The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has secured victory at Grade 1 Area Court, Ajaka Ward 07 in Igalamela/Odolu Local Government Area of Kogi State. The party polled 111 votes to defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC), which trailed with 05 votes while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secured zero votes, reports Daily Trust. Earlier when [...
Tension was high at the Orji Town Primary School in Owerri North as vote-buying allegations nearly marred the governorship election at the centre. The centre housing unit 005, 006, and 007 was peaceful but an argument erupted intermittently between party agent who seemed hell-bent on canvassing to buy votes for their parties, reports Saturday ...
•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...
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...
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 […]
•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...
•Chekwas Okorie Founding National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Chekwas Okorie, has said it is suicidal and dangerous for governorship candidates in the off-season elections of Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa states to trust the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He advised all the contestants to ensure tha...
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