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Amupitan sworn in as new substantive INEC chairman

October 23, 2025Bode DoluLeave a Comment

President Bola Tinubu has sworn in Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan as the new substantive Chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Nigerian Senate confirmed Professor Amupitan as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday last week. The swearing-in ceremony took place at the State House in Abuja on Thursday, […]

Nigerian Senate confirms Amupitan as INEC chairman

October 16, 2025Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Nigerian Senate has confirmed Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan as the new Chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Amupitan’s confirmation which happened on Thursday, came after undergoing screening and answering many questions from members of the Senate in a session that lasted hours. Before introducing himself to the Senators for the question and answer […]

Prof. Joash Amupitan appointed as new INEC chairman

October 9, 2025Bode DoluLeave a Comment

President Bola Tinubu has nominated a renowned legal expert and academic, Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan, SAN, as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), subject to Senate confirmation. Nigeria’s National Council of State (NCS) unanimously approved Amupitan’s nomination on Thursday, October 9, 2025. Tinubu’s spokesman, Bayo Onanuga announced the development, stating that […]

Nigeria’s INEC chairman, Yakubu steps down, Agbamuche-Mbu takes over

October 7, 2025Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Following a decade of steering Nigeria’s elections through sweeping reforms and digital innovations, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu announced his resignation on Tuesday. Yakubu, who has been at the helm since 2015, formally stepped down during the Commission’s quarterly meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners RECs in Abuja, describing the […]

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

October 22, 2023October 22, 2023Bode DoluLeave a Comment

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 […]

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

July 13, 2023July 13, 2023Bode DoluLeave a Comment

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 […]

INEC chairman discloses date for Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election

April 29, 2021Bode DoluLeave a Comment

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 […]

INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu takes oath for another term

December 9, 2020Bode DoluLeave a Comment

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 […]

INEC Chairman, Prof. Yakubu reappointed for a second term

October 27, 2020Bode DoluLeave a Comment

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 […]

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

April 26, 2019April 26, 2019Bode DoluLeave a Comment

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 […]