Nnamdi Kanu: Igbo Youths Should Be Treated Like Their Niger Delta, Arewa Counterparts — Sen. Umeh (Video)
The Senator representing Anambra Central, Chief Victor Umeh has called on the federal government to end the marginalization of Ndigbo, saying it is responsible for the separatist agitation in the South East region. The lawmaker said the prolonged detention of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is needless, stating that youths from other regions of...
I’m Leaving Kogi Better Than I Met It, Says Yahaya Bello
The Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has said that he would be leaving the state better than he met it. Bello who was speaking shortly after casting his ballot at his Agaza country home in Okene on Saturday, also awarded pass marks to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Security agencies, and the people for ensuring peaceful conduct...
Kogi Guber: Dino Melaye Raises Alarm Over Alleged Result Sheets Tampering In Ogori/Magongo
The Kogi State Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen Dino Melaye, has alleged that result sheets have been prefilled and tampered with in all polling units located in Ogori/Magongo local government area of the state. Melaye also said that there are massive protests in the units, as voters have refused to be accredited, insisting that the plain...
Jonathan Calls For End To Off-Cycle Election
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged the National Assembly (NASS) to make laws that prohibit off-season elections in Nigeria. The ex-Nigerian leader spoke on Saturday after he cast his vote in the November 11, 2023 governorship poll at Ward 13, Polling Unit 39, at Otuoke in the Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Like Bayelsa, governorship elections are held in...
Imo Guber: Achonu Protests, Alleges Changing Of Trained PU Officers By INEC On Election Day
There is a protest at the Ikenegbu Girls Polling Unit in the Owerri municipal council as Polling Unit officers already trained on how to make use of the BVAS have been changed. This development caused an uproar as the party said it was the electoral umpire’s plan to rig the election in favour of APC. A man who described himself as...
Imo, Bayelsa, Kogi Polls: Wield Your Democratic Powers – Eneukwu Tells Voters
A former Deputy National Chairman, South, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Emma Eneukwu has enjoined residents of Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi states to wield their democratic power as they go to the polls today, Saturday. He stressed the critical role of voters in shaping the destinies of Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi. In a statement he personally signed, which was...
INEC Pleased With Prompt Arrival Of Materials
One of the nine INEC Resident Electoral Commissioners deployed to Bayelsa state to supervise the governorship election in Bayelsa state, Mrs. Caroline Okpe has expressed satisfaction with the early arrival of materials to several polling units in parts of the state. Okpe who is the Resident Electoral Commissioner for Nasarawa state spoke at Polling unit 008 Kpansia Sisibir Primary school...
Kogi Guber: Election Peaceful, Orderly – APC Candidate, Ododo After Casting Vote
The All Progressives Congress, APC, Kogi governorship candidate, Usman Ododo, on Saturday said the ongoing election in the State was peaceful and orderly. He made the remark after casting his ballot at his polling unit. He commended the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the conduct of the ongoing election. READ ALSO: Imo Guber: They Plan To Make Malfunction, Rig Election –...
INEC Denies Withdrawing Passwords For Results Upload In Imo
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied a report alleging that the commission has withdrawn the password for the uploaded election results from the Local Government Supervisors in Imo. The commission in a “fake news alert” released to journalists by Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, said on Friday midnight described report as untrue. “The attention of INEC...
Imo Guber: They Plan To Make Malfunction, Rig Election – LP Candidate, Achonu
The Labour Party’s (LP) gubernatorial candidate in today’s off-cycle governorship election, Athan Achonu, has alleged a plot to rig the poll. Achonu alleges that there is a plot to ensure that BVAS malfunctions in some polling units across the state. He asserted that the purpose was either to produce a falsified result or to disrupt the voting process in specific...
