Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa says he would be returned for a second term in office as he cast his vote 8:40 am in today’s governorship and House of Assembly elections. Okowa, in company with his wife, Dame Edith Okowa, and his children, voted in different polling units in their Ward 2 polling centre…
Elections: U.S Congratulate Nigerians, INEC
The United States Embassy in Nigeria on Monday, April 13, issued a statement urging dissatisfied political parties in the April 11 governorship and State House of Assembly elections to peacefully pursue their grievances in the judicial arena. The U.S Embassy said that it has seen reports of violence and alleged irregularities, particularly in Rivers and…
Elections: Low Turnout in Nassarawa
There is low turnout in other parts of Nasarawa state, especially in PDP dominated areas. In Doma LG where Ali Akwei Doma, former governor comes from the situation is worse. Some of the voters said, they are apathetic because president Goodluck Jonathan lost the bid to return to office.
Hitches in Rivers state
A concerned voter in Rivers state is disturbed that materials re not yet in polling units. Mr Chudi Eke-Ejelam , a journalist said polling officials are still being awaited. He said, ‘It is 10.30am & neither INEC nor its materials is in Ward 13, unit 9 (NTA area).’ The electoral body would need to address…
INEC Releases Results from Taraba, Benue
Taraba LGAs: 16 NO of POLITICAL PARTIES: 14 REG. VOTERS: 1,374,307 ACCR VOTERS: 638,578 VALID VOTES: 579,677 VOTES CAST: 602,716 REJECTED VOTES: 23,039 AA: 962 AD: 586 ACPN: 811 ADC: 320 APA: 1306 APC: 261,326 CPP: 1,033 HOPE: 161 KOWA: 153 NCP: 876 PDP: 310,800 PPN: 680 UDP: 224 UPP: 439 Bauchi LGAs: 20 NO…
Nigeria Elections: US, UK, warn against manipulation of results
The US and the United Kingdom on Monday, March 30, expressed concern over disturbed collation process of election results. Philip Hammond, UK Foreign Secretary, and John Kerry, US Secretary of State, in a joint statement on the Nigerian elections, said, “ So far, we have seen no evidence of systemic manipulation of the process. But…
INEC Official Results: Oyo state
Total number of registered voters is 234,4448 Total number of accredited voters 173,084,9 AA…………… 6331 ACPA……….. 80,979 AD…………… 6,282 ADC…………. 5,000 APA………….4,468 APC………… 528,620 CCP………… 6,674 HDP………… 839 KOWA……… 1,312 NCP…………. 1,895 PDP ………… 303,376 PPA………… 2,842 UDP………… 1,069 UPP………… 3,665 Total number of valid votes -881,352 Total number of rejected votes- 47,254 Total number…
Jega Speaks on Port Harcourt Election Protest
Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has spoken on the election protest going on in Port Harcourt, Rivers State during a press briefing in Abuja this evening. He confirmed that the biggest opposition party, All Progressives Congress, APC, wrote a letter to the Commission urging it to cancel the elections held…
APC wants INEC to extend Election time
The All Progressives Congress, APC, main opposition party in the ongoing election has appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to consider extending the time for the accreditation of voters. This is because of the hitches experienced in the use of the novel card readers at the polling units. A statement by Lai Mohammed,…
All Set for Voting
Anxious voters queued up shortly after accreditation at 2:00 pm at Ward 11, Unit 1 in Port Harcourt.
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