PVCs – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Sun, 24 Aug 2025 17:58:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png PVCs – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 INEC Raises Concern Over 360,000 Uncollected PVCs in Kano https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-raises-concern-over-360000-uncollected-pvcs-in-kano/ https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-raises-concern-over-360000-uncollected-pvcs-in-kano/#respond Sat, 23 Aug 2025 09:00:09 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=465880 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed concern over the failure of residents in Kano State to collect more than 360,000 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) currently in its custody. The State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Ambassador Abdu Zango, disclosed this on Saturday while receiving members of a committee set up by the Kano State [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-raises-concern-over-360000-uncollected-pvcs-in-kano/feed/ 0 INEC Warns Voters Without PVCs to Stay Away from Ondo Polling Centres https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-warns-voters-without-pvcs-to-stay-away-from-ondo-polling-centres/ https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-warns-voters-without-pvcs-to-stay-away-from-ondo-polling-centres/#respond Tue, 15 Oct 2024 14:00:27 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=391097 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned individuals without Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to stay away from polling centres during the November 16, 2024, governorship election in Ondo State. Prof. Kunle Ajayi, INEC’s National Commissioner overseeing Ondo, Ogun, and Osun States, issued the warning on Tuesday in Akure during the presentation of soft copies [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-warns-voters-without-pvcs-to-stay-away-from-ondo-polling-centres/feed/ 0 INEC to Distribute Uncollected PVCs in Edo State Starting May 27 https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-to-distribute-uncollected-pvcs-in-edo-state-starting-may-27/ https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-to-distribute-uncollected-pvcs-in-edo-state-starting-may-27/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 09:00:35 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=378129 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Edo State has announced plans to commence the distribution of approximately 373,030 uncollected Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) on May 27. The state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Anugbum Onuoha, disclosed this during a stakeholders’ meeting in Benin on Thursday, regarding the upcoming Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise. Onuoha explained [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-to-distribute-uncollected-pvcs-in-edo-state-starting-may-27/feed/ 0 Disunity, youth restiveness robbed Taraba of development – PRP guber aspirant, Wasa https://www.theinfostride.com/disunity-youth-restiveness-robbed-taraba-of-development-prp-guber-aspirant-wasa/ https://www.theinfostride.com/disunity-youth-restiveness-robbed-taraba-of-development-prp-guber-aspirant-wasa/#respond Tue, 10 Jan 2023 20:00:27 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=339552 The alleged refusal of the people of Taraba State to put aside their differences and come together to catapult the state to enviable heights has been identified as the major reason for its underdevelopment. The gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Josiah Wukari Wasa, who made the observation on Wednesday during an interface [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/disunity-youth-restiveness-robbed-taraba-of-development-prp-guber-aspirant-wasa/feed/ 0 2023 polls: Buhari not ready to conduct free, fair elections – CSOs raise alarm over missing PVCs https://www.theinfostride.com/2023-polls-buhari-not-ready-to-conduct-free-fair-elections-csos-raise-alarm-over-missing-pvcs/ https://www.theinfostride.com/2023-polls-buhari-not-ready-to-conduct-free-fair-elections-csos-raise-alarm-over-missing-pvcs/#respond Fri, 06 Jan 2023 20:30:16 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=339281 Barely 49 days to the 2023 general elections, a group of Civil Society Organisations on Friday, expressed concerns over the reports of missing Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs and the challenge of locating them. The CSOs worried President Muhammadu Buhari must be prepared to conduct a free and fair election. The organisations expressed their views during [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/2023-polls-buhari-not-ready-to-conduct-free-fair-elections-csos-raise-alarm-over-missing-pvcs/feed/ 0 Politicians now purchase PVCs to rig 2023 elections – INEC https://www.theinfostride.com/politicians-now-purchase-pvcs-to-rig-2023-elections-inec/ https://www.theinfostride.com/politicians-now-purchase-pvcs-to-rig-2023-elections-inec/#respond Tue, 13 Dec 2022 11:00:46 