Tag: Professor Mahmood Yakubu

Candidates for Osun Governorship election don sign peace agreement
Candidates for Osun Governorship election don sign peace agreement

Candidates for the Osun state Governorship don sign peace agreement ahead of Saturday election. The signing of the peace agreement na the highpoint for one stakeholders’ meeting wey the National Peace Committee wey former Military Head of State, General Abdulsalam Abubakar de lead. General Abubakar no de present for the event wey shele for Osogbo, Osun state…

INEC meets security stakeholders for Anambra State election
INEC meets security stakeholders for Anambra State election

The Independent National Electoral Commission is going ahead with preparations for the governorship election in Anambra State on November 6. This is in spite of threat to the conduct of the election following the violence trailing the activities of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, yesterday, held a meeting with members of…

INEC threatens to defy National Assembly on electronic transmission of results
INEC threatens to defy National Assembly on electronic transmission of results

It appears that the Independent National Electoral Commission may have decided to go against the National Assembly on the amendment of the Electoral Act. This is because the Commission has said it does not need the approval of the Nigerian Communications Commission to determine when to transmit election results electronically. INEC’s National Commissioner in charge of Electoral…

INEC redeploys 5 REC, others; vows to exercise regulator powers
INEC redeploys 5 REC, others; vows to exercise regulator powers

The Resident Electoral Commissioners for Ogun and Osun states have changes positions, as Olusegun Agbaje moves to Ogun, while Professor Olayinka Raji takes over in Osun. Agbaje and Professor Raji are among five Resident Electoral Commissioners affected by redeployments approved by the leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission. The changes, which also affected for INEC directors,…

INEC sets February 18, 2023 for next general election
INEC sets February 18, 2023 for next general election

The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced that the 2023 general election will hold six hundred and sixty days from today. That means INEC has about one year, nine months, two weeks and six days to prepare for the elections on Saturday, February 18, 2023. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu made this known when he appeared before…

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