Is Voter Turnout Improving With Population Increase?
As the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has begun another round of voter registration in preparation for the 2023 general elections, discussions are gradually being initiated in the area of whether voter turnout figures in the recent past elections is anything to write home about. Read more about Politics Political pundits, Civil Society Organisations […]
INEC To Boost Voter Participation With Online Voter Registration
Voter turnout has been on a steady decline since the 2003 election year. With a 69% presidential election voter turnout recorded in 2003, the last general elections in 2019 recorded a meagre 34.7% voter turnout despite the increasing adult population in the country. Read more about Politics Several election critics and commentators have highlighted […]
2023 Elections: INEC Launches Voter Enrolment Device
As part of efforts to ensure that technology plays a key role in the Nigerian electoral process, especially as regards the 2023 general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has launched its Voter Enrollment Device, a design by INEC engineers that was produced overseas. Read more about Tech The device was produced to […]
INEC Fully Set To Commence Voter Registration On June 28th
Nigeria’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has stated that it is fully ready to commence the nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) which is scheduled to start on June 28th, 2021. Read more about Politics This information was made public by Mrs Mary Nkem, the commission’s Deputy Director, Voter Education Division, in […]
INEC Announces Date For 2023 General Elections
Nigeria’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced the date for the 2023 general elections in Nigeria. Read more about Politics During a one-day public hearing on the National Electoral Offences Commission (Establishment) Bill 2021, held on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, and organized by the Senate Committee on INEC, Professor Mahmoud […]
2023 Elections: Voters’ Registration Set To Commence On June 28
As plans for the 2023 elections commences, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that the continuous voter registration (CVR) exercise will resume on June 28, 2021. Read more about Politics This information was made public by the Chairman of INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, on Thursday, April 1, 2021, in Abuja while addressing journalists. […]
Analysis: Testing Election Integrity In Nigeria
One of the salient points of the conversation which ensued after the last U.S elections bordered on the integrity of the entire process. Safe to say that no election is perfect. But a slim margin of error or inconsistency in the structure and process of elections itself can give legitimacy to the wrong candidate. […]
INEC Announces Date For Commencement Of Voters Registration
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, on Wednesday, November 4, 2020, during a budget defence session with the Senate Committee on INEC, revealed that the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) for the 2023 Nigerian elections will commence in the first quarter of next year, 2021. The electoral chief also noted […]
Petition For INEC To Begin Early Voter Registration
I have always been of the opinion that Nigeria needs a hard reset. Things are not working because they are simply not built to work. At least not for the greater majority. Unfortunately, the so-called process of nation-building has been a process that most Nigerians have not participated in for the most part. Read more […]
Do You Know? GetYourPVC.com
The past two weeks have taught us that we have to get more conscious as a people. Civic awareness has always come off as a chore because somewhere in our heads, we seem to have given up on the country’s future but the #EndSARS protests of the last fortnight. We must be intentional with […]
INEC Releases Date For 2023 Presidential Election
In line with measures to ensure the 2023 Nigerian presidential election is conducted smoothly, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday, October 15, 2020, announced that Nigeria is 855 days before the presidential election which will see to the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s term in office. Read more about Politics This information […]
Fingers Crossed as Atiku Gives Final Address at Elections Tribunal
In what may go down as the fiercest elections tribunal related political battle in contemporary Nigeria, the case presented by the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) at the 2019 general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, appears to be very strong. The Atiku team led by Dr. Livy Uzoukwu (SAN) at the Presidential Elections […]
INEC Server, APC’s Defense and the Fate of Atiku at the Tribunal
Coming on the heels of the All Progressives Congress (APC) insinuating at their defense at the presidential election petition tribunal that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar was not born in Nigeria, as the constitution required of anyone contesting the presidential elections, other allegations and counter allegations have ensued. In fact, until the matter comes to a close […]
Election Tribunals: Judiciary as the Last Hope of the Electorate
The electorate breathed a sigh of relief as the Osun State Election Tribunal passed judgment on Friday, 22nd March declaring Senator Ademola Adeleke of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as the rightful winner of the Osun state elections held on September 22th 2018. The three-man panel of judges had two of the judges favouring the […]
Do You Know: The First Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission?
INEC is an acronym for the Independent National Electoral Commission; an electoral body that was founded and guided by the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and saddled with the responsibility of organizing the elections in Nigeria. These elections range from the regional to the general elections (local, state and federal levels). The […]
Elections 2019: Nigerians versus the Polls
Despite the initial setback of the elections which was postponed from February 16th to Saturday, February 23rd, people still came out enmasse to exercise their franchise. This was not only surprising to many who had envisaged low voter turnout, it was a sign that Nigerians were beginning to trust the electoral process once again. Even […]