The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission on Saturday arrested about 69 persons for alleged voters’ inducement while monitoring the governorship and state Assembly elections. The EFCC arrested 65 persons while the ICPC arrested four persons. The ICPC said it arrested four vote-buyers in Sokoto and…
Lawan Musa, a 35-year-old candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party has unseated the Speaker Yobe State House of Assembly, Honourable Ahmed Lawan Mirwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the just concluded 2023 State House of Assembly election in Yobe state. The Returning Officer, Dr. Habib Muhammad, who announced the result at Nguru on…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Sunday said hoodlums invaded its office in Abia State. The electoral body made the revelation in a Twitter post on its verified page. “Thugs have invaded our Obingwa Local Government Area office in Abia State. “Security agencies have been alerted. The Commission is monitoring the situation and will…
Barely 48 hours to Saturday’s governorship election, the Olubadan-in-Council, on Thursday, declared that it has no anointed candidate among the array of candidates vying for the exalted position in Oyo State. Some online media earlier reported that the incumbent Governor Seyi Makinde, who is aiming for another term on the platform of the Peoples Democratic…
Hours to the Saturday governorship election, Seye Dairo, Campaign Director-General, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Lagos State, Dr. Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, better known as Jandor, has resigned. Dairo, who made the disclosure via a letter, failed to give any reason for taking the action. However, in the letter, Dairo expressed appreciation to…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has refuted claims of removing its Igbo ad-hoc staff from election duty in Lagos State ahead of Saturday’s governorship and state assembly polls. While many on social media claimed that the electoral umpire had yanked off its staff of Igbo origin from handling the elections, INEC has described the…
The Labour Party in Kwara State on Tuesday announced the suspension of its governorship candidate, Comrade Basambo Abubakar, over his romance with the Peoples Democratic Party ahead of next Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections. The state Chairman of the party, Chief Kehinde Rotimi, at a press conference in Ilorin, announced the suspension of Basambo…
The legal team of the Labour Party is in a meeting with officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja. The meeting with INEC officials which is being held at the Commission’s national headquarters is to start the process of inspection of electoral materials used for the February 25 presidential election. The head…
The Appeal Court on Monday, reserved judgement to decide on the case by Senator Ademola Adeleke challenging the decision of an election petition tribunal which nullified his victory in the Osun governorship election. Judgement on the matter will be given at a later date as a three-member panel led by Justice Mohammed Shuaibu takes the…
Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has described the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, as the hero of the just-concluded election. He said his active participation stopped the North from retaining power after President Muhammadu Buhari. Wike spoke during an interactive meeting with Technical Dealers Association of Nigeria (TDAN), Computer Dealers Association (TDA), Garrison Phone…
