Tag: Mahmood Yakubu
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Breaking: INEC presents certificates to 23 new political parties
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu on Thursday presented certificates of registration to 23 newly registered political parties. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the INEC Boss presented the certificates to the newly registered political parties at the Commission’s conference hall in Abuja. The registration of the 23 new political parties brings to…
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Breaking: INEC Chairman provides motive behind N242bn 2019 election budget
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mr. Mahmood Yakubu on Wednesday defended its proposed N242 billion budget for the 2019 election before Senate Committee on INEC. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports that at the 2019 general elections budget presentation, the INEC Chairman acknowledged that it was the first time that the budget is presented in…
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NCC, INEC review committee report on 2019 election
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) have met to review the outcome of the report of the joint committee set up early in the year on electronic transmission and collation of results. Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice-Chairman, NCC, after the meeting with the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Thursday, described the…
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2019: Again NCC, INEC meet over general elections
Efforts toward free, fair and credible elections next year have received another major boost yesterday, as the leadership of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) met to review the outcome of the report of the joint committee they set up early this year on electronic transmission and collation of results.…
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Mahmood briefs NASS leadership on INEC’s budget for 2019 general elections
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Wednesday briefed Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara at a Special Hearing on INEC’s budget for the 2019 general elections. TheNewsGuru reports Senate President Saraki had earlier in his opening remarks at a World Press Conference he addressed…
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BREAKING: Court orders arrest of INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the arrest of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, for failing to appear in court. Justice Stephen Pam issued the warrant of arrest on Thursday after Mahmood’s absent in court for the third time. Justice Pam had on July 5 ordered…
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INEC receives Facebook team ahead of 2019 general elections
Ahead of 2019 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday received a Facebook team led by its Head Of Public Policy for Africa, Ebele Okobi at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. Facebook offered to explore avenues with the commission that could help expand voters’ education and engage citizens meaningfully to achieve peaceful…
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JUST IN: PDP seeks resignation of INEC Chairman, Yakubu
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has passed a vote of no confidence on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, asking him to resign. This is coming after tainted voters’ register was used to conduct recent elections in Kano and Katsina states that allegedly had underaged voters, the PDP said. The party’s National…
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INEC to decide on political associations seeking registration Wednesday
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would on Wednesday disclose its decision on political associations seeking to be registered as political parties. Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen at ongoing workshop to review INEC’s Communication Policy, on Monday in Abuja. Yakubu said the decision would…