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2023 elections compromised, President should not appoint INEC chairman ―Prof. Jega, ex-INEC chairman

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Immediate past Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega has alleged that the 2023 general election was compromised because some officials within the electoral commission carried out some illegal deals after being nominated for the positions based on political bargains. The former Vice-Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano, who made the claim […]

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Labour Party calls for removal of INEC chairman, other top officials over alleged complicit in election rigging

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Nigeria’s Labour Party (LP) through its Presidential Campaign Council Director General (PCC) (DG), Mr Akin Osuntokun, has called for the removal and prosecution of the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, over the alleged infamous role he played in the 2023 controversial presidential elections. The former News Agency of […]

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INEC chairman discloses date for Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election

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Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Saturday, February 18, 2023, for the conduct of the next presidential election in the country. INEC chairman Mahmood Yakubu made this known at a one-day public hearing on the National Electoral Offences Commission (Establishment) bill 2021 today. Mr Yakubu, according to Punch Newspaper, said the timetable and […]

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INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu takes oath for another term

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Chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu was on Wednesday December 9, sworn-in by President Buhari for his second five-year term. The ceremony took place at the Executive Council Chambers of the State House in Abuja before the weekly virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting commenced. Professor Yakubu who spoke to […]

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INEC Chairman, Prof. Yakubu reappointed for a second term

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Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has renewed the appointment of the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, for a second term in office. This was disclosed in a statement issued by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, in Abuja on Tuesday. President Buhari, in a letter to […]

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You are playing with imprisonment, Atiku tells Yakubu, INEC chairman

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As a result of the alleged continuous refusal of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and his party access to electoral materials used in the conduct of the election, as ordered by the Court of Appeal, the […]

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