Mahmood Yakubu

The senate has confirmed the appointment of 64 ambassadorial nominees. Thirty-four of the confirmed nominees are career ambassadors, while 30 are non-career ambassadors. The career ambassadors include Arewa Esther…

Despite his exit as the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, has again ordered the Inspector General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, to arrest the…

...directs him to handover to May Agbamuche-Mbu President Tinubu has officially accepted Professor Mahmood Yakubu's departure as chairman of the INEC following the expiration of his second term in office. In…

Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, has directed the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to arrest the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, over alleged contempt of…

In a significant gesture of recognition, the National Youth for Good Leadership and Governance (NYGLG) presented a ‘Certificate of Excellence Award’ to Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission…

Nigeria's electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), today welcomed a high-level delegation from the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC) tasked with evaluating the country's implementation of…

The opening address was made by Hon. Chairman INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu at the ongoing Induction Retreat for Resident Electoral Commissioners in Ikeja, Lagos State. National Commissioners Resident Electoral…

The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said that the commission would be deploying about 46,084 regular and ad hoc staff for the November 11 off-cycle governorship elections in Kogi,…

A public policy analyst, Chima Christian, has called for multi-stakeholder audits and integrity tests on the systems and processes of Nigeria's National Population Commission (NPC) ahead of the country's planned census exercise from 3 - 5,…

The Independent National Electoral Commission has recently deny a report accusing its Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, of attempts to distort the governorship election results in Abia State. A portal, Strenuous Blog, had quoted…