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The governorship and House of Assembly elections held across the country, yesterday, were characterised by poor voter turn out. Except Ondo, Ekiti, Anambra, Osun and Edo states where governorship election did not hold, both polls took place in all the 36 states in the country and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), its candidate in …

Activities of saboteurs were largely responsible for the observed pitfalls of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the last elections. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Imo State, Professor Francis Ezeonu, disclosed this yesterday, when he played host to religious leaders that paid him a courtesy call in his office. “There were a lot of factors that bugged the last …

A Rivers State chief magistrates’ court in Port Harcourt has issued a warrant for the arrest of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Akwa Ibom State, Mr Nsima Ekere. Sir S.D. Andrew-Jaja, a chief magistrate, said Ekere, alongside one Katungo Moljengo, should be arrested “in compliance with Section 138 of the Rivers State Administration of Criminal Justice …

•Tough contests loom in Lagos, Kwara, Akwa Ibom, Oyo, Imo, Ogun, others•No governorship elections in 7 states — Ondo, Ekiti, Osun, Bayelsa, Edo, Anambra, Kogi LAGOS — Leading politicians and candidates criss-crossed the length and breadth of the 36 states of the country, yesterday, wrapping up campaigns for tomorrow’s governorship, state assembly and supplementary National Assemblyelections.elections. There will be no …

The wife of the Nigerian president, Aisha Buhari, has advised the ruling party, APC, that any government it leads should consider only card-carrying members for political appointments. She made the call at a dinner to celebrate the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari at Daura Stadium, Kastina State on Thursday. Mrs Buhari’s statement at the dinner was sent to PREMIUM TIMES …

Concerns about security may adversely affect voter turnout in Rivers State elections on Saturday. This is following a build-up of tension and incidents of violence ahead of the polls. The fallout of the February 23 presidential and National Assembly elections marred by widespread violence which claimed several lives could have also aggravated public fear. “This is a state election involving …

The  Independent National Electoral Commission has postponed the House of Assembly election for the Nasarawa/Binyeri State constituency of Adamawa State. Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Mr Kashim Gaidam, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Yola. Gaidam said that the postponement became necessary following the death of a member of the assembly, who was the candidate of …

A section of the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Ibesikpo-Asutan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State has been destroyed with the use of explosives by suspected thugs. Our correspondent who visited the scene at 1.30pm on Friday observed that electoral materials had been burnt in the affected offices in the building, but the commission’s Resident Electoral …

The Imo State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof Francis Ezeonu; and governorship candidate of Reform and Advancement Party in the state, Kingdom Okere, on Friday clashed at the Independent National Electoral Commission’s office in Owerri, the state capital. The incident led to the teargassing of Okere by the security agents attached to Prof. Ezeonu, after which they bundled out the governorship hopeful. …

The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed an order of interim forfeiture made by the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court in respect of the sum of $8.4m linked to the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Mrs. Patience Jonathan. The five-man bench of the apex court led by Justice Dattijo Muhammad, in a unanimous judgment, dismissed the ex-First Lady’s …