US Embassy Training Nigeria Electoral Officials
The U.S. Embassy in Nigeria is organizing a series of workshops to train public affairs officers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be better able to interact with stakeholders...
View Article2015 – INEC to Create 30,000 Additional Polling Units
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Tuesday said an additional 30,000 polling units would be created across Nigeria ahead of the 2015 general election. This would bring the total...
View ArticleAdamawa PDP Fixes Sept 6 For Guber Primaries
The Adamawa state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has fixed September 6, for its primary election. This is following the release by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of...
View ArticleINEC Explains Reason For Proposed Increase In Polling Units
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the proposed introduction of additional 30,000 polling units in Nigeria was as a result of the clamour by registrars for polling units to be...
View Article2015: Election Timetable For PDP Primaries Finally Out, Ready For Approval
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primary election has been billed to take place on November 26, while executive members of the party at all levels wishing to contest the primaries are...
View ArticleUPN Challenges INEC Over Polling Units
The Unity Party of Nigeria has approached an Abuja Federal High Court seeking for an order quashing or cancelling the creation of, delineation of or allocation of any additional polling units in any...
View ArticleINEC insists it has ‘good intention’ over creation of additional 30,000...
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has stated that its creation of the proposed additional 30,000 polling units across the country was done with good intention, pointing out that it...
View ArticleEvery eligible Nigerian must get PVC before poll, orders Jonathan
All registered eligible voters must get their permanent voters cards to enable them vote in the general election scheduled for next month, President Goodluck Jonathan directed the Independent National...
View ArticleThe ScoopNG Partners With BudgIT To Launch Polling Nigeria
A new platform, Polling Nigeria, has been launched to sample the perceptions and opinions of Nigerians on various issues affecting them and the polity. Polling Nigeria (www.PollingNigeria.com) is an...
View ArticleI’ll Not Accept Tenure Renewal – Jega
The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, has declared that he would not serve another term as boss of the electoral body when his first tenure expires...
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