The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has blamed some unseen forces for late arrival of officials and election materials in some polling units for Saturday’s Kogi governorship election.pres The state INEC Voter Education and Publicity Officer, Mr Haliru Sule, said this in an interview with the News Agency...
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Sorting and counting of votes have commenced in many polling units in Bayelsa after voting in the governorship election ended at 2.30pm. At PU 10, Agric Meeting Hall, Attissa 1, Yenagoa, the voting process ended at 2.30pm while sorting of ballot papers commenced at 2.35pm in the...
Voting in the ongoing Bayelsa governorship poll commenced early across polling units in Kolokuma/Opkuma Local Government Area with Gov. Douye Diri casting his vote before 9a.m. Diri speaking after voting at his Kalamaowei Ward 6 polling unit, said the process was smooth and seamless. He applauded the Independent...
Voting in the ongoing governorship election has commenced after about three hours delay in Okpoama Ward, Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa. Okpoama Ward Polling Unit-4 has 17 polling centres and is the electoral ward of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Timipre Sylva. The...
Former President of Ijaw National Congress (INC), Prof. Atuboyedia Obianime, has said leaders of the Niger Delta region are satisfied with the leadership style of the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Samuel Ogbuku. Obianime disclosed this in Yenagoa on Friday while speaking to...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has commended INEC and security operatives for their conduct at Saturday’s off-cycle governorship election in the state. Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the election, Alhaji Usman Ododo, gave similar commendation. Bello spoke after voting at his polling unit in Okene...
By JOHN ONAH, Owerri – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has debunked report alleging that the commission has withdrawn the password for the uploaded election results from the Local Government Supervisors in Imo. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, debunked the reports...
The ongoing governorship election in Kogi has recorded mass turnout of voters in most polling units in Lokoja, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A NAN correspondent who went round polling units in Lokoja, also reports that the election witnessed early arrival of officials of the Independent...
The Saturday’s governorship election in Imo took off in some parts of the state on a shaky note with low voter turnout and absence of election officials and materials at some polling units (PUs) visited. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent covering the poll reports that in...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Wife of the Cross River State Governor, Her Excellency Rev. Mrs Eyoawan Bassey Otu has flagged off the zero water campaign across the 18 local government areas of the state. Addressing women political stakeholders at Danic Hotel Calabar, Mrs Otu said...
By JOHN ONAH, Owerri — The governorship election in Owerri the Imo State capital on Saturday, witnessed a low turned of voters which many residents attributed to lost of confidence on the part of leadership. Although, the exercise, which was relatively peaceful in all the places monitored...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has deployed its personnel to monitor the Saturday’s governorship elections in Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo States. The spokesman of the anti-graft agency, Dele Oyewale stated this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Mr....
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Saudi Arabian Government has pledged to invest in the revamp of Nigeria’s refineries, as well as provide financial support to sustain President Bola Tinubu’s government on its foreign exchange reforms. Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman made the pledge...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki on Friday, said that the state operates the highest paid Civil and public service in Nigeria, thereby consciously laying a solid foundation for the future of the state. Obaseki made this known during the seventh edition of the Alaghodaro summit, organised by...
The Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas, (NLNG) Ltd. has said the shortage of Foreign Exchange (FX), Federal Government’s import and Value Added Tax (VAT) are responsible for the rising cost of cooking gas in Nigeria. The Managing Director and Chief Executive of NLNG, Dr Philip Mshelbila, said this on...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has called on politicians and their followers to eschew violence and conduct themselves in a peaceful and lawful manner, in Saturday’s governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states. Jonathan made the call in a statement by...
The Federal Government has said it will start charging owners of completed unoccupied houses triple ground rents instead of the single rate normally charged from three months after completion. The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Mr Ahmed Dangiwa said this in an interview with newsmen during his...
CellHub, an election observation team has identified some security flash points in Bayelsa ahead of Saturday’s off-cycle governorship election holding in the state. It listed the flashpoints to include Brass, Nembe, Ogbia, Southern Ijaw, and Yenagoa. “As part of our collaboration to enhance the electoral process, we urge...