No fewer than 35,000 ad-hoc staff would be deployed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 3 February rerun and bye-elections. The elections will be conducted in 8,890 polling units, according to a document posted by INEC on its X handle. The bye-elections will be held in nine states in 4,294 polling units while reruns will be held …

National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC for its handling of the electoral process in spite of landmines buried in its ways by partisans. Noting that the electoral umpire cannot be blamed for election violence, Ganduje said politicians must be held responsible. He spoke on Wednesday in …

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 …

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from conducting by-elections for the 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers, whose seats had been declared vacant by the state’s party chapter, include the factional Speaker …

The Imo State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) on Saturday raised the alarm that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was denying its legal team access to the certified true copy (CTC) of documents used for the governorship election in the state. In a statement by the spokesperson to the LP governorship candidate in the election, Chibuikem Diala, the …

The Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC) National Commissioner in charge of Kogi, Kwara and Niger states, Prof Dani Adam, has said that the just-concluded governorship election in Kogi State was free, fair and credible. Adam spoke on Friday in Lokoja, Kogi State capital, at the presentation of Certificate of Return to the Governor-elect, Ahmed Ododo, and his deputy, Joel Oyibo, …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo winner of the governorship election conducted on Saturday. This is despite earlier announcement of rescheduled election in some areas where election result sheets were found to have been completed ahead of the commencement of voting would have to be concluded …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would continue the collation of governorship election results from the local government areas in Bayelsa State from Noon on Monday. The Head of Department, Voter Education and Publicity INEC office, Yenagoa, the state capital, Mr. Wilfred Ifogah announced this to party agents, election observers and journalists at the state’s collation centre on …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has slated next Saturday for the conduct of fresh elections in polling units where the exercise was earlier suspended in Kogi State. In a statement on Sunday night in Abuja, National Commissioner and member of INEC’s Information and Voter Education Committee, Mohammed Kudu Haruna said: “Further to our statement yesterday, we have received an …