THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has cancelled the voting process in seven polling units in the Kogi East Senatorial District of the state following the disruption of voting by thugs in the affected areas. According to INEC, two polling units were cancelled in Anyigba while five others were annulled in the Omala community of the state. The electoral umpire stated that the attack by thugs who shot into the air and disrupted the polling units contravened the Electoral Act as such election from the concerned areas stand cancelled. The attack, INEC said, led to the sudden end of the…
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THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the election in the Esan and Igueben federal constituency in Edo State. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this at an election briefing on Saturday. According to him, the suspension was due to the omission of the logo of a party on ballot papers. The electoral chief said the poll in the federal constituency will now hold on March 11 alongside the governorship and state assemblies’ polls. Yakubu said, “In Edo State, we had a situation that we handled yesterday (Friday), one of the parties whose acronym is on the score sheet but…
THERE was palpable tension in Dagiri under Gwagwalada Local Government Area of Abuja as suspected political thugs destroyed 24 ballot boxes in eight polling units few hours to voting deadline. News Point Nigeria had reported that thugs on Saturday afternoon destroyed ballot boxes, chased the INEC ad hoc officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission and prospective voters in the area away. The polling units are 022, 021, 023, 003, at Dagiri Phase three by Venus Road open space. Others are 011, 012,013,014 located close to Wazobia Park by Madam Mercy Road open space. It was gathered that the stick…
SORTING and counting of votes for the presidential and National Assembly elections have commenced in many parts of Nigeria. Sorting of ballot papers has begun at Danwaire Primary School in Sabon Gari in Kano State. Sorting and counting of votes have also commenced at PU 27 Model Secondary School Maitama, Abuja. Other places include polling units 025, 026, 027, 028 in the Low-Cost Housing Estate Ward, Unit 26, Amuwo Odofin, Lagos. Voting has also ended and sorting is underway at Unit 026 Anifowose in the Ikeja area of Lagos. Sorting and counting are underway at Ward 03 Unit 03, St…
PETER Obi, Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, has won in one of the polling units inside the Presidential Villa in Abuja. News Point Nigeria reports that, at PU 131, opposite Pilot Gate, State House, Abuja, Obi polled a total of 17 votes while Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) secured six votes and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secured three votes.
THE Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commissions (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has said that officials of the Commission are patrolling different polling units where the presidential and National Assembly elections are taking place on Saturday to forestall vote buying. Bawa made this known in an interview with Channels Television, monitored by News Point Nigeria on Saturday “This impression out there, you see there is a mandate of prevention, there is a mandate of enforcement. The mere fact that our men are there will tend to prevent a lot of things that ordinarily could have happened if we were not…
THE chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, Sunday Dogo Zaka has died. News Point Nigeria learnt that, Zaka died a few hours to the presidential election on Saturday in a fatal accident in Kuje Area Council. According to a close source, who pleaded anonymity, Zaka’s vehicle collided with an electric poll close to his house in Kuje while returning from a meeting with Senator Philip Aduda at about 3am Saturday morning. News Point Nigeria gathered that, Zaka was with a close ally in the vehicle, who also died at the spot of the…
A NIGERIAN Security and Civil Defence Corps vehicle conveying election materials from Abuja to Lagos crashed on Friday evening, election eve. News Point Nigeria learnt that, the anccident occurred at the Giri Roundabout bridge in Abuja. The vehicle was also carrying operatives of the NSCDC to Lagos. In a video on social media, people are seen rendering helping to pick up papers suspected to be electoral materials littered on the ground. A man who spoke in the video said some of the passengers were injured adding that one of them sustained a head injury. He however added that some senior officials…
THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday has appointed Malam Isa Abdulmumin as the Acting Director of Corporate Communications Department of the apex bank. Abdulmumin’s appointment followed the retirement of Mr Osita Nwanisobi as the spokesman. News Point Nigeria reports that Abdulmumin, a Deputy Director, who has been in the service of the bank for several years, is reputed to be a hard working and efficient professional and a media personality. Nwanisobi had taken over in October 2020 when his predecessor, Isaac Okorafor, retired from service. He had served as a special assistant to the Financial System Stability (FSS)…
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has intercepted N32.4 million new notes suspected to be used for vote buying in Lagos. In a post on its Twitter handle on Friday, the anti-graft agency said officials also arrested a suspect who has been taken into custody for questioning. “The massive operation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to deter vote trading and other financial malfeasance ahead of tomorrow’s presidential and national assembly elections may have begun paying dividends with the interception in Lagos of the sum of N32,400,000 allegedly suspected to be used for vote buying in Lagos,”…
