The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed that the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Labour Party (LP) will not participate in the forthcoming bye-elections in two constituencies of the Rivers State House of Assembly. The bye-elections are scheduled to hold in Khana State Constituen...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that bye-elections will be held in 16 federal and state constituencies, as well as senatorial districts, across 12 states of the federation. The elections are scheduled for tomorrow Saturday, August 16, 2025, beginning at 8:30 a.m. at polling units in the affected constituencie...
•INEC national chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu Ahead of Saturday’s bye-elections in 12 states of the Federation, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has reminded political parties and candidates that all campaigns end today, Thursday, August 14, 2025. INEC, in a statement, said it will also deploy sensitive materials in the state...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said 14 political parties have registered for the forthcoming Edo State bye-elections to fill the vacant seats in Edo Central Senatorial District and Ovia Federal Constituency, just as it declared that only nine participated in the primaries. Recall that both seats were declared vacant ...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday in Abuja, began the sales of nomination and expression of interest forms to aspirants for the forthcoming National Assembly bye-elections. The election slated for August 16 in 12 states, is to fill legislative vacant seats due to the deaths or resignations of lawmakers who left office to contest f...
•INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has fixed August 16 for the conduct of 16 constituency bye-elections in 12 states of the Federation. Accordingly, the commission stated that it would deploy 30,451 officials for the exercise, reports Vanguard. The Commission also announced the resumption of the C...
Amid ongoing tension over the withholding of local government allocations following a federal high court order, Rt. Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo, Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct bye-elections to fill 27 vacant seats left by defected members of the Assembly. T...
•Sulaimon Argungu (right) and Umar Bature The All Progressives Congress, APC, and the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have released timetables and schedules of activities for the February 3, 2024 bye-elections. The APC bye-election timetable was released yesterday. It was signed by the party’s National Organising Secr...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved a timetable for conducting bye-elections resulting from the resignation or demise of members of the National and State Houses of Assembly. The electoral empire in a statement today said both categories of elections are scheduled to take place simultaneously in all affected const...
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