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Stakeholders have risen in defence of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) against alleged plot to stop tecnological innovations adopted by INEC to safeguard the integrity of 2023 elections.

WITH the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) concluding the year-long voter registration, WALE AKINSELURE writes on the implications of the

KEY political gladiators are preoccupied with rallying support for their bid for choice elective offices in the 2023 general election despite the seeming

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it adopted the use of Voter Enrolment Device (VED) for resumption of Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) to deepen the use of technology in electoral process. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. He announced that the VED which was based on android tablet would arrive in the country on May 31, ...

INEC creates 2,358 additional polling units in Plateau On Kindly Share This Story: The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has created 2,358 additional polling units out of existing voting points in Plateau. Mr Halilu Pai, the state INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) made this known on Saturday at a stakeholders’ meeting in Jos. Pai said that prior to the creation of the new polling units, the state had 2, 631 polling units spread across the 17 Local Governments Areas  ...

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Saturday, engaged relevant stakeholders in Oyo State on the rationale behind the conversion of the existing voting points into full polling units

Nseobong Okon-Ekong writes that the impending commencement of Continuous Voter Registration by the Independent National Electoral Commission may be the first test to win stakeholders confidence towards successful conduct of national elections in 2023 Almost three years after it suspended the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR), the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced its readiness to resume the exercise in about 58 days. INEC suspended the CVR on August 31, 2018, prom...

By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, April 1, 2021 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed June 28, for the resumption of its suspended Continuous Voter Registration across the country, with new technology. The Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, at a news briefing on Thursday said that the exercise would continue until the third quarter of 2022. Yakubu also announced that the Commission would replace its Direct Data Capture Machine (DDCM) introduced in 2011 for vo...

By Chuks Okocha The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday announced dates for the resumption of the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR), which was suspended in 2017. The commission, however, ruled out making the National Identity Number (NIN) mandatory for the registration of voters. It also reiterated its determination to prosecute the Kogi State Governor, Mr. Yahaya Bello, for double registration. INEC National Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said at a news conference in...

  The Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise will resume on June 28 across the country, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, announced the date for the resumption of the exercise on Thursday at a press briefing held at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja, the nation’s capital. He disclosed that the electoral umpire has set aside the Direct Data Capture Machine, and would introduce a new device being developed by i...