The Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) has declared the People Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the chairmanship and councillorship positions in all 17 local government areas of the state. The party also swept all ward councillorship positions in 11 Local Government Areas also announced by the commission. The Chairman of ENSIEC, Dr Mike Ajogwu, […]
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The Anambra State Police Command on Thursday said it arrested two suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, for printing seditious materials in Onitsha. “We recovered thousands of pamphlets printed by the IPOB members who were planning to distribute same to the public in order to cause apprehension and prevent people from exercising […]
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Police in Kenya have been using “unlawful force’’ against protesters after chaotic elections last week, Amnesty International said in a strongly worded statement on Monday. The London-based rights watchdog detailed excessive police violence in parts of Nairobi and the western city of Kisumu, pointing to several fatal police shootings. The violence came after Kenya’s controversial […]
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The European Union (EU) has denied favouring President Muhammadu Buhari above other candidates during the 2015 presidential election. Santiago Fisas, the former chief observer of the 2015 EU Election Observation Mission (EU EOM), and member of the European Parliament, said this in Abuja on Sunday while making clarification on EU assessment of the 2015 elections. […]
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Kenya’s supreme court has annulled the result of the recent presidential election, saying the election “was not conducted in accordance with the constitution”. The court ruled that a new election be conducted within the next 60 days. David Maraga, Kenya’s chief justice, read the majority opinion. But two of the six judges on the panel […]
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The Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Lagos State Police Command on Saturday arrested five men with incriminating materials in Ikeja, as the local government elections got underway. The spokesman for the command, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Famous-Cole said that the suspects, who claimed to […]
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Garba Umar, the Anambra police commissioner, says the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) cannot stop the November 18 governorship election in the state. Nnamdi Kanu, leader of IPOB, had recently said the election will not hold if the federal government fails to conduct a referendum on Biafra. Umar who spoke with NAN on Saturday said […]
Continue ReadingChidi Odinkalu, former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, on Wednesday expressed dissatisfaction with the level of preparation for the 2019 elections, noting that going ahead without adequate preparation may result in crisis in too many deaths.Mr. Odinkalu, said this in Abuja at a town hall meeting during the presentation of the findings of […]
Continue ReadingThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Mr Ben Uwajumogu, the winner of Imo North Senatorial District rerun election held on July 28. Uwajumogu scored 56,076 votes to defeat Mr Athan Achonu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 43, 815 votes. Prof. Arinze Agbogu, the INEC […]
Continue ReadingThe Peoples Democratic Party has purported that the Independent National Electoral Commission is no longer independent as it has now come under the firm control of the All Progressives Congress.The party made the assertion, citing the piecemeal release of results of the March 19 rerun election in Rivers State by the commission, which it alleged […]
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