The United Nations on Tuesday appealed to all stakeholders to remain calm through the conclusion of the electoral process in just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections in Nigeria. UN Spokesperson, Stephanie Dujarric, in a statement, called on all political leaders and their supporters to ensure a peaceful atmosphere. He ...
Police on Sunday arrested a middle-aged man named Gabriel Agabi, over alleged impersonation and being in possession of 17 Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) devices not programmed for the ward where he was apprehended. Mr Agabi, who wore an INEC reflective jacket, was arrested at the collation centre in Okpoma, ...
Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong who is also the Director General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has lost the bid to clinch the Plateau South Senatorial District slot. He lost to Rtd AVM Bali Ninkap Napoleon of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the National ...
The Nigerian Railway Corporation on Tuesday announced that rail services would be suspended ahead of Saturday’s elections, from February 25 to Monday, February 27. Spokesperson for the railway corporation, Mahmood Yakubu, made the announcement in a statement, saying the decision was to enable Nigerians exercise their rights to vote in ...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has invited the state governors on the party’s platform to an emergency meeting on Sunday. In a statement released through its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, on friday, it was announced that the APC national chairman would meet with ...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reassured that it will not support any candidate or political party in the 2023 general election, as it is only interested in the electoral process. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman, INEC said this when he addressed Supervisory Presiding Officers (SPOs) for the 2023 ...
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has hinted on plans to deploy undercover agents to pulling units for the 2023 general elections, in a bid to cut down on the menace of vote buying. The INEC Chairman on Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, stated this in Abuja during ...
Traders, Youths sympathisers and supporters of Peter Obi presidential candidacy Saturday shut commercial activities in Nasarawa as Labour party organised one million man March to register their support for the Labour party and it’s candidate, peter Obi in Lafia. Speaking, State Chairman of the Party, Alexander Emmanuel said the One-million-man ...
Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has declared four work-free days for public workers to register and collect their Permanent Voter Cards(PVCs) ahead of the deadline on July 30. Starting from Tuesday, public workers from different grades have been scheduled on the expected day to be off from work for the exercise. ...
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, said the upcoming 2023 general elections would affirm the institutional strength of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as it would deliver acceptable, credible and violence-free elections to Nigerians. President Buhari who disclosed this when he received a high-powered delegation from Nasarawa State, led by ...
