The All Progressives Congress, the All Progressives Grand Alliance, and the Labour Party protested the exclusion of result sheets at polling units in Enugu State on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the protest began when officials from…

Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah has described the Enugu Local Government Council election as democracy in action, lauding both the electoral process and massive voter turnout. The governor gave the commendation after casting his ballots at Owo Ward…

No fewer than nine suspects have been arrested by personnel of the Nigeria Police Force during the ongoing Edo State governorship election. While eight were arrested for suspected vote buying, the ninth suspect posed as a fake journalist, claiming to…

The Abia State Independent Electoral Commission, ABSIEC, has said that the November 2 local government election in the state would not be conducted with Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) because of its ‘disappointing nature’. The Chairman of ABSIEC, Professor George…

The Peoples Democratic Party has demanded the immediate and unconditional release of voters, including its members and supporters who were illegally arrested in the ongoing Edo governorship election. In a statement on Saturday signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo…

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced the extension of voting time in areas where the exercise commenced late. This was made known in a statement on Saturday by Mohammed Haruna, INEC National Commissioner. Haruna announced that the exercise…

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State, Asue Ighodalo, has said he was not happy with the delay in delivering electoral materials for the election. Speaking with reporters after casting his vote in his ward, Ward…

Labour Party, LP, candidate Olumide Akpata, has successfully cast his vote in the ongoing Edo State governorship election. Akpata arrived at Polling Unit 11, Ward 6, in Oredo LGA at around 10:30 am, where he expressed satisfaction with the voting…

The All Progressives Congress has affirmed that Senator Monday Okpebholo remains its governorship candidate in today’s (Saturday) governorship election in Edo. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka, made the affirmation in a statement on its X.com handle on…

The Caretaker Committee Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kaduna State, Felix Hassan Hyat, has debunked reports that the scheduled PDP State Congress slated for today, September 21, 2024, has been postponed. Speaking through a statement by a…

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Asue Ighodalo, has voted at his voting centre, Okaigben Ward 1, Unit 3, situated in Idinrio Primary School, Okaigben, Ewohimi, Esan South East Local Government Area of Edo State. Ighodalo arrived at the…

The newly appointed Chairman of the Labour Party National Caretaker Committee, Senator Nenadi Esther Usman, has expressed her determination to revitalize the party as the most viable of all other political parties amid its current challenges. Nenadi explained the goal…

Despite the delays in the arrival of election materials, residents of Edo Central Senatorial District, comprising Esan South-East, Igueben and Esan North East, Esan West and Esan Central LGAs, have started coming out to cast their votes. At Unit 9,…

The Imo State Independent Electoral Commission (ISIEC) has begun the distribution of sensitive and non-sensitive electoral materials across the 4,758 polling units in the state, with 17 out of 19 registered political parties participating in today’s exercise. Earlier, during an…

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, has felicitated the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on the occasion of her 64th birthday. Oyebanji described the President’s wife as “a special gift to the nation and…