•Dino Melaye The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in the Kogi state governorship poll, Senator Dino Melaye has boycotted the ongoing exercise across the 21 local government areas. Our correspondent who monitored the exercise observed that Melaye was not seen in his unit 004, ward 002, Iluafon quarters, Aiyetoro Gbede, Ijumu Local...
•Voting An election observer in Bayelsa State has raised the alarm about shooting, vote buying and abduction during Saturday’s governorship election in the South-South state. Nengi James of the Transition Monitoring Group told our correspondent that it was surprising that operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) came a...
Motorists and travellers were stranded on the Lokoja-Okene Expressway on November 11, 2023, as voters decide the next governor of Kogi State for the next four years. Some of the travellers were intercepted at military checkpoints on the busy highway, reports Channels TV. Earlier, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, ordered...
In a dramatic turn of events during the ongoing governorship election in Bayelsa State, security agents have arrested two party supervisors affiliated with the All Progressives Congress (APC). The suspects were apprehended while allegedly attempting to induce voters with a staggering ₦95 million in cash, reports Saturday Sun. The arrest took p...
With voting just starting in the November 11, 2023 governorship poll in Kogi State, civil society organisation, YIAGA Africa, has raised the alarm about reports of pre-filled results sheets in Ogori/Magongo, Eika/Ohizenyi and some other areas of the North Central state. In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), YIAGA Africa urged the Indepen...
•Gunman A round of gunshots was fired at the Amaimo Registration Centre in Ikeduru LGA of Imo State today. It was gathered that security officials fired the gunshots into the air to quell an argument, reports Saturday Vanguard. The gunshots were fired a few meters away from the Central Amaimo school where the PDP governorship […]
Suspected hoodlums broke into the secretariat of the National Union of Journalists in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, today. The hoodlums stormed in with cars and motorcycles, reports Saturday PUNCH. The secretariat is not far from the Crowther College, which houses a considerable number of polling units. The hoodlums were seen haggling over m...
Agents of the Labour Party at Ikenegbu areas of Owerri Municipal Council in Imo State Girls Polling Unit in the Owerri municipal council protested the alleged swapping of Polling Unit officers already trained on how to make use of the BVAS on Election Day. This development caused an uproar as the party said it was […]
Inter Miami saluted Argentine star Lionel Messi’s eighth Ballon d’Or yesterday, but their friendly match to mark the achievement ended in a 2-1 loss to MLS rivals New York City FC. The defeat, in a match between two teams long out of the MLS championship running, was just a footnote on a celebratory night that […]
•Jonathan and wife, Patience Former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged the National Assembly (NASS) to block off-season elections in Nigeria. The ex-Nigerian leader spoke today after he cast his vote in the November 11, 2023 governorship poll at Ward 13, Polling Unit 39, at Otuoke in the Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, reports...

