•Protesters at RSIEC office this morning Angry protesters today stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. The protesting youths say they were there to protect RSIEC from any attempt to truncate the process, reports Channels TV. The protesters had defied the heavy...
•Peter Obi The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has described what happened in Edo State over the weekend as a blatant example of state capture under the guise of an election. Obi said this in a post on his X handle today. The ex-Anambra State Governor noted […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) has released 62 per cent of the results from the Edo gubernatorial election on its Result Viewing Portal(iRev) A visit to the iRev website by correspondent today revealed that 2,809 results out of 4,519 polling units where elections were conducted in the State have been uploaded. … deve...
•The major contestants: Asue Ighodalo (PDP), Monday Okpebholo (APC) and Olumide Akpata (LP) Today, Saturday, September 21, 2024, the people of Edo State in South-South Nigeria will elect a new governor to succeed the incumbent, Godwin Obaseki, whose constitutional eight-year double terms will end on November 12, 2024. Edo is one of the eight s...
•Dr. Sam Amadi Ahead of Saturday gubernatorial election in Edo State, Dr. Sam Amadi, political analyst and Director of Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts has said that arresting political leaders of a party a few days to polls is election interference. Amadi who spoke on Arise TV yesterday noted that there’s need for […]
•PDP, APC and LP candidates The ongoing nationwide fuel crisis has forced the Independent National Electoral Commission to increase its financial commitment to the transport unions that would be involved in Saturday’s Edo State governorship election. The adjustment, one of our correspondents learnt, was in response to the recent surge i...
•Gunmen Gory images of slaughtered youths emerged yesterday at Abuloma, Port Harcourt Capital City after gunshots rocked the elections organised by the Jonathan Lokpobiri -led Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) for the Eastern Zone. Though some persons claimed that six youths were either shot and killed or cut to death with cutlasses, others said two w...
•Senator Adams Oshiomhole Before the Edo State governorship election, Sam Amadi, Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, has advised Governor Godwin Obaseki to remain vigilant and not let his guard down. Amadi alleged that the former governor of the state, Adams Oshiomhole, cannot win without rigging. Oshiomhole is firml...
The Independent National Electoral Commission has opened its online portal for the accreditation of media organisations and journalists covering the upcoming Ondo State governorship election, set for November 16, 2024. INEC, in a statement released today by its National Commissioner and the Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Commi...
The Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman of The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Rotimi Oyekanmi, has said that the commission has learnt its lessons. Oyekanmi stated this while analysing the Commission’s preparedness on the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State during an interview on Channels TV last night. He said ...

