By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released a new timetable for the 2027 general election. Recall that the Commission had earlier fixed Saturday, 20 February 2027 for the Presidential and National Assembly Elections and Saturday, 6 March 2027 for the Governorship and State Houses of Assembly Elections pursuant…
By Frank Ulom AWKA (CONVERSEER) – Professor Charles Soludo has been elected as the Governor of Anambra State for the second time. Soludo was elected under the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) during the November 8, 2025 governorship election in Anambra. The Governor commended the Federal Government and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in…
By Emmanuel Oloniruha AWKA (NAN, CONVERSEER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 2,769,137 out of 2,802,790 registered voters in Anambra, representing 98.8 per cent collected their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) ahead of the Saturday governorship election in the state. INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday, described…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Senate on Thursday confirmed the appointment of Professor Joash Amupitan as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after a rigorous screening session that lasted about three hours and featured probing questions from lawmakers across party lines. Amupitan, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – Immediate past Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has highlighted court cases, conflicting judicial pronouncements, electoral violence, and vote buying as major threats to the conduct and management of elections in Nigeria. Yakubu made the observation in the foreword to his new book, Election…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the full list of 110 political parties to be registered ahead of the 2027 general election.
Dr Johnson Alalibo has assumed office as the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Cross River State.
CALABAR — The Court of Appeal sitting in Calabar on Wednesday affirmed the conviction and three-year jail sentence handed to Professor Peter Ogban, a former INEC returning officer who manipulated the outcome of the 2019 senatorial election in favour of Godswill Akpabio, now President of the Nigerian Senate.
ABUJA – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is open to allowing eligible Nigerians to vote without Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in the 2027 general elections – but only if the law is amended to support the move. Rotimi Oyekanmi, Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, made this known on Wednesday. He…
Prof. Gabriel Yomere, Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Cross River has disclosed that Nigerian politicians erroneously believe they have two terms in office immediately after they are voted. Yomere made the remark on Friday in Calabar during the Second Quarter Consultative Meeting of INEC, Cross River Management and Leaders of…
