Tag: #YakubuMahmood

Oct

2025

Northern Minorities Warn Against Ethnic Bias, as Senate Screens Tinubu’s INEC Pick, Prof. Amupitan

NATIONAL NEWS#Arrestyakubumahmood, #Ethnicbigotry, #INEC, #INECchairman, #ProfessorJoashOjoAmupitan, #YakubuMahmood

Northern Minorities Warn Against Ethnic Bias, as Senate Screens Tinubu’s INEC Pick, Prof. Amupitan The Senate has today (Thursday) screened Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan for the position of Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The announcement was contained in a circular issued on Wednesday by the Director of Information for the Senate, Bullah Audu Bi-Allah, and made available to journalists in Abuja. The development comes barely 24 hours after President Bola Tinubu’s letter seeking the speedy confirmation of Amupitan was read on the Senate floor by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio. The circular partly read: “The…

Oct

2025

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Arrest former INEC chairman, Mahmood, court orders IGP

NATIONAL NEWS#Arrestyakubumahmood, #Electoralirregularities, #INEC, #YakubuMahmood

Arrest former INEC chairman, Mahmood, court orders IGP 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 former INEC chairman, Prof Mahmoud Yakubu, for an offence relating to contempt of court. The court gave this directive in spite of Yakubu's exit as the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The order was issued a few hours after Yakubu left the office as the INEC chairman. It will be recalled that earlier, the Action Alliance, (AA), had instituted a case before the court…

Jun

2023

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INEC Boss, Mahmood To Testify Against Tinubu, Today

LEGAL, NATIONAL NEWS, POLITICS#AtikuAbubakar, #BolaTinubu, #ElectionPetition, #Pdp, #YakubuMahmood

INEC Boss, Mahmood To Testify Against Tinubu, Today The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has been subpoenaed to appear at the Presidential Election Petition Court sitting in Abuja, today, Thursday, June 15, to give evidence for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate in to testify against Bola Ahmed Tinubu as President. Mahmood is expected to give evidence for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate in the February 25, presidential election, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Atiku and the PDP are challenging the victory of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as President.…

Apr

2023

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ADAMAWA 2023) MAHMOOD BEGAT HUDU: Buhari’s parting gift to Nigeria

OPINION#AriHudu, #MohammaduBuhari, #YakubuMahmood

(ADAMAWA 2023) MAHMOOD BEGAT HUDU: Buhari's parting gift to Nigeria By: Sam Onwuemeodo. Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Yakubu Mahmood, has gotten a standard. He has set a standard for the nation on how elections should be conducted . But not exemplary standard. Not a befitting standard. And the ugly standard has equally begun to bear fruits. But ugly fruits. Fruits, not worthy of emulation. Ask me, Yakubu Mahmood has "begat" or has begotten or has given birth to Ari Hudu, the embattled Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, for Adamawa State. And with effect from February 25,…

Sep

2022

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2023: You shall have seamless access to portal, INEC assures Nigerians …Says rigging will be difficult

Uncategorized#YakubuMahmood, election, INEC

2023: You shall have seamless access to portal, INEC assures Nigerians ...Says rigging will be difficult As 2023 general election crawls in, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Friday, has assured eligible Nigerians that there shall be a seamless access to portal. The Commission disclosed move to recruit over 1.4 million adhoc staff in preparation ahead of the 2023 general election. This was made known by the Chairman, INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, in a keynote address delivered at the launch of Yiaga Africa Election Result Analysis Dashboard (ERAD) Report on Electronic…