Yakubu Mahmood – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Fri, 11 Apr 2025 16:17:12 +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 Yakubu Mahmood – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 INEC Chairman Yakubu Bids Farewell at ECONEC Assembly https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-chairman-yakubu-bids-farewell-at-econec-assembly/ https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-chairman-yakubu-bids-farewell-at-econec-assembly/#respond Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:00:51 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=407986 Outgoing Chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, on Thursday bade farewell to his counterparts across West Africa, urging renewed commitment to regional cooperation among electoral management bodies. Yakubu made the call during the Extraordinary General Assembly of the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC), held in Banjul, Gambia. The event [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-chairman-yakubu-bids-farewell-at-econec-assembly/feed/ 0 INEC Chairman Pledges Enhanced Logistics, Result Management for Ondo Governorship Election https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-chairman-pledges-enhanced-logistics-result-management-for-ondo-governorship-election/ https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-chairman-pledges-enhanced-logistics-result-management-for-ondo-governorship-election/#respond Tue, 05 Nov 2024 19:00:20 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=393215 The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has pledged improved logistics and result management systems ahead of the upcoming November 16 governorship election in Ondo State. Prof. Yakubu made the commitment on Monday during an assessment tour of the INEC office in Akure. He noted that the commission has received [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-chairman-pledges-enhanced-logistics-result-management-for-ondo-governorship-election/feed/ 0 INEC Chairman Warns Against Danger of Hate Speech in Electoral Process https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-chairman-warns-against-danger-of-hate-speech-in-electoral-process/ https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-chairman-warns-against-danger-of-hate-speech-in-electoral-process/#respond Thu, 07 Dec 2023 07:00:59 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=363540 The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has issued a stern warning on the peril of hate speech within the electoral process. The caution came during the iVerify project launch organized by the International Press Centre in Abuja. Represented by the Acting Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Yakubu emphasized [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-chairman-warns-against-danger-of-hate-speech-in-electoral-process/feed/ 0 Ten INEC Directors Bid Farewell as They Retire After Distinguished Service https://www.theinfostride.com/ten-inec-directors-bid-farewell-as-they-retire-after-distinguished-service/ https://www.theinfostride.com/ten-inec-directors-bid-farewell-as-they-retire-after-distinguished-service/#respond Sun, 03 Dec 2023 11:00:23 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=363122 In a formal send-off ceremony held on Sunday in Abuja, ten directors of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) overseeing various departments officially retired upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 60 or completing 35 years of service. Prof. Mohammed Adams, INEC National Commissioner, extended heartfelt congratulations to the retiring directors during the ceremony. He [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/ten-inec-directors-bid-farewell-as-they-retire-after-distinguished-service/feed/ 0 INEC Chairman Faces Contempt Charges as APGA Threatens Legal Action https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-chairman-faces-contempt-charges-as-apga-threatens-legal-action/ https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-chairman-faces-contempt-charges-as-apga-threatens-legal-action/#respond Fri, 24 Nov 2023 13:01:24 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=361831 All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has issued a stern warning, declaring that in four days, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, will face imprisonment for contempt of court. National Chairman of APGA, Edozie Njoku, addressed journalists in Abuja on Friday, highlighting the court’s order instructing the recognition of Njoku as the National [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-chairman-faces-contempt-charges-as-apga-threatens-legal-action/feed/ 0 Call for Yakubu’s sack is ridiculous – INEC blows hot https://www.theinfostride.com/call-for-yakubus-sack-is-ridiculous-inec-blows-hot/ https://www.theinfostride.com/call-for-yakubus-sack-is-ridiculous-inec-blows-hot/#respond Thu, 13 Jul 2023 20:00:55 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=350816 The Labour Party (LP) has called for INEC chairman Mahmood Yakubu to be removed, but INEC has stated the LP has no legal standing to do so. In a news conference on Thursday, the LP demanded that the world community take “punitive action” against INEC chairman Yakubu and other key officials for their roles in [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/call-for-yakubus-sack-is-ridiculous-inec-blows-hot/feed/ 0 SAN Agbakoba calls for removal of INEC Chairman https://www.theinfostride.com/san-agbakoba-calls-for-removal-of-inec-chairman/ https://www.theinfostride.com/san-agbakoba-calls-for-removal-of-inec-chairman/#respond Thu, 15 Jun 2023 16:11:36 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=348941 Prominent Nigerian lawyer and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olisa Agbakoba, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to take steps toward the removal of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu. Agbakoba made this call in a statement released on Thursday, June 15, 2023, where he commended President [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/san-agbakoba-calls-for-removal-of-inec-chairman/feed/ 0 INEC reacts to Reps order to delete dead, inactive voters from register https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-reacts-to-reps-order-to-delete-dead-inactive-voters-from-register/ https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-reacts-to-reps-order-to-delete-dead-inactive-voters-from-register/#respond Sun, 07 May 2023 10:58:36 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=346610 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is yet to receive official communication from the House of Representatives on its resolution regarding the nation’s voter register. