Calm in Katsina as INEC says all election materials have been deployed to the 34 local councils. The commission said it already distributed 2, 689, 681 PVC out of 2, 790, 339 received . There are 2, 840, 654 registered voters in the state.
Polls: TMG to Deploy 4,000 Monitors
The Transition Monitoring Group, TMG on Thursday said it will deploy 4,000 citizen observers to monitor the Presidential and National Assembly Elections on Saturday, March 28. Ibrahim Zikirullahi, the Chairman of TMG disclosed this during a press conference, saying the group will strategically place mobile and stationary citizen observers in every geopolitical zone and every…
36,204 Security Personnel To Man Elections In Lagos
A total of 36,204 personnel drawn from all the security and emergency response agencies in Lagos State have been deployed to man the March 28 and April 11 general elections in the state. The state’s security agencies have embarked on “show of force on land, sea and air to demonstrate our readiness to confront and…
Pandemonium At INEC Office Owerri
There was pandemonium at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Owerri, the Imo State capital on Thursday. Security operatives ordered everyone out of the premises of the Commission as election materials were being distributed. Trouble started at about 5pm when heavily armed policemen numbering about 50 arrived the office and ordered…
Ondo Deputy Governor Offers Reasons for Defection from PDP to APC
Alli Olanusi, Ondo State deputy governor, who defected from the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC has given reasons why he took the decision. The deputy governor who announced his defection in Akure, capital, early this morning, stated in a statement that he defected to chart a new course for majority…
House of Representatives Member Detained in Ondo
Barely 48 hours to the March 28, Presidential and National Assembly elections, Eniola Omosule, an All Progressives Congress, APC member of the House of Representatives representing Owo/Ose Federal Constituency in Ondo State has been arrested by the Police in Ondo State. Omosule who is vying for another term in the House of Representatives was detained…
Election: Ballot Papers Arrive States On Wednesday
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said ballot papers to be used for Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections are to be moved from Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN vaults from tomorrow, Wednesday, March 25. Kayode Idowu, chief press secretary to the INEC chairman, said all non-sensitive materials have already been sent to locations…
Elections: APC Warns PDP Against Ekiti Rigging Style
Less than a week to the Presidential and National Assembly election in Nigeria, the All Progressives Congress, APC has warned the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP led federal government not to manipulate the elections, using “what we call the Modified Ekiti Rigging Strategy.” An online media had published a video purportedly released by one Captain Sagir…
I Have Not Defected From APC- Senator Obende
Domingo Obende, the All Progressives Congress, APC Senator representing Edo North District has rubbished reports that he dumped the party for the Social Democratic Party, SDP. Obende stated this while reacting to reports that he led some members of the APC to defect to the SDP in a ceremony in South-Ibie of the Etsako West…
Rivers Deputy Governor Dumps APC for PDP
Tele Ikuru, deputy governor of Rivers State, has dumped the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, describing the APC “as a party of rebels, insurgents and anarchists, clothed in robes of pretence and deceit.” In a statement released on Sunday, Ikuru said he joined the APC in December 2013, out of…
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