2023 Presidency: “It’s not fair to judge us” – Nigeria’s electoral body, INEC replies EU mission

June 28, 2023 Verity News Admin 0

On Tuesday, the Independent National voting Commission (INEC) advised Nigerians not to criticize the voting system because of a problem with the upload of the presidential election scheduled for February 25, 2023. INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye made this known while reacting to the final report on the 2023 general elections submitted by the European Union […]

EU mission releases report on 2023 general elections

June 27, 2023 Verity News Admin 0

The Independent National Electoral Commission has received the final report from the European Union Election Observation Mission about this year’s general elections. INEC disclosed this on its Twitter handle on Monday. The EU Mission was received by the INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, and the National Commissioners […]

Revealed! “All efforts made to upload presidential poll results to BVAS failed” — INEC staff testifies in court

June 9, 2023 Verity News Admin 0

The Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, or BVAS, machines were used by five INEC ad-hoc staff members who took part in the administration of the contested presidential election. They testified before the court that on the day of the election, all of their attempts to upload polling unit results to INEC’s I-Rev portal failed. Five INEC’s ad-hoc staff members were subpoenaed to appear before the court, however, only two of them were able to testify on Thursday, with […]

INEC reveals over 50 candidates for Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi governorship elections

June 7, 2023 Verity News Admin 0

In a statement issued by INEC stated that all 18 political parties fielded candidates for the Kogi election, while 17 and 16 parties, respectively, fielded candidates for the gubernatorial elections in Imo and Bayelsa. A further breakdown of the list by INEC also revealed that two political parties fielded female candidates for Bayelsa poll, while only one party […]