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, told newsmen on Friday in Abuja, while reacting to a media publication of the House of Representatives calling for [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-reacts-to-reps-order-to-delete-dead-inactive-voters-from-register/feed/ 0 INEC tells tribunal to strike out Obi, LP’s petition for being grossly incompetent https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-tells-tribunal-to-strike-out-obi-lps-petition-for-being-grossly-incompetent/ https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-tells-tribunal-to-strike-out-obi-lps-petition-for-being-grossly-incompetent/#respond Mon, 10 Apr 2023 20:30:52 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=345060 INEC, the 1st respondent, stated this in its reply filed on Monday night at the PEPC’s Secretariat by its lawyer, Abubakar Mahmoud, SAN, in Abuja. The commission prayed the court to either “dismiss or strike out the petition for being grossly incompetent, abusive, vague, nebulous, generic, general, non-specific, ambiguous, equivocal, hypothetical and academic.” The News [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-tells-tribunal-to-strike-out-obi-lps-petition-for-being-grossly-incompetent/feed/ 0 Nigeria Decides: INEC Chairman gives update on BVAS https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-decides-inec-chairman-gives-update-on-bvas/ https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-decides-inec-chairman-gives-update-on-bvas/#respond Fri, 24 Feb 2023 20:30:30 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=342369 The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, performed optimally nationwide during the presidential election. Yakubu stated this while giving an update on Saturday at the National Collation Centre briefing in Abuja. He explained that according to reports reaching the Commission, all went [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-decides-inec-chairman-gives-update-on-bvas/feed/ 0 APC Manipulating INEC To Bend To Its Wishes, Says Prof Kperogi https://www.theinfostride.com/apc-manipulating-inec-to-bend-to-its-wishes-says-prof-kperogi/ https://www.theinfostride.com/apc-manipulating-inec-to-bend-to-its-wishes-says-prof-kperogi/#respond Sat, 28 May 2022 19:30:01 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=325741 For asking for six days extension to put its house in order, Professor Farooq Kperogi has slammed the All Progressives Congress Party (APC), alleging that the party is in the habit of manipulating INEC to accept its wishes. The All Progressives Congress Party (APC), alongside other political parties, reportedly sought the extension of the deadline [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/apc-manipulating-inec-to-bend-to-its-wishes-says-prof-kperogi/feed/ 0 INEC Continuous Voter Registration – Basic Things You Must Know https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-continuous-voter-registration-basic-things-you-must-know/ https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-continuous-voter-registration-basic-things-you-must-know/#respond Sat, 19 Mar 2022 18:28:10 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=320903 The Independent National Electoral Commission has commenced the Continuous Voter Registration nationwide, ahead of the 2023 elections. It is also important to note that as a New Voter, you can Pre-Register online, or as a Registered Voter, you can Review your Voter Registration, Request to Update your Information or Transfer your Voter Registration to another [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-continuous-voter-registration-basic-things-you-must-know/feed/ 0 Indirect Primaries: INEC Chairman Meets Reps Committees https://www.theinfostride.com/indirect-primaries-inec-chairman-meets-reps-committees/ https://www.theinfostride.com/indirect-primaries-inec-chairman-meets-reps-committees/#respond Thu, 09 Dec 2021 13:00:25 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=314324 The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Yakubu Mahmood, on Thursday met with the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations and Communications on the indirect primaries. It would be recalled that the House had resolved that committees should meet with the INEC Chairman over the indirect primaries. The resolution was made last week after [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/indirect-primaries-inec-chairman-meets-reps-committees/feed/ 0 Anambra Guber: INEC Chairman, IGP Assure of Credible Election, Adequate Security https://www.theinfostride.com/anambra-guber-inec-chairman-igp-assure-of-credible-election-adequate-security/ https://www.theinfostride.com/anambra-guber-inec-chairman-igp-assure-of-credible-election-adequate-security/#respond Tue, 02 Nov 2021 19:00:11 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=311870 Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakub and the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali has assured Anambra people of a credible election and security of lives and property during Saturday’s election. The duo spoke in Anambra during a stakeholders meeting held at the INEC headquarters in Awka, on Tuesday. The INEC [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/anambra-guber-inec-chairman-igp-assure-of-credible-election-adequate-security/feed/ 0 Anambra Election: Why We’ll Not Deploy Election Materials To 86 Polling Units – INEC https://www.theinfostride.com/anambra-election-why-well-not-deploy-election-materials-to-86-polling-units-inec/ https://www.theinfostride.com/anambra-election-why-well-not-deploy-election-materials-to-86-polling-units-inec/#respond Fri, 29 Oct 2021 19:00:17 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=311540 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday said it will not deploy personnel or election materials to the new 86 polling units in Anambra for the state governorship election. