•Policemen The Police Command in Kaduna State has announced the restriction of movement in the affected local government areas to ensure the peaceful conduct of tomorrow’s bye-elections. The command’s spokesperson, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mansir Hassan, announced in a statement issued today in Kaduna. Hassan said the restriction of mo...
•Voters Fears of large scale manipulation have cast a shadow over tomorrow’s by elections in Edo and Kaduna States, as opposition parties and election monitors allege prewritten results in Government House, deployment of “notorious” INEC officials, plans to use the police to lock out agents from collation centres, and the recruitment of thousa...
Voters in 16 constituencies across 12 states will tomorrow head to the polls for keenly contested by-elections, already seen as a test of strength for Nigeria’s major political parties. The coalition-led African Democratic Congress (ADC), the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have intensified campaig...
The Edo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has screened and cleared aspirants for its July 21, 2025 party primaries ahead of the August 16, 2025 National Assembly by-elections for Edo Central Senatorial District and Ovia Federal Constituency. Those cleared for the Edo Central Senatorial ticket include John Yakubu, Friday Itula...
•INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is shopping for cash to conduct by-elections to fill vacant seats in the National Assembly and some Houses of Assembly constituencies. The lack of funds is stalling polls to fill the 16 vacant positions in 12 states, reports The Nation. The electoral agenc...
The Senate has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct by-elections to fill the vacant seats in Edo Central and Anambra South Senatorial Districts. Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced this during plenary today, officially declaring the vacancies, reports Channels TV. The upper chamber had declared the Edo ...
•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 ...
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