Tag: governorship election
Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi governorship: Jonathan calls for violence-free election
The former President who said this in a statement he released on Friday further noted that democracy draws its strength…
JUST IN: INEC suspends collation of governorship election results in Abia, Enugu
Consequently, Okoye added that the Commission hereby suspended the collation of results in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State…
Governorship polls: West African Elders call for peace, credible elections
The Forum also urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct the elections in accordance with the nation’s electoral…
Governorship polls: IGP imposes movement restriction nationwide
The IGP, in a statement issued by CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer on Thursday, ordered the restriction of…
INEC sets for polls, receives sensitive materials in Enugu – REC
The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Enugu State, Dr Chukwuemeka Chukwu, announced the readiness of the commission at a…
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JUST IN: INEC announces postponement of governorship elections, gives reasons
INEC said while the ruling of the Tribunal made it possible for the Commission to commence the preparation of the…
Guber polls: INEC announces dates for party primaries in Edo, Ondo
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has released dates for the conduct of governorship primaries by political parties in Edo…
Guber Race: Kogi governor to dump APC
There are indications that Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State is set to dump the All Progressives Congress (APC) for…
Ebonyi guber poll: APC rejects result, heads to tribunal
Sen. Sonni Ogbuoji, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the March 9 governorship election in Ebonyi, says…
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…
32 candidates vie for Abia governorship
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 32 candidates from different political parties will be vying for the governorship of…
Birth certificate forgery: Court dismisses asuit against Wike
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Friday dismissed the suit filed by one Elvis Chinda seeking to disqualify Rivers governor,…
Election: 41 candidates jostle for Ogun governorship seat
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Friday, said that 41 candidates from different political parties would be contesting the…
Okowa in trouble as Buhari eyes Delta in Saturday’s guber election
President Muhammadu Buhari assured voters in Delta of adequate security in Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections and declared…
Tight security in Ekiti as governorship poll begins
A security cordon has been thrown on Ekiti as the simultaneous accreditation and voting process is set to commence in…
Security agencies ready for Anambra guber poll – Commissioner
Heads of Security formations in Anambra say they are ready to provide adequate security, before, during and after the Nov.18…
13 aspirants to contest in Anambra guber poll
No fewer than 13 aspirants including Prof. Charles Soludo, have indicated interest to contest the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra…
Jimoh Ibrahim: PDP supporters protest against INEC in Ondo
Akure, capital of Ondo State, Southwest Nigeria is boiling as thousands of supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took…
Edo gets new Commissioner of Police
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The immediate past Commissioner for Police in Edo State, Mr. Chris Ezike, has assured the people of the…
INEC trains 204 staff ahead of Ondo election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has commenced the training of 204 e- collation staff of the commission…
Okowa recruiting thugs to destabilise polls – Edo Govt
The Edo State government has accused Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State of recruiting thugs to disrupt the conduct of…
Oshiomhole debunks rumour of aspirant buying permanent voter cards
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo has debunked rumour of purchasing or cloning of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) by an aspirant…
Edo Guber: Things fall apart in PDP as aspirants fight dirty
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Ahead of the September 10 governorship election in Edo state, war of words appear to be causing a…
I won Kogi governorship election, Wada insists
Ousted governor of Kogi state, Idris Wada on Wednesday told the State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja that he…
Edo Guber: Plan to stop some APC aspirants uncovered
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A group, Edo Professionals for Better Tomorrow on Thursday said it has uncovered a plot to stop…
INEC releases timetable for Edo, Ondo guber elections
mahmood The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the timetable for the conduct of Edo and Ondo states governorship…
Bayelsa governorship election petition moves sitting to Abuja
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt President of the Court of Appeal Justice Justice Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa has ordered the re-location of the…
Begin fresh probe on Ekiti guber election, Group tells FG
The Committee for the Protection of Peoples Mandate (CPPM), on Wednesday, urged the Federal Government to commence a new probe…
Supreme Court rules on Akwa Ibom, Abia election today
Nigeria’s Supreme Court will hear the Akwa Ibom and Abia state governorship appeals today and as they had done with…
Edo guber: Osunbor laments monetisation of election
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Ahead of the 2016 governorship election in Edo state, a former governor of the state and an aspirant…