Tag: Yakubu
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Nigerian man slumps and dies while playing football in Minna
A Nigerian man identified as Yakubu has slumped and died while playing football in Minna, Niger State.
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Urgent call for the removal of Professor Yakubu and comprehensive reform of INEC – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
Following the alleged stealing of the Edo State Governorship election by the All Progressives Congress (APC), tongues have once again started wagging and pens dripping about the meaning of human existence and the deteriorating state
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INEC won’t count votes in polling units where there’s violence – Yakubu
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says it won’t count votes in any polling unit where violence occurs in Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa.
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INEC will review collation, returning officers recruitment – Yakubu
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has consulted collation and returning officers in a bid to review the recruitment, training and posting of such officers in subsequent elections. According to the chairman of INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, also said the result management system would be reviewed, following some Nigerians’ complaints about the system deployed in…
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No eligible Nigerian will be left out of 2023 poll – INEC
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says no eligible Nigerian will be left out in the electoral processes leading to the 2023 general election. Yakubu said this at the presentation of the 2022 Revised Framework and Regulations for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Voting, ahead of 2023 poll in Abuja.
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INEC to publish comprehensive list of registered voters soon – Yakubu
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is working towards publishing a comprehensive list of registered voters in Nigeria, ahead of 2023 poll. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at the stakeholders’ validation meeting for the 2022 revised framework and regulations for voting by Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Abuja on Tuesday.
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You must submit members register 30days before primaries – INEC tells parties
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has directed all registered political parties to submit copies of their membership register to the commission, in compliance with the new Electoral Act 2022, before their primary elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, gave the directive at the second regular quarterly meeting of Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in Abuja,…
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Anambra 2021: INEC ready for Nov 6 governorship election – Yakubu
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is set for a hitch free Nov. 6 Anambra governorship election. Prof. Mohammed Yakubu, National Chairman, INEC said this when he briefed newsmen on Tuesday in Awka at the commission’s Anambra headquarters. “When the commission released the time table for the conduct of election, eleven months ago,…
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INEC releases date to resume voter registration
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday said it had concluded arrangements to resume Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) on June 28. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at the commission’s meeting in Abuja, with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) for the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Yakubu said the…
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Yakubu resumes at INEC, seeks quick passage of amended Electoral Act
Professor Mahmoud Yakubu resumed at the Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday for a fresh term of five years. Yakubu who vacated his office last November ahead of his screening and confirmation by the Senate was sworn in for a fresh tenure on Wednesday by President Muhammadu Buhari. Addressing INEC Resident Electoral Commissioners, National Commissioners…