due to violence, thuggery ...

INEC said there are 39,249 uncollected PVCs in Bayelsa, 101,003 in Imo and 99,494 in Kogi State.

They were confirmed on Wednesday after the Senate considered and adopted a report by the Senate Committee on INEC.

INEC says it is not leaving any stone unturned in its preparations to conduct free, fair, credible and acceptable by-elections ...

The registered voters in the Lagos East Senatorial District spread across the five local government areas comprising Somolu, Kosofe, Ibeju-Lekki, ...

Violence, over-voting, and smart reader malfunctions were responsible for the cancellations

The committee asks INEC to improve the storage of the card readers because of their importance to Nigeria’s political evolution.

Lagos state has 245 Registration Areas (Wards), 8,462 polling units, and 3669 voting points across its 20 local governments.

Nigeria now has 46 political parties.