Yakubu Mamood

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has not registered any new political party. The commission clarified a statement on its X handle on Wednesday. It described the purported report circulated by some online…

The Independent National Electoral Commission has called on civil society organisations to extend their election monitoring efforts to political party primaries, emphasising the need to curb vote-buying and other electoral malpractices.…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has asked the national assembly to increase its 2025 budgetary allocation to N126 billion. Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the electoral umpire, spoke on Friday when he appeared before the…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said going forward, computer-generated slips issued to the voter or even downloaded from its website will suffice for voter accreditation. According to the electoral umpire, this…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it had accredited 112 media organisations to cover the forthcoming November 16 governorship election in Ondo state. INEC chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu stated this at the…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that one of its major challenges ahead of the Edo and Ondo governorship elections is the likely activities ot non-state actors and armed groups who may want to disrupt the…

Ahead of the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states later in the year, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC said it has registered 269,992 new voters in both states. INEC National Commissioner in charge of…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that it will start the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in Edo and Ondo states where governorship elections would be holding later this year. The electoral body said…