THE Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba on Friday said 425,106 security operatives will be deployed for the presidential and National Assembly election slated for Saturday, February 25, 2023. Speaking during a media briefing organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the National Collation Centre in Abuja, the IGP said the figure excludes members of the Armed Forces of Nigeria. He explained that the personnel are drawn from the Nigerian Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Nigerian Correctional Service, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has insisted that Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election will hold as planned on February 25. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu made this known at a media briefing on Friday in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. His assurances come a few hours before the presidential poll slated for Saturday, February 25, 2023. “Generally speaking, the situation is calm in the country as far as our preparation is concerned,” Yakubu said. According to him, there has been no incident of insecurity involving the personnel and materials deployed by the commission. “Voter enthusiasm is high and so too is…
TWO policemen have been shot and several other civilians injured after suspected members of the Zamfara State Anti-thuggery Operatives attacked the convoy of the wife of Zamfara PDP Governorship candidate, Hajiya Hurriyah Lawal. The incident happened in the early hours of Friday, within the Gusau metropolis, when Mrs Lawal was returning to Gusau, the Zamfara State capital. Media aide to Mr Dauda Lawal, Imran Ahnad told News Point Nigeria that two of her security personnel and other civilians were injured and are currently receiving treatment at a health facility in the state capital. “The convoy of the wife of the…
FORMER Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, has said that hacking the database of the electoral commission is possible. He stated this while speaking to Trust TV on issues surrounding the preparedness of INEC ahead of the Saturday polls and issues regarding elections in the country. For the 2023 general elections, INEC has introduced a novel tool, Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS). BVAS is an electronic device designed to read Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and authenticate voters – using the voters’ fingerprints – in order to prove that they are eligible to vote at a particular polling…
THE Chairman of INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, said this while expressing concern about vote buying at the maiden briefing on Thursday. He, however, said he is hopeful that the vices will be dealt with. Noting that all materials have been distributed to states, he said the sensitive materials are currently being delivered to local government areas. He said that nonsensitive materials were deployed two months ago. The INEC Chairman reiterated that 240 polling units do not have voters, and also said that staff to be deployed for the elections have been trained. Also at the briefing, Yakubu disclosed that 87 million…
LESS than three days to the general elections, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says intelligence at its disposal has shown some politicians are planning to buy votes in kind rather than with cash. EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, disclosed this on Wednesday during an interview on Channels Television’s The 2023 Verdict, amid the scarcity of the new naira notes experienced by Nigerians nationwide. “We have intel that a lot of people have bought some items that they want [to use] to buy votes in kind not in cash. Some of these things are out there,” he stated. “Politicians are…
US President Joe Biden has called for peaceful and credible 2023 general elections in Nigeria, saying the citizens deserve a chance to do so. Biden made the call on his official handle Thursday, calling on all candidates to respect the election results and back a peaceful transition. US President Joe Biden has called for peaceful and credible 2023 general elections in Nigeria, saying the citizens deserve a chance to do so. “All Nigerians deserve a chance to choose their new leader through a free, fair, transparent, and peaceful process,” he tweeted. “As election day nears, I urge the political parties…
THE Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali has ordered the restriction of vehicular movements across Nigeria ahead of the 2023 general elections. “Consequent to the first part of the 2023 General Elections – the Presidential and National Assembly Elections – scheduled to hold on Saturday 25th February 2023 across all States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, NEAPS, FDC, CFR, has ordered a restriction of all forms of vehicular movement on roads, waterways, and other forms of transportation, from 12 am to 6 pm on election…
KADUNA, Kogi, and Zamfara states have filed contempt proceedings against the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and the Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, over their alleged failure to comply with the Supreme Court order on old naira notes. In the fresh documents filed before the court, the three states warned the AGF and the CBN Governor of the consequences of their continued failure to comply with the apex court’s order made on February 3. The two sets of Form 48, filed by the lawyers for the three states, form part of the applications for consideration by the Supreme…
JUSTICE John Omotosho of the Federal High Court Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking the removal of the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, as the Inspector General of Police IGP. The suit was instituted against President Muhammadu Buhari and four others by an Abuja activist, Micheal Idoko. In his judgment, Justice Omotoso invoked section 7 (6) of the Police Act 2020 which put the tenure of office of any Inspector General of Police at four years. The Judge held that the retirement of the IGP from the Nigeria Police Force has nothing to do with his appointment on…