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=337794 Ahead of the forthcoming 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has lamented that politicians now purchase Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, to rig and mar the credibility of the exercise. This disclosure is coming as voters across the 774 local government areas across the country troop out to collect their PVCs. This process [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/politicians-now-purchase-pvcs-to-rig-2023-elections-inec/feed/ 0 2023: Intersociety tasks INEC on extension of distribution, collection of PVCs https://www.theinfostride.com/2023-intersociety-tasks-inec-on-extension-of-distribution-collection-of-pvcs/ https://www.theinfostride.com/2023-intersociety-tasks-inec-on-extension-of-distribution-collection-of-pvcs/#respond Wed, 07 Dec 2022 20:00:42 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=337544 A non-governmental body, the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), has frowned at the recent decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to shrink the time for collection of permanent voters cards (PVC) to only 26 working days. InfoStride News recalls that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), had on [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/2023-intersociety-tasks-inec-on-extension-of-distribution-collection-of-pvcs/feed/ 0 132,626 PVCs remain uncollected in Anambra – INEC https://www.theinfostride.com/132626-pvcs-remain-uncollected-in-anambra-inec/ https://www.theinfostride.com/132626-pvcs-remain-uncollected-in-anambra-inec/#respond Wed, 07 Dec 2022 14:01:28 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=337441 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that 132,626 Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) belonging to voters in the 21 local government areas of Anambra State are still uncollected. The commission also stated that it has relocated six local government area collection centres in the state, as a result of the insecurity ravaging most parts [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/132626-pvcs-remain-uncollected-in-anambra-inec/feed/ 0 2023: INEC Decries Low PVC Collection In Rivers Seven Months To Election https://www.theinfostride.com/2023-inec-decries-low-pvc-collection-in-rivers-seven-months-to-election/ https://www.theinfostride.com/2023-inec-decries-low-pvc-collection-in-rivers-seven-months-to-election/#respond Mon, 25 Jul 2022 19:00:31 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=329221 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has decried the low collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in Rivers State. The INEC National Commissioner in charge of Delta, Cross River, and Rivers states, May Agbamuche, made the observation while briefing newsmen in Port Harcourt on Monday. The INEC commissioner said out of 54,945 PVCs that have [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/2023-inec-decries-low-pvc-collection-in-rivers-seven-months-to-election/feed/ 0 2023: Only 6,382 PVCs Collected Out Of 34,242 Registered In Lagos – INEC https://www.theinfostride.com/2023-only-6382-pvcs-collected-out-of-34242-registered-in-lagos-inec/ https://www.theinfostride.com/2023-only-6382-pvcs-collected-out-of-34242-registered-in-lagos-inec/#respond Thu, 30 Jun 2022 14:00:03 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=327641 Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has decried the low rate of Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) collection. The electoral umpire said only 6,382 Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) out of 34,242, have been collected by their owners from the Commission’s Headquarters in Lagos for the first and second quarters. Mr [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/2023-only-6382-pvcs-collected-out-of-34242-registered-in-lagos-inec/feed/ 0 2023: About 1 Million PVCs Yet To Be Collected In Lagos – INEC https://www.theinfostride.com/2023-about-1-million-pvcs-yet-to-be-collected-in-lagos-inec/ https://www.theinfostride.com/2023-about-1-million-pvcs-yet-to-be-collected-in-lagos-inec/#respond Tue, 28 Jun 2022 19:30:40 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=327542 Ahead of the 2023 general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday announced that a total of 1,091,157 old Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) are still uncollected by their owners in Lagos state. The commission also said that after two months it flagged off distribution of 34,242 newly printed PVCs for new registrants; only [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/2023-about-1-million-pvcs-yet-to-be-collected-in-lagos-inec/feed/ 0 Osun APC chair, Famodun condemns attack on electorates, INEC officials in Ilesa https://www.theinfostride.com/osun-apc-chair-famodun-condemns-attack-on-electorates-inec-officials-in-ilesa/ https://www.theinfostride.com/osun-apc-chair-famodun-condemns-attack-on-electorates-inec-officials-in-ilesa/#respond Fri, 24 Jun 2022 19:30:43 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=327285 The Osun