Dreams of Governor Darius Dickson, delivering his polling unit in Takum Local Government Council of the state to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has turned out to be a mirage. Sorting out the results, the presidential candidate of the PDP was observed to have been trailing the presidential candidate of the…
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, does not vote in Idia College, where the presidential and national assembly elections voting process was disrupted earlier today by suspected hoodlums.This is according to a statement issued by Special Adviser to the Governor on Media Projects, Crusoe Osagie, and made available to metrowatchxtra, on Saturday, in Benin City….
Muhammed Yakubu, the Kano State Commissioner of Police, has reacted after viral videos showed children voting during the election in Kano State. An Arise TV host asked Yakubu about minors voting in Kano State. Reacting, Yakubu said: “It is very difficult to determine by mere appearance who is a minor or not.” The police commissioner…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has not extended the period of voting in 16 states. A statement stating that INEC has extended the voting period for the presidential and national assembly elections is presently circulating on WhatsApp. According to the statement, INEC made the decision to extend the election to Sunday, February…
The three leading presidential candidates were optimistic of victory in yesterday’s poll, the seventh in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic that was marred by violence, delayed voting, Bimodal Voters Accreditation System, BVAS, hitches and snatching of ballot boxes in many locations across the country. The trio of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC; Alhaji…
The Labour Party Presidential candidate Mr. Peter Obi defeated the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in all the polling units at Michael Okapara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State. Reporting from Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Umuahia, Abia Sate, Labour Party pull a total of 445 in polling unit 008…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it will conduct elections on Sunday, February 26th in 141 polling units within Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Chairman of the Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, announced while briefing journalists at the collation centre in Abuja today that elections were disrupted in Wards 4, 6, 8, and 14, involving 141 polling units….
Congratulations to my brother, Dist. Sen. CYRIL FASUYI , on his victory in the recently concluded Ekiti North Senatorial Election; the trust placed in you by our people to represent them should not be taken lightly. Though we were opponents in the polls, we are not enemies and I remain willing to offer him any…
Edo elections come up on 11 March. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed voting in some parts of Edo states. The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this when he addressed a press conference in Abuja on Saturday. In Edo State, the constituency election in Esan North, Esan South and Igueben due to the omission…
Early results from several polling units in most parts of Cross River State indicated that the Labour Party, LP, is winning the state. DAILY POST reports that the LP won by a larger margin in polling units declared. Closely followed was the APC in some of the units. Some of the results showed that Yakurr LGA, dominantly…