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Nov

10

2022

2023: Election results cannot be influenced – INEC

News, Politics2023, INEC, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared that no one can alter or influence the results of the 2023 general elections. INEC’s Head of Voter Education, Publicity, Gender, and Civil Society in Oyo State, Mrs. Rosemary Alaba Adeniyi made this disclosure on Thursday while speaking during an Inter-faith Peace Summit on 2023 General Elections organized by the Abrahamic Mission. The one-day summit which was held at the University of Ibadan was attended by representatives of various religious organizations, political parties, security agencies, INEC officials, and the media. Some of those in attendance include the Dean, of the Faculty of…

Nov

09

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

INEC releases practical steps on how to vote during 2023 General Elections

News2023, INEC, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

The Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, on its website has lectured Nigerians on practical steps to take when they want to cast their votes during the coming 2023 general election. This is designed to help you understand the Voting Procedures during an election. Remember that you are qualified to vote if you are a registered voter and your name appears on the register of voters at your polling. Opening of the Polling Units: On each Election Day, polling stations will open for Accreditation and Voting from 8:00 am to 2.00 pm. The Accreditation and Voting Goes Simultaneously. However, voters on the…

Oct

26

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

Bayelsa leads in INEC’s invalid CVR with 307,513 out of 444,652, Ebonyi Second (See Others)

News2023, Ebonyi State, INEC, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released a pruned list of total registrations recorded during the recently concluded Continuous Voter Registration (CVR), with Bayelsa and Ebonyi having the highest figure of invalid registrants. The CVR held from June 28 to July 31 to enable previously unregistered eligible persons to register for Permanent Voter Cards to be able to vote in the 2023 General Election. A breakdown of the CVR showed that while Bayelsa recorded a total of 444,652 completed registrations, only 137,139 were valid while 307,513 were invalid, representing 69.2% of invalid registrations. Ebonyi trailed Bayelsa as the state…

Oct

14

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

Arewa youths tell Nigerians to ignore rabble rousers calling for sack of Yakubu as INEC chair

Metro, Opinion, Politics2023, Arewa, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has condemned the call for the sack of Professor Mahmood Yakubu as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission. The National President of AYCF, Yerima Shettima, who warned against any attempt to remove Yakubu described the group, Arewa Coalition, who made the call as “attention seekers masquerading as campaigners for electoral sanity and accountability in INEC. Speaking to newsmen in Kaduna State, Shettima said, ”We have followed with keen interest an ongoing smear campaign and the call for the sack of INEC National Chairman by a group of rabble-rousers masquerading as campaigners for…

Oct

12

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

CSOs allege plots to stop INEC from using electronic transmission of 2023 results

Opinion, Politics2023, INEC, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

A coalition of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) has alleged that there is a grand plot to force the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to stop the electronic transmission of the 2023 general elections. The allegation which is emanating from the opposition and other concerned Nigerians also revealed that plans were being hatched to pressure the electoral Commission to deactivate Bi-modal Voter Accreditation System (BIVAS) from the server including stirring a possible change in leadership of INEC. Spokesman of CUPP, Ugo Ikenga Ugochinyere, while addressing a press conference on Wednesday in Abuja, alleged that “there was immense pressure on the leadership…