Author: Ayorinde Oluokun
Election: Rivers records low turnout of voters
However, some of the early voters were top government officials of Rivers and candidates in the election.
Low turnout of voters mars State Assembly election in Edo
Although election in Edo State began much earlier in most polling centers, unlike during the presidential and national assembly elections,…
Obaseki votes, blames ‘extreme security’ measure for low turnout
Governor Obaseki who was accompanied by his wife, Betsy, noted that the entire Benin City is under total lock down.
Controversies trail arrest of Edo APC vice chair over ‘invasion’ of INEC office
Jarret Tenebi was arrested with one Akeem Zibiri, a retired officer of the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency) NDLEA, over…
2023 Elections, Politics, Top Stories
JUST IN: Buhari casts last vote as president, advises electorate
President Buhari, who cast his vote at about 9.55a.m, refused to ‘openly’ display his ballot paper as he did during…
Nweke: I’m still in Enugu governorship race
Nweke made the denial in a statement by his Media Manager, Mr Uchenna Igboeme, on Saturday in Enugu.
Heavy security in Ibadan as voters troop to polling centres
Officials of INEC, corps members and unarmed policemen were also seen moving in various chartered buses to various polling units…
Elections: Poor transportation delays movement of materials in Niger LG
By Obinna Unaeze Polling officials and security personnel at Chanchaga Primary School Collation Centre in Bosso Local Government Area of…
Celebrations banned for 21 days to mourn passage of oldest Delta monarch
His passage was officially announced on Friday at a meeting of the traditional council at the Ohworode palace in Ogoni…
PHOTOS: INEC officials waiting for voters in Kwara
The governorship and house of assembly elections are being conducted around Nigeria today
‘Peter Obi making criminally false, inciting statements about presidential election’
The APC PCC accused Obi of making incendiary remarks about the 2023 presidential election, while calling on security agencies to…
Court orders INEC to transmit election results electronically in Rivers
The court made the order while granting the application by one Solsuema Osaro on behalf of Social Democratic Party, SDP,…
Cross River: YPP deputy governorship candidate, 3 others abducted
They were traveling to Northern Cross River for Saturday’s election when they were abducted on Thursday evening, spokesperson for Cross…
Serial Canadian visa scammer Ogungbamigbe busted in Abuja
A 32-year-old man identified as Enock Ifeoluw Ogungbamigbe who allegedly specialised in duping Nigerians desperate to migrate to Canada for…
EFCC teams storm states to monitor governorship, assembly elections
The brief of the EFCC teams is to deter vote trading and other financial malpractices that could compromise the integrity…
Breaking: ICC issues arrest warrant for Putin on war crime allegations
The ICC, in a statement, said the warrant was issued over Putin’s suspected involvement in the unlawful deportation and transfer…
INEC removes incompetent ad hoc staff in Jigawa
INEC, he said, adopted proactive measures to address challenges and glitches experienced during the Feb. 25 election.
Woman caught with INEC’s election materials in Lagos
The woman who was arrested inside a business centre in Lagos where she was making the photocopies with 550 different…
Labour Party gets court order mandating INEC to transmit poll result electronically
The Judge also ordered the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) to upload a scanned copy of the…
Over N30bn worth of eggs lost to CBN’s naira policy – Association
Onallo-Akpa, however, alerted that the poultry industry is on the verge of total collapse and extermination because of the negative…
Jobless man pleads guilty to stealing 100 chairs from Abuja church
Johnson pleaded guilty to stealing the 100 pieces of plastic chairs, but begged for leniency.
In petition to Buhari, IGP, activist seek probe, sack of EFCC boss Bawa
The petition was submitted two days after the activists resumed their suspended protest in Lagos, calling for removal of Bawa…
Kano: NNPP accuses DSS of executing hatchet job for APC
By Aminu Garko The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has accused the Director of Department of State Services, DSS, in…
Ndi Enugu, wake up, shine your eyes
Indeed, anyone who truly wants the progress of Enugu should be happy that after 24 years of ruling the state,…
Court restrains police from arresting Osun PDP leaders
The PDP in Osun has raised alarms about what it described as indiscriminate arrests of his leaders and members by…
Elections: Kano govt alleges NNPP plotting to rig with fake observers
Kano Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Malam Muhammad Garba, said this while alerting security operatives and the public to…
Tinubu reveals what will determine appointment into his cabinet
Tinubu said Nigerians can no longer be satisfied with calling ourselves the giant of Africa, but must devote to doing…
Airport: Gov. Abiodun projects Ogun as agro processing hub for West Africa
Governor Abiodun said the airport would host a Special Agro-Processing Zone, where conglomerates in the agricultural sector, would process agricultural…
Electoral malpractices: INEC blacklists 100 ad hoc staff
INEC said the blacklisted ad hoc staff were found culpable of electoral malpractices during the Presidential and National Assembly elections…
Awamaridi: Why I’m still Labour Party governorship candidate for Lagos
Awamaridi said he remains the candidate of the party for Lagos in the March 18 Gubernatorial Election as the matter…