Nigeria, Sept. 5 -- The Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) has fixed 26 September 2026 for local government council chairmanship and councilorship elections in Enugu State.

The Chairperson of the ENSIEC, Christian Ngwu, announced this in a notice issued on Wednesday.

Mr Ngwu, a professor, said the political party primaries will be held from 23 January to 18 February 2026.

The chairperson said the resolution of disputes arising from the primaries and the observation of the process by ENSIEC would take place within the same period.

He said the commission has also given political parties between 27 November and 12 December 2025 to submit information on the conduct of party primaries, specifying the time, venue, and dat...