PVCs collection moves to ward level Friday — INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that the devolution of the Permanent Voter Cards to the wards will commence on Friday. This was made known in a statement signed by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, on Thursday. The Commission noted that those who applied to replace lost,

INEC office set ablaze, workers kidnapped in Imo

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, office in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State has been set ablaze by unknown arsonists. The arsonists attacked the building undergoing renovation on Thursday. INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Imo State, Prof. Sylvia Agu, confirmed the attack in a statement issued by the National Commissioner, Information and

INEC delists 1.1m newly registered voters – Festus Okoye

The Independent National Electoral Commission has disclosed that it found 1,126,359 records out of the 2, 523,458 fresh registrants that registered between June 28, 2021, and January 14, 2022, 1,126,359 to be invalid and consequently delisted them. The commission said that it also detected several double, multiple, and ineligible registrants and has consequently invalidated them,

2023: INEC denies changing election collation procedures

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC  has denied changing its electoral guidelines ahead of next year’s general election with particular references to transmission and collation of results. According to the Commission, the electronic transmission of results which entails uploading polling units-level results to a secure web portal has come to stay, adding that INEC will not

2023 election results will be collated manually –INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC  has said the collation of results of the 2023 general elections will be done manually despite the adoption of electronic transmission of results. INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye , stressed that the commission would transmit results from polling units to