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this during the commission’s consultative meeting with leaders of political parties on Friday in Abuja, NAN reports. Yakubu [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/anambra-election-why-well-not-deploy-election-materials-to-86-polling-units-inec/feed/ 0 We Are Ready For Anambra Election – INEC https://www.theinfostride.com/we-are-ready-for-anambra-election-inec/ https://www.theinfostride.com/we-are-ready-for-anambra-election-inec/#respond Wed, 27 Oct 2021 20:30:19 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=311388 Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said that the commission is ready for the Nov. 6 governorship election in Anambra State. He said this at a meeting with the Joint National Assembly Committee INEC and Electoral Matters to engage with the commission over the forthcoming election in Abuja on Wednesday. Yakubu [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/we-are-ready-for-anambra-election-inec/feed/ 0 INEC Announces Date For 2023 General Elections https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-announces-date-for-2023-general-elections/ https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-announces-date-for-2023-general-elections/#respond Wed, 28 Apr 2021 20:00:26 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=291777 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday announced the date for the forthcoming 2023 general elections. Chairman of the commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu made the announcement at a one-day public hearing on the National Electoral Offences Commission (Establishment) Bill 2021, organized by the Senate Committee on INEC. Mahmood Yakubu said the general elections are [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-announces-date-for-2023-general-elections/feed/ 0 INEC Pledges To Conduct Better Elections In 2023 https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-pledges-to-conduct-better-elections-in-2023/ https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-pledges-to-conduct-better-elections-in-2023/#respond Sun, 14 Mar 2021 21:00:59 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=287357 Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has assured Nigerians that the 2023 elections would be different from all previous ones in terms of preparations and readiness. Yakubu, who gave the assurance at a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs), yesterday, in Abuja, said the commission was committed to deepening the culture [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-pledges-to-conduct-better-elections-in-2023/feed/ 0 INEC Solicits NASS Support On Conversion Of Voting Points To Polling Units https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-solicits-nass-support-on-conversion-of-voting-points-to-polling-units/ https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-solicits-nass-support-on-conversion-of-voting-points-to-polling-units/#respond Wed, 03 Mar 2021 11:00:08 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=286354 INEC says the existing number of polling units are inadequate to serve Nigerians. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has solicited the National Assembly’s support to convert existing voting points in the country to polling units. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the appeal on Tuesday during a presentation on the state of voter access [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-solicits-nass-support-on-conversion-of-voting-points-to-polling-units/feed/ 0 INEC: PDP Seeks Redress In Failed Electoral Process As Yakubu Gets Re-appointed https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-pdp-seeks-redress-in-failed-electoral-process-as-yakubu-gets-re-appointed/ https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-pdp-seeks-redress-in-failed-electoral-process-as-yakubu-gets-re-appointed/#respond Thu, 29 Oct 2020 09:01:10 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=272914 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday told Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to act on the aphorism that “to whom much is given, much more is expected”. PDP also encouraged Yakubu to immediately look into issues that aid manipulations, rigging, violence and inconclusive elections which marred most of the exercises [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-pdp-seeks-redress-in-failed-electoral-process-as-yakubu-gets-re-appointed/feed/ 0 IPAC Congratulates Yakubu On Re-appointment As INEC Chairman https://www.theinfostride.com/ipac-congratulates-yakubu-on-reappointment-as-inec-chairman/ https://www.theinfostride.com/ipac-congratulates-yakubu-on-reappointment-as-inec-chairman/#respond Wed, 28 Oct 2020 13:13:03 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=272814 The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has congratulated Professor Mahmood Yakubu on his re-appointment as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The body encouraged him to keep up with the electoral reforms he initiated. National Chairman, Leonard Nzenwa, in a statement on Wednesday, said Yakubu’s re-appointment was good for Nigeria. Nzenwa noted that the [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/ipac-congratulates-yakubu-on-reappointment-as-inec-chairman/feed/ 0 President Buhari Nominates Yakubu As INEC Chairman For 2nd Term https://www.theinfostride.com/president-buhari-nominates-yakubu-as-inec-chairman-for-2nd-term/ https://www.theinfostride.com/president-buhari-nominates-yakubu-as-inec-chairman-for-2nd-term/#respond Wed, 28 Oct 2020 09:30:56 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=272803 Recall, Yakubu was first appointed INEC chairman in November 2015. President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Professor Mahmood Yakubu as chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for a second term. President Buhari’s spokesperson, Femi Adesina, stated in a statement on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 that a letter has already been forwarded to the National Assembly [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/president-buhari-nominates-yakubu-as-inec-chairman-for-2nd-term/feed/ 0 Osun Guber Race 2018: Secondus urges INEC to declare PDP Winner, says Prof Yakubu brewing Crisis https://www.theinfostride.com/osun-guber-race-2018-secondus-urges-inec-to-declare-pdp-winner-says-prof-yakubu-brewing-crisis/ Sun, 23 Sep 2018 18:00:21 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=216872 The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare PDP winner in Osun’s Saturday general election to avert national crisis. Prince Secondus said that the PDP will not accept anything less than its deserved victory because the party won the election clearly [...]

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]]> Osun 2018 Governorship Election: CSO commend INEC over Preparation https://www.theinfostride.com/osun-2018-governorship-election-cso-commend-inec-over-preparation/ Thu, 20 Sep 2018 20:28:26 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=216530 A Civil Society Group known as the Centre for Public Accountability (CPA) has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for its preparedness towards the Osun State governorship elections, scheduled for the 22nd September 2018. The group while giving a report of its assessments of preparations by INEC and other stakeholders ahead of the election, [...]

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