Author: Lanre Babalola
Dapo Abiodun of APC heads for victory in Ogun
Prince Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress appears to be heading to victory in the governorship election held in…
Fashola ask agencies to provide details of corrupt contractors
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing Mr Babatunde Fashola SAN has written to Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP)…
Photo News: See bags of money meant for vote buying intercepted by EFCC
At North Bank Area, Makurdi, Benue State, EFCC operatives intercept bags of cash meant for vote-buying. In an attempt to…
Governorship Election: PDP in early lead in Oyo, Ajimobi loses polling unit
Gbenro Adesina/ibadan As the governorship and House of Assembly elections were rated to be peaceful in Oyo State, fillers from…
Gbenga Daniel delivers polling unit for Dapo Abiodun
Adejoke Adeleye/Abeokuta Former Governor of Ogun state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel (OGD) has delivered his polling unit for the All Progressives…
Atiku wins polling unit for PDP candidates
Former Vice President and Presidential candidate of PDP, Atiku Abubakar delivered his unit of Ajiya 02 of Gwadabawa Ward in…
Tinubu wins polling unit for Sanwo-Olu
By Isa Isawade National Leader of APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has delivered his polling unit 047, ward F at…
Electoral materials hijacked in Cross River
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Cross River has confirmed the hijack of electoral materials in four local government…
Sanwo-Olu wins polling unit
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, in Lagos State on Saturday reversed his loss two weeks ago…
Bola Tinubu seeks time extension for guber election
By Isa Isawade National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has called for the extension of…
Obasanjo votes, refuses to comment on conduct as Amosun, Osoba adjudge process peaceful, orderly
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday refused to comment on the conduct of the Governorship and House of Assembly polls…
Former APC state chairman, Henry Ajomale, commends electorate’s turn out
The immediate past chairman of the APC in Lagos State, Chief Henry Ajomale, on Saturday commended Lagosians for coming out…
Jimi Agbaje, traditional ruler, others lament low turnout of voters
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos, Mr Jimi Agbaje, on Saturday expressed concern over the…
Guber Poll: Oyo records massive turnout
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan As early as 8am, accreditation and voting commenced simultaneously across many polling centres in Oyo State for the…
Updated: INEC officials, materials arrive late at Lagos polling units
By Isa Isawade, Wole Adeboye, Yusuf Muhammed, Dedeigbo Ayodeji Investigations by PMNEWS team at many polling booths in Lagos early…
Voters defy threat of violence, troops out enmasse in Ogun
Adejoke Adeleye/Abeokuta Amidst fear of possible breakdown of law and order, the electorate in Ogun State on Saturday trooped out…
Photo News: Lagos records low voters turnout
The turnout of voters in Lagos is during the governorship and state assembly elections is considerably lower than that witnessed…
Voters’ apathy in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Elections have started in Rumuagholu in Obio-Akpor local government areas. At Abonnema in Akuku-Toru as at 9am…
Low voters turn out in Abuja
Voter apathy has been witnessed in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as only very few people were seen at polling…
Heavy security presence in Lagos as polls open
Heavy security presence and strict enforcement of movement restriction were noticed in parts of Lagos on Saturday as residents of…
INEC undeterred by burnt office in Akwa Ibom, polls to go on
The Independent National Electoral Commission (lNEC) said it has replaced and reconfigured the 198 Smart Card Readers that were on…
Gunmen burn electoral materials in Benue, INEC officials run into the bush
All electoral materials for Mbalom ward in Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue, were in the early hours of…
Guber Poll: Electoral officials protest non payment of allowances
Oluwole Adeboye Scores of adhoc staff and corps members attached to Ward 1, Anwar Islam Agege early this morning staged…
Maradona accepts paternity of 3 Cuban children
Argentina’s 1986 World Cup soccer winning captain, Diego Maradona, has three children in Cuba and will travel to the country…
Enugu APC candidate Ayogu Eze missing on INEC list
Senator Ayogu Eze, APC governorship candidate in Enugu state, says his name not on INEC list The All Progressives Congress…
Man beats 24-year old to death over N50
Oluwole Adeboye The police at Elere Divisional Headquarters, Agege, Lagos State have arrested a 20-year old man called Walihu for…
INEC postpones assembly election in Adamawa over death of APC candidate
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the House of Assembly Election for the Nasarawa/Binyeri State Constituency of Adamawa.…
For Those Irritated By Nigeria’s Many Political Parties
By ‘Tope Fasua …I will urge Nigerians to get rid of our miracle mentality. New parties have only recently come…
1,538 Nigerians died in road accidents in 3 months
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said no fewer than 1,538 Nigerians died in road accidents in the fourth quarter…
Lagos APC: Winning Over Igbo Voters With Carrots and Not Sticks
By Ayodele Adio The point is that PDP is not necessarily a party for or of the Igbos, it just…