State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prince Gboyega Famodun, has condemned the attack on some members of the party in Ilesa-West Local Government Council Area of the state, by some suspected political thugs. InfoStride News reported that some hoodlums suspected to be political thugs attacked and disrupted the collection of Permanent [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/osun-apc-chair-famodun-condemns-attack-on-electorates-inec-officials-in-ilesa/feed/ 0 Osun PDP Warns INEC Against Alleged Secret Voter Registration https://www.theinfostride.com/osun-pdp-warns-inec-against-alleged-secret-voter-registration/ https://www.theinfostride.com/osun-pdp-warns-inec-against-alleged-secret-voter-registration/#respond Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:00:59 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=327270 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun has warned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to perish the alleged attempts to embark on secret voters registration with the All Progressives Congress (APC) to inflate the current figure of the current voters register. In a signed statement by Adekunle Akindele in Osogbo on Friday, the caretaker [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/osun-pdp-warns-inec-against-alleged-secret-voter-registration/feed/ 0 2023: Zamfara APC Seeks Cooperation Of Residents For PVC https://www.theinfostride.com/2023-zamfara-apc-seeks-cooperation-of-residents-for-pvc/ https://www.theinfostride.com/2023-zamfara-apc-seeks-cooperation-of-residents-for-pvc/#respond Sun, 19 Jun 2022 13:00:58 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=326924 The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised residents to register as the electoral law specifies that only those whose names are on the voters’ list are qualified to vote during elections. According to the state publicity secretary of the party, Comrade Yusuf Idris Gusau, whoever intends to exercise his or [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/2023-zamfara-apc-seeks-cooperation-of-residents-for-pvc/feed/ 0 2023 Elections: Get Your PVCs Now NANS Tells Students https://www.theinfostride.com/2023-elections-get-your-pvcs-now-nans-tells-students/ https://www.theinfostride.com/2023-elections-get-your-pvcs-now-nans-tells-students/#respond Wed, 01 Dec 2021 19:00:17 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=313912 National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Southwest Zone D, has called on all students in higher institutions in the zone to use the opportunity of the ongoing voter registration to get their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). The Southwest coordinator of NANS, Mr Emmanuel Adegboye, made the call in Ibadan on Wednesday during a press conference. [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/2023-elections-get-your-pvcs-now-nans-tells-students/feed/ 0 Anambra Guber: INEC Gives Update On Available PVCs https://www.theinfostride.com/anambra-guber-inec-gives-update-on-available-pvcs/ https://www.theinfostride.com/anambra-guber-inec-gives-update-on-available-pvcs/#respond Tue, 26 Oct 2021 20:30:43 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=311306 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said that 81,778 newly printed Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) were ready for collection in Anambra State. INEC disclosed this in a statement titled “ Update on Preparations for the Anambra State Governorship Election”, signed by Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, on [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/anambra-guber-inec-gives-update-on-available-pvcs/feed/ 0 IVED Will Eliminate PVCs Theft For Voting — INEC https://www.theinfostride.com/ived-will-eliminate-pvcs-theft-for-voting-inec/ https://www.theinfostride.com/ived-will-eliminate-pvcs-theft-for-voting-inec/#respond Wed, 08 Sep 2021 10:30:05 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=307555 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says INEC Voter Enrolment Device (IVED), will eliminate the possibility of voting by identity theft using another person’s Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) on election day. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu stated this while addressing media executives on Tuesday in Abuja. IVED is the commission’s new voter enrolment and voter [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/ived-will-eliminate-pvcs-theft-for-voting-inec/feed/ 0 Anyone Selling Or Buying PVCs Should Be Arrested – Samuel Ortom https://www.theinfostride.com/anyone-selling-or-buying-pvcs-should-be-arrested-samuel-ortom/ Fri, 30 Nov 2018 02:32:08 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=222105 Samuel Ortom has directed security agencies in the state to arrest people buying the Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs). Ortom gave the directive on Wednesday in Makurdi while interacting with newsmen. He said that the security agencies had been notified of the ugly trend, stressing that anybody found buying PVCs or selling them would be arrested [...]

