•Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa Leaders and youths of All Progressives Congress(APC) in Ajue, Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State have petitioned Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa alleging that some persons have surreptitiously swapped the name of their chosen councillorship candidate with another person who polled one vote in the election process t...
The Court of Appeal Abuja has nullified the judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from releasing the voters’ register to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission for the conduct of the state local government polls which has now been conducted. Delivering judgemen...
•Policemen The Ogun State Police Command has warned against voter intimidation, electoral violence or any action that could disrupt the conduct of the upcoming local government election in the state. A statement released today by the command’s spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, urged residents to cooperate with security agencies during the electio...
The Nasarawa State chapter of the Labour Party has rejected the results of the 2nd November Local Government chairmanship and councilorship elections in the state, which saw the ruling All Progressives Congress winning in all 13 Local Government Areas. The state LP chairman, Alexander Ombugu, expressed his discontent today during a State Execu...
•Abba Kabir Yusuf The Kano State governor, Engineer Abba Kabir Yusuf has said there is no going back on the conduct of tomorrow’s local government election in the state. The governor said this while presenting flags of the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) to 44 chairmanship candidates in the council election, reports Daily Trust. The [&helli...
The Federal High Court sitting in Kano State has disqualified the Chairman and Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) members from conducting the October 26, 2024 local government election in the state. Justice S.A. Amobede, who presided over the court, delivered the ruling yesterday, in response to a suit filed by Aminu Aliyu T...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has cleared all 23 chairmanship and 255 councilorship seats in Saturday’s local government election conducted by the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KAD-SIECOM). Declaring the results, the chairperson of the commission, Hajara Mohammed, said the elections saw eight political parties participat...
The late arrival of election materials and officials has disrupted ongoing local government election in Kaduna State. It was gathered that the election was supposed to start by 8:00 am, but as of 10:00 am, voting has yet to commence in most polling units, reports Daily Trust. Our correspondent, who visited several collection centres in [&helli...
•A voter casts his ballot The Kaduna State Security Council has restricted movement throughout the state from 6am to 7 pm for the local government election slated for tomorrow, Saturday, October 19, 2024. This is to ensure peaceful, orderly conduct of the elections. According to a statement by the State Overseeing Commissioner of Internal Secu...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has debunked reports claiming that the 10 Hilux vans donated to its Rivers State Command by Governor Siminalayi Fubara were linked to the recently concluded local government elections in the state. In a statement issued today, the Rivers State Commandant, Joachin Okafor, dismissed the allegations, d...

