NOTICE OF POLLS FOR 2011 GENERAL ELECTIONS Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 46 of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) as follows: Date and Hours of Polls (A) National Assembly Elections will hold on the 9th day of April, 2011. i.Accreditation will be from 8:00am – 12 noon. ii.Voting starts from 12 []...

GUIDELINES FOR THE GENERAL ELECTIONS APRIL 2011 PRESIDING OFFICER 1. The Presiding Officer is in charge of the Polling Unit. 2. You are to sign for all electoral materials collected on Form EC.25B – Electoral Materials Receipt Form. 3. You are to ensure that the electoral materials issued to your polling unit are of []...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) hereby invites registered Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and other interested stakeholders who wish to observe the forthcoming 2011 General Elections to visit the Commission’s Website www.inecnigeria.org for the Applic []...

ASABA, Nigeria — Nigerians voted on Thursday in a key state governor’s ballot seen as a test ahead of April’s nationwide elections, with massive security deployed amid fears of further violence. Police reported no violent incidents in connection with the governor’s election in Delta state, but said arrests had []...

PRESS RELEASE INEC RESCHEDULES 2011 GENERAL ELECTIONS Yesterday, the Independent National Electoral Commission announced the rescheduling of the 2011 National Assembly (Senate and House of Representatives) elections from April 2nd to April 4th 2011 due to late arrival of result sheets. Since that announcement, several []...

ELECTIONS: WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK – INEC CHAIRMAN ( News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum Interview with INEC Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, OFR ) We would like you to make an appraisal of your sojourn so far as INEC Chairman. You’ve spent some 23 months in office. How well thus far and what

The attention of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been drawn to an unsubstantiated and outrightly fabricated report making the rounds that some Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) have been removed. The report suggests that the RECs were removed by the Commission. This is to assure the gene []...