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]]> 288,043 Unclaimed PVCs Exist In Adamawa State – INEC https://www.theinfostride.com/288043-unclaimed-pvcs-exist-in-adamawa-state-inec/ Tue, 06 Nov 2018 02:34:24 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=220282 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Adamawa says it has 288,043 unclaimed Permanent Voter Cards. Kasim Gaidam, the electoral commissioner in the state, disclosed this at a news conference in Yola. Gaidam expressed concern over the development and attributed the situation to lack of proper voter education and enlightenment. ” We have a total [...]

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]]> 435,015 Nigerians Are Yet To Collect Their PVCs – INEC https://www.theinfostride.com/435015-nigerians-are-yet-to-collect-their-pvcs-inec/ Sun, 23 Sep 2018 11:13:32 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=216812 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 435,015 registered voters in Osun are yet to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). Mr Olusegun Agbaje, the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Osun, made this known on Friday at a press conference in Osogbo. Agbaje said 1,246,915 PVCs were collected from INEC by registered voters in the state [...]

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]]> PDP Is Buying PVCs Illegally – Adamu Chilariye https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-is-buying-pvcs-illegally-adamu-chilariye/ Sat, 18 Aug 2018 18:23:06 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=213729 The Chairman Yobe State Executive Committee (SEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Adamu Chilariye has accused the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of illegally buying the permanent voter’s card ( PVC) of unsuspecting members of the public. He made the accusation on Thursday at a press briefing in Damaturu. He stated that the state [...]

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]]> Nigerians Must Get Their PVCs – Tonto Dikeh https://www.theinfostride.com/nigerians-must-get-their-pvcs-tonto-dikeh/ Sat, 02 Jun 2018 20:06:53 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=207795 The day set aside to mark Democracy Day in Nigeria might be over but we’ve got a number of celebrities who had different reactions towards the day. Tonto Dikeh said we should make us of our voices and be the voice for the voiceless rather than say inciting things about the country. She went on [...]

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]]> Distribution Of PVCs At The INEC Offices Will Begin On Monday – Femi Akinbiyi https://www.theinfostride.com/distribution-of-pvcs-at-the-inec-offices-will-begin-on-monday-femi-akinbiyi/ Mon, 21 May 2018 19:06:57 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=207073 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) would on Monday start distributing Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) to newly registered eligible voters in Lagos State, its spokesman, Femi Akinbiyi, has said. “Definitely on Monday, we are going to start the distribution of PVCs at the INEC offices in the 20 local government areas of the state. “The [...]

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]]> PVCs Will Be Collected Before The Governorship Election In Ekiti — INEC https://www.theinfostride.com/pvcs-will-be-collected-before-the-governorship-election-in-ekiti-inec/ Mon, 26 Feb 2018 21:52:32 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=200855 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said that 215,000 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) were still unclaimed in Ekiti, five months to the July 14 governorship election. “We still have 215,000 PVCs that are yet to be claimed by the electorate, few months to the governorship election, despite our sensitization programmes. “We are hopeful [...]

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]]> I Am Not Cloning PVCs – Adams Oshiomhole https://www.theinfostride.com/i-am-not-cloning-pvcs-adams-oshiomhole/ Sun, 19 Jun 2016 03:07:27 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=132766 Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has debunked rumour of purchasing or cloning of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) by an aspirant in upcoming governorship election in the state, describing it as “fallacy’’. Oshiomhole told newsmen after casting his vote at All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primaries at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City on Saturday [...]

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