By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Fire has gutted the Gamboru market around the Custom area in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. This followed another fire outbreak early morning at the Biu Market in Southern Borno. The fire outbreak which occured at about 11am on Saturday morning destroyed goods and...
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ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, has stated that the Independent National Electoral Commission has done very well by improving in its conduct the Gubernatorial and State Assembly elections compared to the previously held Presidential and National Assembly polls. The Governor who stated this in an...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday, confirmed the kidnap of 19 members of its ad hoc staff while on their way to conduct the House of Assembly election in Ideato South LGA of Imo. INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner for Imo, Prof. Sylvia...
Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives, on Saturday described the Governorship and House of Assembly Elections as orderly but decried the low turnout of voters. Gbajabiamila said this in an interview with newsmen after casting his vote at Ward 08, Polling Unit 014, Elizabeth Fowler Memorial...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday in Ilorin paraded 19 suspected vote buyers arrested during the Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state. The Acting Zonal Head of EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Office, Michael Nzekwe, said that the suspects were paraded at the commission’s Head...
Mr Gboyega Oyetola, the immediate past governor of Osun, has decried the low turnout of voters and pockets of violence that characterised the house of assembly election in some parts of the state. Oyetola spoke with newsmen shortly after he and his wife, Alhaja Kafayat Oyetola, cast their votes...
Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa on Saturday said he was optimistic that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would win all the House of Assembly seats in the state. Speaking after casting his vote at his Sampou country home in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area , the governor said that...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Saturday said it deployed 400 officers and operatives to prevent vote buying in governorship and Houses of Assembly elections. The ICPC Spokesperson, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja,...
Some Political thugs have destroyed electoral materials including the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machine and other sensitive materials in Omege Ward, Ezza North Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Omege ward is the polling unit of the All Progressives Grand...
The Lagos State Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr AbdulAzeez Adedeiran, on Saturday expressed hope of winning the March 18 poll. Adedeiran, who cast his vote at the Irewe Primary school, Ojo, polling unit 001/002, said he envisaged a change of baton in the leadership of...
Alhaji Maigari Dingyadi, the Minister of Police Affairs says APC will win Saturday’s governorship election in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Dingyadi spoke shortly after casting his vote at PU 003 Dispensary, Dingyadi, Bodinga Local Government of the state. He said: ” I am...
Some unidentified thugs on Saturday in Lagos chased voters away from polling units, as they attempted to steal ballot boxes. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who was at Ward F3 Polling Unit 13, Ago Palace Way, Lagos, watched with surprise as some thugs suddenly started chasing voters...
Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, the Delta All Progressives Congress (APC ) governorship candidate says he believes the party will win the election in the state. Omo-Agege said this shortly after he cast his vote at Ohromuru Orogun in Ughelli North Local Government Areas of the state. ”The die is cast....
Labour Party’s Governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has lost his polling unit. Rhodes-Vivour lost to incumbent Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu after the results from his polling unit were counted. According to the Punch report, Labour Party got 18 votes while Governor Sanwo-Olu polled a total of 29 votes...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governorship and State Assembly election in Borno state witnessed low turn out of voters, when compared to the last presidential and national assembly election. Our correspondent, who visited some of the polling units in Maidugiri, observed that most residents were unwilling to come out...
Rev. Fr Hyacinth Alia, the Benue governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed confidence of winning the Saturday’s governorship poll. Alia stated this on Saturday after he cast his vote at Bako Market Square polling unit 052 in Mbadede Ward of Vandeikya Local Government Area (LGA)...
Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo said the voter apathy witnessed in most parts of the state during Saturday’s House of Assembly election was envisaged. Uzodimma, accompanied by his wife, Chioma, said this after voting at Polling Unit 032, Uzuh Omuma in Oru East Local Government Area at about 12.40...
Gov. Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti on Saturday said that the ruling All Progressive Congress APC) would win all 26 seats in the State House of Assembly. This is just as he decried the low turnout of voters during the election, describing it as disappointing. Oyebanji, who spoke after casting...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun and former Gov. Ibikunle Amosun, have described the ongoing Governorship and Houses of Assembly elections in Ogun as peaceful and pleasant. Osinbajo made this observations after casting his vote at Ward I, Unit 14 at the Egunrege Polling Centre in Ikenne...
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has blamed the low voter turnout in the State House Assembly election to the heavily militarised road blocks across the state. Obaseki, who said this after casting his vote at about 10:17am at Emokpae Model Primary School, Unit 19, Ward 4 in Oredo local...