President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to screen and confirm 10 new Resident Electoral Commissioners for a term of five ears.The President’s request was contained in a letter read by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, at plenary on Tuesday.The new RECs were appointed last week to serve in the Independent National Electoral Commission.The newly appointed RECs are Etekamba Umoren (Akwa Ibom) Isah Shaka Ehimeakne (Edo) Oluwatoyin Babalola (Ekiti) Abubakar Ahme...

The Nigeria Senate on today confirmed the reappointment of Mahmood Yakubu as the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).The Senate confirmed Yakubu’s nomination sent by President Muhammadu Buhari after Ibrahim Gaya, chairman of the committee on INEC, presented a report for consideration of his confirmation for a second tenure in office.Gaya said Yakubu is qualified to occupy office again as chairman of the electoral commission.“The nominee...

The presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to the revelation by the immediate past Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, was allegedly recommended for his reappointment by an associate of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu in 2020. Speaking in Rivers State on Saturday, Amaechi, had alleged that, not only did the re-appoi...