The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended re-run elections in 20 polling units across Kano, Enugu, and Akwa-Ibom States. INEC had earlier stated that it was probing election disruptions that occurred during the rerun/by-elections in those states. disclosed this In a statement on Saturday, the commission’s National Commissioner/Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr. Sam Olumekun said: …

The Department of State Services (DSS) has called for violence-free conduct during Saturday’s bye-elections. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will conduct elections to fill various vacant political seats in 26 states of the country. The states are Ebonyi, Yobe, Kebbi, Lagos, Ondo, Taraba, Benue, Borno, Kaduna, Plateau, and Akwa Ibom. Others are Anambra, Cross River, Delta, Enugu, Jigawa, Katsina, …

Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said that the local government council election would be held shortly in the state. Assenting to the Local Government Amendment Bill at the Government House, Ilorin, AbdulRazaq said: “We are looking forward to holding the local government elections very shortly”. According to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Rafiu Ajakaye, late …

The Kwara State Government is preparing for the first local government elections in the state since 2019. The previous council chairmen elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were sacked by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019, when the party took over the reigns of leadership in the state. The development led to a court …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it would conduct re-run and bye-elections simultaneously in nine states on Saturday, February 3, 2024. This was contained in a statement signed by the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, on Friday. For the senatorial districts, elections would be held in Ebonyi South, Ebonyi State, and …

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has affirmed Ahmadu Fintiri’s re-election as the governor of Adamawa State. The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Aisha Dahiru (well known as Binani) had appealed against the judgement of the state governorship election petition tribunal which confirmed Fintiri’s re-election. After the supplementary election, the Independent National Electoral Commission announced …

The election of Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia as Governor of Benue State has been validated by the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja. The court affirmed Alia’s election on Monday while delivering judgment in the appeal brought before it by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 18th March governorship election, Rt. Hon. Titus Uba. Uba had …

The Chairman of the Taraba State Independent Electoral Commission, Dr. Philip Duwe, on Sunday, declared the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in all the 16 Local Government Councils of the state as winners of Saturday’s Local Government election in the state. Declaring the result of the election at the commission’s headquarters in Jalingo, Duwe said the result for …

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Olukayode Egbetokun has charged the Electoral Offences Desk Officers, under the supervision of the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Force Criminal Investigation Department, to commence immediate investigations into pockets of incidences recorded during the off-season elections held in Imo, Kogi, and Bayelsa State on Saturday. The police chief also commended all …

The candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Dino Melaye, has alleged that there were cases of mutilation, overvoting, and suppression of voters in the 11 November governorship election in Kogi State. He said, “I have evidence; you will see where PDP’s votes were reduced; results sheets are mutilated. PDP’s votes were reduced and cancelled, while those of the …