Politics

How Yakubu gets NASS buy-in for N86bn increase in INEC’s budget

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 12 January 2025 0

…laments financial burden of conducting bye- elections By Tunde Opalana The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, after presenting a compelling case for an increased budgetary allocation got the nodding of the National Assembly for additional

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We ‘ll relocate remaining 59 INEC offices from LG secretariats – Yakubu

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 23 November 2024 0

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has emphasized the need to relocate the remaining Fifty-Nine (59) INEC Local Government offices currently housed within the Local Government Secretariats to independent locations. Addressing the House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters at the National Assembly Complex

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5 Days to 2023 polls: Amidst tension, Yakubu assures INEC is ready for election

Ihesiulo Grace 19 February 2023 0

…says presidential candidates will sign Peace Accord again on Wednesday By Tunde Opalana Despite uncertainty that pervades the land five days to the commencement of the 2023 general election, the nation’s Chief Electoral Officer, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has assured of the preparedness of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a free, fair and

Business

NAHCOs CEO, Yakubu, promises firms turnaround

Ihesiulo Grace 1 December 2017 0

The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (nahco aviance), Mr. Idris Yakubu, has promised to lead the attitudinal change and a fresh drive for excellence that the Company requires to move it to the next level. Speaking when he held his maiden meeting with workers at the Head Office of the Company, […]

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Court grants ex- NNPC GMD, Yakubu bail for N300m

Ihesiulo Grace 21 March 2017 0

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday admitted former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Andrew Yakubu, to bail on the sum of N300 million with two eminent sureties in like sum. Trial judge, Justice Ahmed Mohammed, granted the defendant bail while ruling on the bail application that […]

Politics

INEC gives condition for Diaspora voting in 2019

Ihesiulo Grace 3 November 2016 0

The Independent National Electoral Commission said in Abuja on Tuesday that the possibility of Nigerians living abroad to vote in the 2019 general elections would depend on the amendment to the country’s electoral laws. The Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, stated this when he played host to the Senate Committee on Diaspora and […]