From the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Nigeria Police came solid assurances on Tuesday, that adequate logistic and security arrangements have been put in place for prospective voters to exercise their civic duties on September 10, when the Edo state governorship election is scheduled to hold []...

To conduct the Edo Governorship election scheduled for Saturday, 10th September, 2016, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is to deploy eighteen thousand five hundred and eleven personnel (18,511). Edo state which is made up of eighteen (18) Local Government Areas (LGAs), has a total of 1,925,105 re []...

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has welcomed experience sharing with the Bangladesh National Defense College on elections security. He said both countries shared similar experiences in a lot of ways and the lessons shared would help the Commission learn more []...

The Independent National Election Commission, (INEC) has dismissed insinuations that all elections conducted since the assumption of office by the present Commission have been inconclusive. The Commission said it conducted 139 elections which were concluded. The clarification and figures were contained in a press st []...

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Yakubu Mahmood has commended Political Parties for the increasing opportunities given women to participate in the electoral process and contest elective positions. He commended women for their increasing interest in the electoral process and e []...

“I believe in my staff and their welfare”, prof. Yakubu tells INEC staff “I so much believe in my staff and their welfare. I believe that good elections are not conducted by Direct Data Capture Machines (DDCMs) and Smart Card Readers (SCRs) alone. Good elections are conducted by human beings and that is why thei []...