•Voting The re-run and by-elections conducted yesterday in 26 states of the federation ran into a hitch in some states, making the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to order the suspension of polls in some constituencies due to the abduction of election officials, disruption and other irregularities. According to a release signe...
•Election Voters in 26 states of the federation will go to the polls today to fill vacancies in the National and State Assemblies. The affected states are Ebonyi, Yobe, Kebbi, Lagos, Ondo, Taraba, Benue, Borno, Kaduna, Plateau and Akwa Ibom. The rest are Anambra, Cross River, Delta, Enugu, Jigawa, Katsina, Adamawa, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Kano, Nasar...
•IGP Egbetokun The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun has ordered the restriction of all forms of vehicular movement on roads, waterways, and other forms of transportation from 12 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Election Day in all states where elections will be conducted. The Inspector General of Police stated that the restriction [...
•Peter Obi The leaders of the Labour Party including the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi and National Chairman Julius Abure will today flag off the party’s campaign for the Bye Elections of Surulere Federal Constituency 1, Lagos State holding on Saturday, February 3. The former presidential candidate ...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the final list of candidates contesting the February 3, bye-elections to fill vacant seats in the Senate, House of Representatives, and state Houses of Assembly. The vacancies were created as a result of the resignation and death of elected members, reports The Nation. Two seat...
The Independent National Electoral Commission has invited Civil Society Organisations and Non-Governmental Organisations interested in observing the February rerun and by-election to apply via an online portal on or before January 17. INEC said this in a notice issued by its acting Director, Electoral Party Monitoring, Hauwa Habib, in Abuja to...