•Makinde A former member of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the Governing Council of Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi, Rotimi Makinde, has called on Nigerians to reject vote buying and ensure that incompetent leaders are voted out in the 2027 general elections. Makinde made the call during an interview that has since...
•Queen Agwu and voters The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Anambra State, Queen Elizabeth Agwu, has dismissed claims of vote-buying during Saturday’s governorship election. Agwu made the clarification during an interview on Channels Television last night, asking anyone making such claims to present credible evidence. “When the two st...
The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday, arraigned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives candidate for Chikun/Kajuru Federal Constituency by-election, and the Director General of her campaign organisation at the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja for alleged financi...
Security Operatives in Kaduna State have arrested a suspected agent, with about ₦25 million allegedly earmarked for vote-buying ahead of today’s bye-elections. In a statement, the spokesman of the Kaduna State Police Command, DSP Mansir Hassan said the suspect, Shehu Patangi was arrested in the early hours of today at a popular hotel located a...
•INEC Chairman Prof Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged the National Assembly to enact stricter laws prohibiting politicians from carrying large sums of money at polling units to curb vote-buying and electoral malpractice. This call was made at a consultative meeting in Abuja today, where Hon. Adebayo ...
•General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd) Former Military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), has warned politicians to end the practice of vote buying. Abdulsalami, who is the Chairman, National Peace Committee (NPC), said this during the signing of Peace Accord for the November 16 governorship election in Ondo State, reports Daily T...
•PDP, APC and LP candidates in the coming Edo governorship election There are indications that the leading political parties in the Edo governorship election are ready to outdo one another in vote-buying to win the poll scheduled for next Saturday. Our correspondents gathered that the parties had started amassing “war chests” in a desperate bi...
•Demonstrators in Venezuela At least one person died yesterday in Venezuela as security forces tried to break up protests triggered by a hotly disputed election result that gave Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro a third term in power, an NGO said. Venezuelan security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets yesterday at irate protesters chal...
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 ...
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