INEC fixes date for national, state assembly bye elections The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled August 16, 2025, for bye-elections into vacant seats in the Senate, House of Representatives, and state Houses of Assembly in 12 states. Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who announced the date at a meeting with leaders of political parties at the commission headquarters, said the bye election will involve about 3,553,659 regiatered voters. He, however, said that the commission will not conduct bye elections into Khana II State Constituency in Rivers State as...