2019 house of assembly election news

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the issuance of Certificates of Return to winners of the March 9, governorship and House of Assembly elections in Zamfara. This was disclosed in a notice on INEC twitter handle, @inecnigeria, posted on Tuesday. The … Read...

The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole, Monday cautioned newly-elected members of the House of Representatives under the platform of the party against division as regards the constitution of the House leadership. In his words, “Please, don’t allow...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dominated the Bayelsa State House of Assembly winning 19, while All Progressives Congress (APC), won four seats out of the 24 state constituencies. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has so far concluded elections in 23 out of the 24...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday, announced that the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party won 11 seats each in the Adamawa House of Assembly election held on Saturday. Mr Kasim Gaidam, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Adamawa...

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has gained two additional seats in the just concluded House of Assembly election in Kaduna State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the PDP, which had only seven members in the assembly after the 2015 election, now has nine … Read...

The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Chief Akin Oke, on Wednesday said his party may challenge the victory of the Peoples Democratic party (PDP) in Saturdays governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state. Oke, who made the disclosure in … Read more...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won 15 seats in the Ogun State House of Assembly, losing 11 other constituencies in the state to opposition political parties. Of the 26-member legislature, the Allied People’s Movement (APM) secured victory in seven constituencies while the African...

Police officers on duty at Kano state headquarters of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have arrested the state deputy governor, Nasir Gawuna, and the commissioner in charge of local government and chieftaincy affair, Sule Garo. The two top officials were arrested some minutes...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has won twenty-six seats in the Oyo State House of Assembly. There are thirty-two seats in the state House of Assembly. The election to the state House of Assembly was conducted in … Read more via – https://ift.tt/2NVbB1W Get More Nigeria Political News

Mrs Comfort Amwe, the PDP candidate, has won the Sanga State Constituency seat in the Kaduna House of Assembly, flooring the incumbent, Haliru Dangana of the APC. Abubakar Usman, INEC Returning Officer, who announced the results in Gwantu, headquarters of … Read more via P.M. News –...

jebu-Ode (Ogun) – Mr Kemi Oduwole of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the Ijebu-Ode State Constituency seat in the Ogun State House of Assembly elections of March 9..... Read more via Vanguard News Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2Cee8Q7 Get More Nigeria Political News

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Sunday declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Ahmed Waziri, winner of Etsako Central Constituency of Edo State House of Assembly election. INEC returning officer, Prof. Daniel Olarenwaju, who announced the...

Barely few days to the gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections in the country, a High Court in Calabar on Tuesday insisted that the removal of the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidates for the election in Cross River is a settled matter. The High Court presided over by Justice …...

Abuja – Indications emerged on Tuesday that states prone to electoral violence and malpractices are going to be flooded with security personnel during the gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections slated for March 9. This much was gathered after President Muhammadu Buhari met with all the...

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State and his Ekiti State counterpart, Dr. Kayode Fayemi have sought assistance of former Governor Olusegun Mimiko ahead of Saturday House of Assembly election. This development was to bolster whatever chances left of the ruling All Progressives Congress...