Army recovers 1,671 PVCs, ballot papers in Lagos apartment

Personnel of the 9 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, yesterday, recovered 1,671 Permanent Voters  Cards,  PVCs,  in an apartment in the Olodi-Apapa area of Lagos State. Three persons were subsequently arrested in the apartment, while the prime suspect was said to be on the run. Also recovered in the apartment were ballot papers, cutlasses and

Why we are harvesting Voter Identification Numbers from PVCs – INEC

Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has explained its decision to harvest Voter Identification Numbers, VIN, from Permanent Voter Cards PVCs of Nigerians registered several years ago but are yet to collect their PVCs. INEC National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr. Festus Okoye in a statement, yesterday, said: “The commission had