EKO HOT BLOG reports that in the suit, Idahosa said he won the February 17 2024 exercise monitored by the INEC where he was declared the winner and that there was no basis for the supplementary or rerun election, which Okpebholo won. He also argued that the February 22 election was not a standalone election but … Read more
Federal government begins prosecuting 196 suspects for electoral offenses during 2023 elections Offenses include vote-buying, unlawful arms possession, dereliction of duty by INEC officials NBA provides pro bono legal services, cases being heard in state and federal courts Eko Hot Blog reports that the Federal Government has commenced the prosecution of 196 suspects, including INEC … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has finally opened up on the Result Viewing Portal (IReV) failure during the 2023 presidential election. This online media platform gathered that INEC stated the failure of IReV in a comprehensive report on the 2023 general election released on Thursday, the first anniversary of the … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Political parties and their candidates in Edo State have been directed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to remove campaign billboards, posters, and jingles that are being broadcast on local radio and television stations. This information was revealed by State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Anugbum Onuoha, during a meeting of the … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Wednesday, issued Certificates of Return to winners of Saturday’s rerun and bye-elections. The electoral body on the 3rd of February, 2024, conducted legislative bye-elections and re-run elections across the country in 26 states. EDITOR’S PICKS [JUST IN] Rerun: APC’s Mustapha Declared Yobe East Senator … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has set the date for a supplementary election in Taraba State and a new re-run election in Enugu State for February 14. This decision was made public through a statement released by the National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Jalingo, Yorro, and Zing House of Representative bye-election in Taraba State has been ruled inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday. This online media platform reports that the election’s Returning Officer, Daniel Ayuba, took the decision after collating the results from the three local government councils that … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Peoples Democratic Party’s Atigwe Simon has been proclaimed the winner of the rerun election for the Udenu/Igbo-Eze North Federal Constituency of Enugu State by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The controversial poll’s results were announced by the INEC returning officer Prof. Nwachukwu J. Obiaku of Nnamdi Azikiwe University in … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Musa Mustapha, as the winner of the Yobe East Senatorial bye-election which was held Saturday. EDITOR’S PICKS Trailer Driver Falls Off Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Bridge In Lone Accident Tinubu Deploys 140 Officials To Monitor Performance Of Ministers Subsidy … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Professor Anthony Ani, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the bye-election in Ebonyi South Senatorial District. The Returning Officer, Uchechukwu Eze, made the declaration in the early hours of Sunday at Afikpo North Local Government Area, … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, as the winner of the Bodinga North state constituency in Sokoto State, in the rerun election. According to PUNCH, the returning officer of the Court-ordered rerun election, Professor Farouk Tambuwal, announced Magaji Abubakar … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared Dr Alhassan Zakariya Ishaq of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, the winner of Saturday’s rerun election in Kura/Garun Mallam State Constituency in Kano. According to Daily Post, the returning officer of the election, Prof. Shehu Musa Galadanchi, announced that Ishaq of … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) last night established clear lead in the by-elections held in Ebonyi South Senatorial District and Yobe East Senatorial District. The party won outright in the by-election in Surulere 1 federal constituency of Lagos State. EDITOR’S PICKS Trailer Driver Falls Off Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Bridge In … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that in the wake of the re-run elections for the Plateau North Senatorial district and the Bassa/Jos North Federal constituency held on Saturday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared its intention to hold fresh elections in 18 polling units across the state. The announcement was made by the Resident Electoral … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the All Progressives Congress, APC, swept Lagos, Oyo and Ondo and was leading in Yobe as results of the re-run and bye-elections to fill 57 legislative vacancies across 26 states in the country, trickled in, yesterday. However, the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, won the Yenagoa Constituency II re-run election … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress as winner of the Surulere Federal Constituency 1 Bye-Election. Declaring the results, the Returning Officer for the bye-election, Prof Simeon Adebayo, revealed that the APC Candidate scored a total of 11, 203 votes. Laguda, a … Read more
Ekp Hot Blog reports that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Fuad Laguda has coasted home to a landslide victory in Saturday’s by-election in Surulere Federal Constituency, Lagos. Results monitored by this PM News on IRev portal of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) indicated that Laguda won massively in the six wards … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has suspended the ongoing rerun elections in specific constituencies in Enugu, Kano and Akwa Ibom States due to disruptions, irregularities and abduction of election officials. The affected areas are Enugu South 1 State Constituency, Enugu State, Ikono/Ini Federal Constituency, Akwa Ibom State and … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Chief of Staff to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila on Saturday, cast his vote at Ward 08, Polling Unit 014, Mercy Eneli Street, Elizabeth Fower Primary School, Surulere Constituency l, in the ongoing re-run election into the House of Representatives of the constituency. Gbajabiamila, who arrived in company … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Faud Kayode Laguda has voted in his polling unit 009, Shitta Ogunlana Ward located inside Randle Avenue Primary School in the ongoing rerun election for Surulere Federal Constituency 1 of Lagos State. Twelve candidates of different political parties are scrambling for 121,111 … Read more