A young man, Umoru Iduh, was reportedly shot dead at the Agala-Ogane polling unit in the Anyigba metropolis in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi East for attempting to snatch electoral materials. It was learnt Iduh was gunned down around 10 am while the voting was about to commence at the said polling unit in […]
•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...
•INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Bayelsa State has said that it decided to use only permanent staff of the Commission as Supervisory Presiding Officers in today’s governorship elections in the state to protect the sanctity of the process. It was however learnt that about 26,000 security pers...
•Dino Melaye and Atiku Abubakar Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, today in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, has described the candidate of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 11 governorship election, Dino Melaye, as highly intelligent and patriotic and would make one of the best governors in the country if voted for. Atiku said...
Less than a week before the Imo State governorship election, the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP), Senators Samuel Anyanwu and Athan Achonu, have staged a walkout at a stakeholders’ meeting organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The candidates had registered their grievance to t...
•IGP Kayode Egbetokun The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, has deployed three Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIGs) to oversee security arrangements for Saturday’s governoship election in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said this at a media briefing in Abuja. The DIG...
•LP national chairman, Julius Abure The Labour Party (LP) National Chairman, Julius Abure, yesterday, expressed worry over the security situation ahead of the November 11 governorship elections in Imo, Kogi, and Bayelsa states. Speaking on Channels Television yesterday, Abure identified the flashpoint states as Imo and Kogi, saying Bayelsa has...
•Douye Diri A fresh suit demanding the disqualification of Bayelsa State Governor and candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Douye Diri, from the forthcoming governorship election in the state has commenced at the Federal High Court, Abuja. The suit, which also seeks to disqualify Diri’s deputy and running mate, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, ...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has warned any staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) plotting to conive with politicians to rig the November, 11 governorship in Imo State to have a rethink or face the consequences of their action. This is just as the group in a statement by its spokesperson, Emma […]

