2023 election
25 Feb
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has won the election at the President Muhammadu Buhari polling unit in Daura, Katsina State. Tinubu polled 523 votes in Kofa Baru polling unit 03, Sarkin Yara Ward A, in Daura Local Government Area of Katsina State. The opposition's People’s Democratic Party candidate (PDP),…
25 Feb
Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has won two polling units in Aso Villa in Abuja. Obi defeated two of his closest contenders - Atiku Abubakar of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the two polling units. The two, which were available at the time…
25 Feb
Suspected hoodlums, on Saturday, attacked some ad-hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) camped at Gwagwalada Area Council, Abuja, destroying some ballots boxes in the units. Dagiri Polling Unit, By Madam Mercy Road open space-iv Gwagwalada Area Council, INEC ad hoc official, who identified herself simply as Joe, said “Hoodlums were armed and…
25 Feb
Thugs on Saturday stormed some polling units in Delta and Katsina states and made away with the eight Biomodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines, thereby disrupting the elections in that locations. INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this at an ongoing media briefing holding at the national collation centre, Abuja. Yakubu said while two BVAS…
25 Feb
Voting in Unit 1 ward 10, Ikot Ebom primary school, Itu LGA in Akwa Ibom state has been reportedly halted following a fracas that erupted among the party agents. Voters were seen scampering for safety amid the fight as the corp members parked the election materials and stood in a corner waiting for the next…
25 Feb
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said the Biomodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) deployed for the elections was functioning optimally. Yakubu stated this at a media briefing on the ongoing election at the national collation centre in Abuja. While admitting that some of the polling units in the 36 states,…
25 Feb
The voting exercise has been temporarily suspended in government college unit 30 B and 30 C of Bakin Rijiya in Lafia local government in Nasarawa State over the failure of the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS). The BVAS, according to the polling officer stop functioning after accrediting about 58 voters. The polling officer explained that…
25 Feb
One of the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) at the Gwarangah polling in Bogoro LGA where the Speaker of the 8th Assembly, Yakubu Dogara will be voting has failed to function. Dogara, while commenting said that: "This is 12:20 my wife and I are unable to vote because INEC deployed only two BVAS with just…
25 Feb
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday disclosed that he voted for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu at the polls. Buhari said his desired successor when he leaves office on May 29, 2023 remains Tinubu, who governed Lagos State for eight years. “I am very impressed because I have seen how…
25 Feb
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has faulted the presence of military personnel in the conduct of the 2023 presidential election, saying it does not identify with the tenets of democracy. Gbajabiamila, stated this at his Polling Unit 014, Ward 08, Fowler Memorial International School, Masha, Surulere, Lagos, after casting his vote.…
25 Feb
Kogi State governor Yahaya Bello voted in polling uni 011 in Agassa in Okene Local Government Area at about 10.10 am The Governor commended the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), for the early arrival of materials and polling officials, saying that this was a good development in the history of Nigeria. He also commended the…
25 Feb
Director-general of the World Trade Organization Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has arrived at her polling unit in Umuda Isingwu village, Umuahia, Abia state. Okonjo-Iweala complained officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were not present when she arrived at the polling place. She added that she has been waiting for an hour alongside other electorates,…
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