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INEC Chair threatens to sue PDP for defamation

Daily Dispatch March 10, 2023

Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has advised officials of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP to desist from maligning his character in the media or risk being sued for libel. Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi who was

NEWS

2023 Elections: ECOWAS Parliament to deploy observer mission to Nigeria

Daily Dispatch January 31, 2023

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament is deploying observer mission to Nigeria for the forthcoming general election. The Parliament also plan deploying observer missions for the elections holding in Sierra Leone in June and Liberia in October, this year. The deployments was part the decision taking by the fifth Legislature of the […]

Politics

INEC, UK, EU, Australia Issue Security Alerts, Warns Against Visiting Nigeria

Daily Dispatch January 20, 2023

The European Union (EU) has warned that the 2023 general election might not hold in some parts of the country due to insecurity rocking the nation, adding that the “security climate” was very hostile. Also, the United Kingdom and Australia have directed their citizens to avoid travel to Nigeria in the latest security advisories issued […]

COLUMNS

INEC, Insecurity And Next Month’s General Elections

Daily Dispatch January 16, 2023

By Kazeem Akintunde Nigerians, in a few weeks, will go to the poll to elect a new set of leaders. A new President is expected to emerge before the end of next month, all things being equal. New helmsmen at the state level either returning, or new faces would also emerge in about 28 states […]

NEWS

INEC cannot be trusted, says Sowore

Daily Dispatch January 11, 2023

The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has said that the Independent National Electoral Commission cannot be trusted to conduct a free and fair election in Nigeria. Fielding questions on Wednesday at ‘The Roundtable’, a programme organised by PUNCH Newspapers, Sowore said Nigerians were expecting elections to be held but could not […]

NEWS

INEC sets up committees for national situation room, collation centre

Daily Dispatch January 6, 2023

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has established committees for National Situation Room and Collation Centre for the 2023 general elections. The commission disclosed this in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, on Thursday in Abuja. Okoye said that INEC at its weekly meeting