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TAF Africa commends INEC for conducting peaceful election in Kogi

Kogi guber: TAF-Africa lauds INEC for peaceful conduct

“TAF Africa is also impressed that even in Imo, 75 per cent of them participated while Bayelsa State recorded 67…
Uzodimma

Uzodimma coasting home to massive victory in Imo

At polling unit 004, Aku ward, Okigwe council, Uzodimma polled 509 votes to defeat Achonu, who got eight votes and…
Residents of Kogi Central explains why they turned out in heavy numbers for Saturday’s governorship election in the state

Why we turned out massively for governorship election: Kogi Central residents

Ebira indigenes, in particular, had, as early as Wednesday, begun to arrive in droves in Okene and other Local Government…
Former governor Adams Oshiomhole says his successor, Godwin Obaseki, are not enemies despite their political differences.

Oshiomhle: Obaseki remains my friend, we treat ourselves with love and care

Oshiomhole, who thanked Obaseki for hosting the Alaghodaro summit and inviting him, noted that the world should know that he…
Edo High Court remands 38-year-old Pastor, Simeon Okehielem, for allegedly raping and impregnating a house wife, Mrs Isoken Vivian Aigbedo.

140 inmates on death row awaiting execution in Kano – NCoS

He noted that governors in the state had failed to either sign death warrants or to commute the sentences of…
Ali

 N2.2bn Oil Subsidy fraud: Court admits more evidence against Mamman Ali

They were initially standing trial before Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja. However, Justice…
The candidate of Labour Party (LP) in Imo governorship election, Athan Achonu calls for cancellation of results over alleged malpractices

Imo election: Labour Party’s Achonu calls for cancellation of results

Achonu said his party has already written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for requisite action and called for…
EFCC operatives arrest 14 suspects for vote buying, recover over N11 million during governorship elections in Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo states

Vote buying: EFCC operatives arrest 24 suspects, recover N11m in Imo, Bayelsa, Kogi

The arrests of the suspects was made possible by intelligence-driven operations that commenced several days before the governorship elections in…
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu

Breaking: INEC suspends governorship election in some locations in Kogi

Mohammed Haruna, National Commissioner and Member, Information and Voter Education Committee, INEC, in a statement on Saturday, said the Commission…
Yahaya Bello wins polling unit for Ododo

Yahaya Bello gallops to big victory for Ododo at own polling unit

Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Muritala Ajaka of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), scored zero votes…
INEC

Bayelsa election: INEC official abducted by gunmen regains freedom

Mr Wilfred Ifogah, Head of Voter Education and Publicity of INEC in Bayelsa confirmed the development in Yenagoa, the capital…
SERAP

Abducted INEC official regains freedom in Bayelsa

The Head of Voter Education and Publicity of the state INEC in Yenagoa, Mr Wilfred Ifogah, confirmed the cheering news…
Kogi government warns landlords that they risk demolition if they continue to rent them out to fraudsters, popularly known as Yahoo Boys.

Breaking: APC’s Ododo in landslide victory in Okene

At Polling Unit 024, Bariki Ward, Ododo polled 600 votes as against 10 scored by PDP and and two votes…
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa opposes calls for the scrapping of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), saying it's still relevant

Diri wins own polling unit by landslide

Diri polled 218 of the 219 votes cast at his polling unit, while the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Labour…
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa opposes calls for the scrapping of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), saying it's still relevant

Bayelsa Poll: Labour Party’s Udengs loses polling unit to Gov. Diri

In the same polling unit, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Timipre Silva gathered 45 votes.
Sorting and counting of votes have commenced in many polling units in Bayelsa after voting in the governorship election ended at 2.30pm.

Bayelsa election: Sorting, counting of votes ongoing

At PU 10, Agric Meeting Hall, Attissa 1, Yenagoa, the voting process ended at 2.30pm while sorting of ballot papers…
Compulsory voting will rescue Nigeria’s democracy - Ubani

Bayelsa election: 86-year-old woman couldn’t vote despite arriving polling unit early

The octogenarian said she trekked to polling Unit 011 at Yenada Market Square, Epie III Ward, Yenagoa, in order to…
PDP's Dino Melaye loses his Ijumu LGA to APC's Ahmed Usman Ododo in declared results for yesterday's Kogi governorship election.

Dino Melaye wins polling unit by landslide

According to results announced at his unit, Dino scored over 200 votes while APC's candidate Ahmed Ododo got only 22…
Adamawa

Notorious Katsina kidnapper Nazifi Ibrahim killed in gun duel with police

The remains of the notorious Katsina Kidnapper were discovered during the mop-up operation after the gun duel.
Twenty students of Unical were rushed to the institution’s teaching hospital following a stampede at an examination hall at the campus.

UNICAL students land in hospital after exam stampede

The UNICAL students were billed to write the General Studies and Communication Skills (GSS) examination
Security operatives foils attempt by thugs to abduct INEC officials and cart away election materials in Amaimo, Ikeduru LG A of Imo state.

Imo election: Security operatives foil attempt to abduct INEC officials, materials

By Peter Okolie Vigilant security operatives in Imo, on Saturday, foiled an attempt by alleged political thugs to abduct INEC…
Residents of Kogi Central explains why they turned out in heavy numbers for Saturday’s governorship election in the state

Kogi election: INEC alleges deliberate sabotage by unseen forces

The failure of the vehicles to show up resulted in late arrival of officials and election materials in some polling…
Confusion rocks Bayelsa Governorship Election Collation Centre in Yenagoa as Timipre Sylva of APC wins in Brass local government

Sylva votes, alleges ‘security operatives playing on side of PDP’

Sylva alleges that the Army is “playing on the side of the PDP” noting that a member of APC was…
Dino Melaye fails to show up at polling unit

PDP gov. candidate Dino Melaye fails to show up at polling unit

Dino Melaye had earlier raised an alarm over “filled result sheets” in the Ogori/Magongo Local Government Area of the North…
EFCC, DSS officials hit Dino Melaye’s polling unit

EFCC, DSS officials hit Dino Melaye’s polling unit

Officials of the Department of State Services and EFCC have arrived at the Polling Unit of the Peoples Democratic Party…
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka reacts to President Tinubu's national broadcast on the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protests

Nigerian society, greatest abusers of internet technology – Soyinka

“It’s creating new generations of the illiterate, who believe it’s up to them that it’s sort of noble, progressive, and…
PDP's Dino Melaye loses his Ijumu LGA to APC's Ahmed Usman Ododo in declared results for yesterday's Kogi governorship election.

Dino Melaye raises alarm over ‘filled result sheets’

"APC is trying to compromise the election in Ogori/Msngogo Local Government of Kogi State. Kogites resist evil."
Late arrival of materials, voters apathy delay polls in parts of Imo North

#ImoDecides: Late arrival of materials, voters apathy delay polls in parts of Imo North

At Unit 17, along Orji Road, at about 8.35am, polling officers were yet to arrive as few electorate who turned…
KogiDecides: I'm leaving Kogi better, says Yahaya Bello

KogiDecides: I’m leaving Kogi better, says Yahaya Bello

The governor took a self-assessment voyage of his performance in the number one office in the land and declared that…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan asks National Assembly to pass law to stop off-season elections for Nigeria.

Jonathan calls for end to off-season elections in Nigeria

If we continue with this trend of off-season election based on interpretation of our laws by the judicial officers, a…