At least 8000 people of Bassa community in Kwara on Wednesday defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), pledging their overwhelming votes for all APC candidates. The Bassa community in Kwara originated from states like Kogi, Nasarawa, Plateau, Niger, Benue and FCT,...
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is almost 90 per cent ready for the conduct of the 2023 general election. Mr Auwal Mashi, the Kaduna INEC Administrative Secretary said this on Thursday at a stakeholders meeting in Mellinium Hope, Kaduna. Mashi said that the commission held a...
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By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Enugu State Police Command has arrested the woman in a trending video allegedly extorting money before issuing voter cards to their owners. This is contained in a statement by the command Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, on Thursday in Enugu. “Police detectives...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has seized a total of 6,216 National Identity and Voter Cards from some migrants in 21 border states across the country. The Controller General of NIS (CGI), Isa Jere said this on Wednesday at a retreat for top management staff of the Service, in...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says warehoused Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) can no longer be used during elections as every voter must be authenticated with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS). The Director-General of The Electoral Institute (TEI), Dr Sa’ad Idris, stated this at the political parties’ polling...
Prof. Ayobami Salami, the Ekiti State Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) has said that the commission won’t disappoint Nigerians in the 2023 general election. Salami stated this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday shortly after monitoring the...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has warned cabals reportedly trying to scuttle the February 25 and March 11 general elections to desist from the plot, saying no to any form of ‘interim government’. “Let nobody try to scuttle this election,” the governor warned on Saturday during a campaign in...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has deployed Omituntun buses free to ease movement of residents of the state following the twin crisis of new naira-notes and fuel scarcity. This is contained in a statement by Mr Taiwo Adisa, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor,...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Gunmen on Tuesday set ablaze the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Ogidi, Idemili South LGA of Anambra State, destroying non-sensitive materials for 2023 general elections. The Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, disclosed this in a statement issued...
The Federal High Court Abuja on Tuesday struck out a suit seeking to compel INEC to allow the use of Temporary Voter Cards or Voter Identification Number at the 2023 general elections. The Incorporated Trustees of the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law had dragged INEC...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged registered voters in the 436 designated Polling Units (PUs) nationwide to participate in the Saturday mock accreditation with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS). INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the call when he received a delegation of the International Foundation...
Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State says the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will win the February election with wide margin. Akeredolu, who said that APC was lucky to have a personality like Tinubu, stated this at the Ondo Central Senatorial District campaign rally of...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced a further extension of the deadline for the collection of Permanent Voter Cards PVCs by one week. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, disclosed this in a statement issued on...
A chieftain of Labour Party (LP) Chief Mike Nwankwo says housing needs of Nigerians especially the civil servants will be given priority if Peter Obi wins the Feb.25 presidential election. Nwankwo, a Director, Administration in the Peter Obi/Datti Ahmed Presidential Campaign Council, made the disclosure in an interview with...
As the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is making finishing touches to the conduct of general elections, the commission says all ad hoc staff will be taken through the nitty gritty of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and all the electioneering processes. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
Traders at the two major markets at the sprawling Lagos International Trade Fair Complex, Balogun and Article markets shut their shops on Wednesday to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). The measure was a decision by the managements of both markets to give traders in the commercial hub the...
Hajia Titi Atiku Abubakar, wife of the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has said that her husband, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, would reset Nigeria, if elected. Abubakar said this at a town hall meeting with Ogun women on Saturday in Abeokuta. According to her, good governance is...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Saturday, charged the people of Jigawa to vote for responsive and responsible leadership in the 2023 general election. Mr Tunde Rahman, the Tinubu’s Media Officer, said this in a statement on Saturday in...
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congresses (APC), has urged Jigawa residents to vote for him in the Feb. 25 election for progress and development. “If you vote for me you are voting for progress, Tinibu said on Saturday at an APC campaign rally in...