Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke was declared winner of Saturday’s governorship election on Sunday, having secured victory in 19 of the state’s 30 local government areas. The State Returning Officer, Professor Joshua Ogunwole, Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, announced the result at approximately 7:24 am on Sunday, returning Adeleke to office for a second […]
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The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has warned anybody who wants to disrupt the governorship and state assembly elections on Saturday. There is heightened tension ahead of the elections, with political parties and their supporters, fuelling fears of election-day violence. Police commands across different states have however assured Nigerians of adequate security as they troop out to […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged political parties to prevail on their supporters to refrain from acts of violence during the governorship and state assembly polls. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, spoke on Tuesday during a meeting of the inter-agency consultative committee on election security. The INEC chairman thanked security agencies for the professionalism […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said that it will appeal the Thursday’s ruling by the Federal High Court, Abuja, ordering it to allow the use of Temporary Voter Cards (TVC) in the March 18 governorship and state houses of assembly elections. Mr. Rotimi Lawrence Oyekanmi, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Prof. […]
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Reports have emerged that a hunter has found thousands of permanent voter cards (PVCs) in a forest in Nnewi area of Anambra state. Amaka Nwafor, a reporter with Authority FM, in a video said a hunter found the PVCs on Tuesday in a forest in Akamili, Nnewi north LGA of Anambra. She said the cards […]
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A former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has said the biggest danger to the success of this year’s general elections are politicians and the electorate Speaking on Tuesday in Abuja while delivering a keynote address at the public sensitisation on peaceful co-existence and the need to have hitch-free elections, […]
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Ahead of the 2023 presidential elections, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, has appealed to embittered Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, and Atiku Abubakar, PDP presidential candidate, to “cool down” amid the crisis in the party. In his remark while speaking on Wednesday during a Channels TV interview, Bode George said […]
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The Resident Electoral Commissioner for Akwa-Ibom State, Mike Igini has described local government elections in Nigeria as nothing but organised crime. Igini who disclosed this during his appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, accused state governors of interfering in the conduct of the polls at the grassroots. “Local government elections are nothing but organised crime. […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday commenced the distribution of sensitive electoral material for the Edo governorship election. Distribution of electoral materials was done amid heavy security presence at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Benin, the state capital. The exercise was supervised by Timidi Wariowei, head of voter education and publicity […]
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The Bayelsa High Court on Wednesday granted an order restraining the National Executive Committee(NEC) of All Progressives Congress (APC) from adopting direct primary in selecting the party’s flag-bearer for Nov.16 governorship elections in the state. According to the order of interim injunction made by Justice E.G Umokoro , the party’s NEC should refrain from applying […]
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