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January 11, (THEWILL) — At a two-day Induction and Strategic Retreat for newly appointed Chairman, National Commissioners and Resident Electoral Commissioners held in Lagos on Friday and Saturday, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Joash Amupitan (SAN), said, among other things,...

January 07, (THEWILL) — The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has attributed the non-issuance of access codes to Labour Party candidates for the 2026 Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council election to the party’s lingering leadership crisis and...

December 29, (THEWILL) — The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was a notable omission as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday, December 29, 2025, unveiled the provisional list of candidates for the June 20, 2026, Ekiti State governorship...

December 23, (THEWILL) — The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declined to recognise the Kabiru Turaki-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), insisting that it will only act in line with subsisting court judgements...

December 22, (THEWILL) — The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled February 21, 2026, for the conduct of bye-elections into the Ahoada East II and Khana II State Constituencies of Rivers State. The Commission disclosed this in a press...

December 19, (THEWILL) — The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, SAN, has called on the warring factions of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to find a diplomatic resolution to the party’s protracted...

December 19, (THEWILL) — The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stepped in to address the lingering leadership crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), summoning the party’s rival factions to a reconciliation meeting in Abuja. The closed-door engagement, which...

December 11, (THEWILL) — Poor telecommunications connectivity remains the biggest hurdle to real-time election result uploads across Nigeria, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, has said. Speaking at the Nigeria Civil Society Situation...

December 09, (THEWILL) — The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says over 2.68 million Nigerians have completed their voter registration in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise as the first quarter draws to a close. In a latest update...

November 23, (THEWILL) — The Independent National Electoral Commission has disowned a viral document claiming it approved the postponement of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Ekiti State Congress and governorship primary. In a statement on Friday, the Director of Voter Education...