Tag: Mahmood Yakubu
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See list of existing political parties in Nigeria
Following the de-registration of 74 political parties in Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday immediately released the list of existing political parties in the country. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu at a press conference in Abuja had said the deregistered parties failed to meet constitutional requirements that determine…
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See list of 74 political parties deregistered by INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday deregistered a total of 74 political parties leaving only 18 to exist. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu made this known at a press conference on Thursday in Abuja. He said the parties failed to meet constitutional requirements that determine the continuous existence of…
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Why our electoral process is imperfect- INEC Boss
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman, Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that persistent trust deficit was one out of many reasons impeding quality electoral process in the country. Yakubu made this observsation in a policy roundtable on Elections in Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja. Represented by Prof. Okechukwu Ibeanu, National Commissioner in charge of Operations, noted…
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Breaking: INEC server shutdown, transmission of results affected, alleges PDP Spokesman
Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged the server of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is shutdown, impeding transmission of results of the Presidential and National Assembly elections. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Ologbodiyan, in a statement on Sunday, alleges the reason for the shutdown is to enable the APC…
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INEC recalls, deposits sensitive materials in Awka CBN
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Anambra on Sunday said it has taken delivery of all the sensitive electoral materials earlier deployed for the Feb. 16 Presidential and National Assembly elections. Mr Leo Nkedife, INEC Head Voter Education and Publicity, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Awka that the action was necessitated to…
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Election postponement: INEC’s reasons not convincing, says APC Campaign Director
A former member, House of Representatives, Alhaji Ahmed Wadada, says the reasons tendered by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections are not convincing. Wadada, who is the Chairman, Nasarawa State All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Campaign Directorate, made the assertion in an interview with the News…
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2019: INEC does not intend to postpone election – Yakubu
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) does not intend to postpone any of the elections as a result of court orders coming close to election schedules, the Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said. Yakubu made the position known at a National Stakeholders’ Forum for 2019 General Elections, organised by the Commission on Thursday in Abuja.…
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2019: INEC removes over 300,000 names from voter register
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it had removed over 300,000 names from its voter register as at last week, as the commission continued preparations for 2019 general elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this when he received a delegation of ECOWAS Pre-Election Fact Finding Mission, led by the Chairman of Sierra Leone’s…