Sylva Wins Another LGA As Collation Resumes In Bayelsa
THE All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the November 11, 2023 governorship poll in Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, won another local government area (LGA)...
INEC Declares APC’s Usman Ododo As Winner Of Kogi Gov Election
THE keenly-contested November 11, 2023 Kogi State Governorship Election has finally produced a winner with the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Usman Ododo, clinching...
Kogi Guber Election: APC Wins 13 LGAs, SDP 7, PDP Zero
FOLLOWING the collation of results from the 21 local government areas of Kogi State, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Usman Ododo,...
Bayelsa Poll: INEC Adjourns Collation Till Monday Noon
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Sunday night, adjourned the collation of results in the November 11, 2023, Bayelsa State Governorship Election till...
INEC Fixes Nov 18 For Fresh Elections In 59 Kogi Polling Units
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says fresh polls will be conducted in 59 polling units in the Ogori/Magongo Local Government Area of the...
Party Chieftain Murdered At Bayelsa Collation Centre
A CHIEFTAIN of one of the leading parties in Bayelsa State, Mr. George Sibo, has been killed at the collation center in Twon-Brass, Brass...
Our Officials Held Hostage In Bayelsa LGA – INEC
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Sunday, said some of its officials on election duty were held hostage in the Brass Local Government...
Kogi Poll: Dino Melaye Loses Local Government To APC
THE candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 11, 2023 governorship election, Dino Melaye, lost his local government to the All...
My Orderlies And I Were In Cell Throughout Voting Period Over Ballot Paper Samples...
THE governorship candidate of Action Alliance (AA) in Kogi State, Olayinka Braimoh has revealed why he was detained by the police through out the...
Gov Diri Wins Three LGAs As INEC Adjourns Collation Of Results In Bayelsa
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Sunday, adjourned the collation of election results in the Bayelsa State Governorship Elections conducted on November 11,...
Protests Rock Bayelsa, Lawmakers, Commissioners Lay Siege To INEC Office
A DAY after the governorship election held in Bayelsa, serving commissioners and members of the state House of Assembly have laid siege to the...
INEC Declares APC’s Uzodimma Winner, Re-Elected Imo Gov
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Governor Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the November 11, 2023 governorship...
Tight Security As INEC Chair, Yakubu Visits Kogi For Results Collation
THERE is heavy presence of security operatives at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital.The electoral...
Governorship Candidate Arrested In Kogi Over Election Materials Found In His Car
THE governorship candidate of the Action Alliance in the ongoing gubernatorial elections in Kogi State, Olayinka Braimoh, has been arrested.His media aide, Musa Yakubu,...
INEC Postpones State Collation Of Results In Bayelsa
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the state collation of results for the Bayelsa governorship election.The Returning Officer of the election, Faruk...
INEC Suspends Election In Nine Wards Of Ogori/Magongo LGA In Kogi
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended elections in nine wards of Ogori/Magongo Local Government Area of Kogi State.National Commissioner and Member, Voter...
How Security Operatives Foiled Attempt To Kidnap INEC Officials In Imo
SECURITY operatives have foiled an attempt by political thugs to abduct the officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Imo State.The thugs...
EFCC Seizes N11m Cash, Arrests Vote Buyers
OPERATIVES of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 14 suspected vote buyers in Otueke, Adawari playgrounds in Bayelsa and at various...
Uploading Of Elections Results To IReV For Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi In Progress
THE uploading of results from polling units for Saturday’s governorship elections in Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo is in progress.This newspaper reports that as at...
Abducted INEC Official Regains Freedom In Bayelsa
THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, official, Supervisory Presiding Officer, SPO, abducted on the eve of the governorship election has regained his freedom.The Head...
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THE Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has revealed that 774 alleged electoral offenders from the 2023 general elections...
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