Election monitoring body, Yiaga Africa, said it will deploy 21 trained and accredited citizen observers using its Process and Results Verification for Transparency (PRVT) methodology to observe today’s bye-elections to ensure the process and results are credible. The election observation body, in its bulletin, detailing some of its programmes, said the deployment will enable it to provide the most timely …

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, …

The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, on Monday, asked the  Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to pay its outstanding bills so the Air Force could help to airlift materials for Saturday’s bye-elections. Abubakar made the demand during a visit to him in Abuja by the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to seek the support of NAF …

No fewer than 4,613,197 Permanent Voters’ Cards have been collected by voters for the 3rd February rerun/bye-elections, according to Sunday PUNCH. This was contained in a document posted by INEC on its X handle. Further Findings by newsmen revealed that 2,189,171 PVCs were collected by voters for the bye-elections while 2,424,026 PVCs were collected for the rerun elections. It was …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the final list and personal particulars of candidates for bye-elections. This was contained in a statement signed by INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr. Sam Olumekun, on Wednesday. The bye-elections will be held on 3rd February across nine states of the federation covering two senatorial districts (Ebonyi …

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 …