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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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. …
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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 …
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State has been gutted by fire, a day to a crucial governorship and house of assembly elections in the state. The cause of the fire remains unknown for now. A security guard who was on duty at the INEC office told PREMIUM TIMES the …
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By Our Correspondent Former transition chair of Owan West Local Government Council of Edo State and a serving member of Edo State House of assembly, Hon. Ojo Asein has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping of Hon. Ohiro Ezomon by the operatives of Nigerian Directorate of Security Service (DSS). DSS operatives hinted our correspondent that Hon. Asein has numerous …
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By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City – Police in Benin have apprehended a popular bar owner over alleged involvement in the ongoing cult-related killings in the state capital.The alleged cult kingpin is said to be the Managing Director (MD) of a popular multimillion Naira bar along Sonkponba road in Benin City.Checks revealed that Operatives of the Anti-cultism unit of the Edo …
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Members of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State are to support the African Action Congress in the Saturday’s governorship election, party leader Rotimi Amaechi declared on Wednesday, providing an alternative platform for members. APC is not fielding candidates for any of the elections in Rivers following a court order that resulted from internal crisis. The candidate of the AAC …
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The February 23 presidential and National Assembly elections were marred by widespread irregularities at ward level collation of results, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has said. CDD, which monitored the elections alongside its partners including PREMIUM TIMES and Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC), stated that feedback from its observers who were deployed to 8,809 polling units in …
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