By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter PROMISED CHALLENGES lie ahead for Nigeria’s electoral system after President Bola Tinubu formally swore in Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan as the sixth substantive Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). At the State House Council Chamber in Abuja, Tinubu urged Amupitan to ser...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent APPROVAL BY the National Council of State (NCS) has sealed the nomination of Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan, SAN, from the North-Central region, as the next Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). According to a statement released by the Special Assistant to the Presiden...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIA’s ELECTORAL management body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has witnessed a leadership transition as May Agbamuche assumes office as Acting National Chairman following the completion of Professor Mahmood Yakubu’s two-term tenure. Agbamuche, the oldest serving National Comm...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu has accepted the departure of Professor Mahmood Yakubu as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) following the completion of his second term in office. Professor Yakubu, who was first appointed in November 2015 as the 14th chairman of the electora...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE INDEPENDENT National Electoral Commission (INEC) has cautioned Nigerians to disregard a fraudulent advertorial currently circulating on social media, which claims that the commission is recruiting for various positions. The commission, in a statement issued on Wednesday, 16 September, throu...
The Punch THE JOINT Admissions and Matriculation Board has issued a warning to several higher institutions that violated admission guidelines, describing their actions as an “aberration” and demanding full compliance within seven days. The institutions, summoned to a meeting with JAMB on August 18, 2025, tendered apologies and pleaded with the...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent COUNTRYWIDE CONTINUOS voter registration began with online pre-registration on Monday 18 August 2025, recording 69,376 entries within the first seven hours. According to figures released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the portal went live at 8.30am and by 3.30pm the sa...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent NIGERIA’s ELECTORAL commission has announced it has formally opened the process for its 2025 Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise, urging all eligible citizens to engage actively ahead of the 2027 general elections. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced the roll...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter PROFESSOR MAHMOOD Yakubu has announced the impending conclusion of his tenure as Chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), bringing to a close nearly a decade of electoral stewardship marked by political turbulence, reform efforts, and regional engagement. Addressing col...
