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Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Saturday, floored the presidential candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, and that of the major opposition Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, at the Presidential Villa, Asokoro, Abuja. Obi won the highest total number of votes cast for the presidential candidates at all the 12 polling units observed by our correspondent …

A lecturer with the Sarwuan Tarka University (formerly known as the University of Agriculture), Makurdi, Benue State, Dr Cletus Tyokyaa was on Saturday arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged vote-buying. He was arrested at the RCM Polling Unit in Daudu, Guma Local Government Area of the state with the sum of N306,700 in various denominations stashed …

An election monitoring group, the Centre for Democracy and Development, CDD, on Saturday released its preliminary reports, identifying late commencement of polls, glitches in the functionality of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines among other operational deficiencies that characterised the Presidential and National Assembly elections. The Chairperson of CDD’s Election Analysis Centre, Prof. Adele Jinadu, who spoke to journalists …

Suspected political thugs have snatched ballot boxes and voting materials at Oredo Ward 4 unit 42 on Butcher Street in Edo state. It was gathered that the hoodlums also chased away the polling officials who took cover in a house on Lagos Street. According to one of the security agents attached to the unit,  the attackers came with a gun …

A vehicle of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC conveying election materials to Lagos has crashed in Abuja. The accident reportedly occurred at the Giri Roundabout bridge in Abuja. In a video on social media, passers-by could be seen offering support to INEC officials with electoral materials scattered o the ground. According to eyewitnesses, some of the passengers …

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu; Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Atiku Abubakar; Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, are among the dignitaries that cast their votes as the presidential and National Assembly elections get underway. Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has also just cast his vote. It is the …

After a four-year wait, the D-day is here; Nigerians will troop out today to elect their leaders in a general election that promises so much. The highest office in the land, that of the President, is up for grabs after months of campaigns by 18 candidates of different political parties. Eighteen candidates have thrown their hats in the ring, but …

Ahead of the presidential election scheduled to hold today, the Independent National Electoral Commission has promised a speedy conclusion of the process. The commission said it was aware of people’s anxiety, noting however that collation and announcement of the result would be done quickly. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this during a media briefing at the National Collation …

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission has arrested a man with N2 million old and new naira notes in Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The suspect, Hassan Ahmad, was arrested on Friday with the cash piled in a ‘Ghana Must Go’ bag while driving in a tinted Hilux vehicle. He was on his way to …

• Voters Upbeat Across States• Police, NSCDC, NCS, NDLEA, EFCC, NIS Deploy 425,106 Operatives For Polls• IGP Withdraws Orderlies From VIPs• Voting Opens At 8.30am, Says INEC• Commission Postpones Enugu East Senatorial Election Over Death Of LP Candidate As Nigerians of voting age troop out in their numbers today to participate in the presidential and National Assembly elections, security agencies …