The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed all the bye-elections in 11 states.
In a statement on Thursday, Festus Okoye, INEC spokesman, said the 15 bye-elections have been put on hold as a result of the current security situation.
The elections, for six senatorial districts and nine state constituencies, were scheduled to hold on October 31.
Protests against police brutality under the #EndSARS movement had turned violent resulting in several deaths across the country.
The Peoples Democratic Party has postponed its primary election in Edo State. The primary election, which was earlier slated for June 19 and 20, has been postponed until June 23. The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, told The PUNCH, “We have postponed our primary in Edo, till June the 23rd.” It was […]
Fire has gutted parts of the Nigeria’s Treasury House which houses the office of the accountant general of the federation in Abuja on Wednesday. Emergency responders and firefighters are currently at the scene to put out the fire. The cause of the fire is yet to be discovered as at the time of filing this […]
The General Overseer of Living Faith Church Worldwide also known as Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has described the regime of the Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, as the worst in the history of Nigeria. Oyedepo said this on Sunday while delivering a sermon during the second service of the church at the Faith Tabernacle, Ota, […]
