Eko Hot Blog reports that the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, supervised the swearing-in of the three newly elected senators during plenary on Tuesday. The lawmakers are, Prince Pam Mwadkon (Action Democratic Party, Plateau North); Professor Anthony Ani (All Progressives Congress, Ebonyi South), and Mustapha Musa (All Progressives Congress, Yobe East). The oath-taking was administered by … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Delta State House of Assembly candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the Burutu State Constituency 1, Alapala Anthony Ebitonmo, has been declared the winner of the rerun election held on Saturday. He defeated the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Asupa Forteta. The Independent National Electoral Commission declared Alapala the … 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 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 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
Eko Hot Blog reports that there was an inferno at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, on Friday. The fire incident occurred at the commission’s office in the Ibadan South East Local Government Area of the state. Editor’s Picks NNPC Releases 2022 Financial Statement Amidst Public Outcry Kidnapping: Wike Reads … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that Austin, a younger brother to the minister of worker, David Umahi, has declared for the re-run for the Ebonyi South senatorial district. Austin’s declaration comes days after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) fixed February 2024 for the conduct of the re-run in some federal and state constituencies to fill … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the approved timetable and schedule of activities for conducting bye-elections resulting from the resignation or demise of National and State Houses of Assembly members. The INEC National Commissioner and Information Voter Education Committee Chairman, Sam Olumekun, made this known in a statement … Read more