Polling booths opened early on Saturday morning for the supplementary elections in Imo amid large turn out and tension. The candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Akarachi Amadi; the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Osmond Ukanacho and the Labour Party (LP), Mr Uche Ogbuagu, are the three major...
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Voter apathy trailed Saturday’s supplementary election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ebonyi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there was low turnout of voters in some of the polling units visited in Ikwo Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. The supplementary elections...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to shun violence in Saturday’s supplementary election. Tinubu in a statement on Friday in Abuja, called on the electorate in the areas where the supplementary election would hold to eschew violence and conduct themselves in peaceful...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is determined to conduct transparent, fair, equitable, just and conclusive election in the Saturday Supplementary elections. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says it has distributed materials for Saturday’s re-run election in six local government areas of Zamfara. The Residents Electoral Commissioner, Prof. Saidu Ahmad made the disclosure at a stakeholders meeting on Thursday in Gusau. He said the election was for Zamfara Central Senatorial...
An Abuja High Court on Thursday dismissed a suit seeking the nullification of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) delegates lists for the governorship primaries scheduled to hold on Friday. Mr Abayomi Awoniyi ,Abdullahi Haruna, SAN, Ruben Atabo , SAN, Mohammed Usman, Musa Wada, Kingsley Lona , Gedion Ojata, Dr...
Sen. Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, has described the petition filed by Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against his election victory as “a gross abuse of court processes.” Tinubu, in a reply to the petition through his team of lawyers led by Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, told...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appealed to stakeholders involved in Saturday’s supplementary elections in Imo to allow the process run without unnecessary interference and violence. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Prof. Sylvia Agu, made the appeal during a stakeholders’ meeting with various political parties...
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the 2023 general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Thursday urged voters in Adamawa and Kebbi to vote for the party at the April 15 supplementary elections. INEC fixed April 15 for supplementary governorship elections in the two states and in five...
The oil market is heading for a significant shortfall of around two million barrels per day at the end of the year as a result of a production cut by major producers. The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) disclosed this on Thursday. In its monthly report for...
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday, nullified and set aside the ward and local government congresses conducted on Feb. 7 by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that the congresses were conducted for the purpose of nominating a governorship candidate...
Mr Chinedu Onyeizu, a chieftain of the Labour Party (LP) in Abia, says Nigeria needs to strengthen its democratic institutions to stay on course rather than resort to an Interim National Government. Onyeizu, who was the LP candidate for Abia South at the Feb.25 National Assembly election, said this...
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has the Borno Governorship Election Petition Tribunal to order fresh election in the state. The NNPP, is challenging the reelection of Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno. The NNPP in a petition, argued that Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ommitted the name of Umar Alkali, its governorship...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Saturday, April 15 to conduct elections in polling units where the exercise was suspended in Port Harcourt II and Khana/Gokana Federal Constituencies of Rivers on Feb. 25. Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Johnson Alalibo, announced this in...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship and the Labour Party (LP) governorship candidates have filed a petition against the All Progressive Congress (APC) and the Lagos State Governor-elect, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The PDP candidate, Abdul-Azeez Adediran known as Jandor, and the LP candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vigour, separately asked the tribunal to...
The Labour Party (LP) candidate for Mbaitoli-Ikeduru Federal Constituency, Mr Uche Ogbuagu, has appealed to INEC to assign unbiased, uncompromised staff for the supplementary election scheduled for Saturday in Imo. Ogbuagu made the call on Tuesday at his Akabo, Ikeduru, country home while briefing the media ahead of the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has asked the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) to dismiss a petition filed by Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, saying the reliefs sought are not grantable. INEC, the 1st respondent, stated this in its reply filed on Monday night...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday, prayed the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in Abuja to dismiss the petition filed by the Labour Party (LP) and its Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi, against the emergence of Sen. Bola Tinubu as president-elect in the Feb. 25 election. The APC,...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has prayed the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) in Abuja to dismiss petitions filed by three opposition parties challenging the victory of its presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu, in the Feb. 25 election. The APC urged the tribunal to discountenance the petitions, in three...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, says one of the greatest challenges being faced by Nigerians at the moment is beyond any infrastructural development, rather a concerted effort to give the citizens protection to be alive first. Bishop Kukah, who spoke...