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3 Nov
A former House of Representatives member for Akoko North East/North West Federal Constituency, Stephen Olemija as well as former Chairman of Akoko North East and candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), in the last House of Representatives by-election in the constituency, at the weekend defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the…
2 Nov
With the forthcoming off-cycle November 16 governorship election in Ondo State hitching toward the zero hour, Ebira community in the state has endorsed Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa ahead of the poll. While leading the gathering of Ebira indigenes in Owo on Saturday, Governor of Kogi State, Usman Ododo, drummed support for Aiyedatiwa. According to Odod, the…
26 Oct
The Executive Director, International Press Centre (IPC), Mr Lanre Arogundade, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure credibility and transparency in the Nov. 16 governorship election in Ondo State. Arogundade spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos, on the sidelines of the ongoing two-day…
19 Oct
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will roll out starkly contrasting celebrity back-up this weekend in Pennsylvania and Michigan -– among the most prized of the battleground states set to decide the tightest of US presidential races. Pop star Lizzo will throw multi-Grammy award winning glitter behind the vice president's campaign in Detroit, while the world's…
14 Oct
Donald Trump has long openly admired the world's dictators and three weeks before the US presidential election he's taking a page from the authoritarian playbook with escalating threats against the "enemy from within." One of Trump's hallmarks as president was his constant use of the phrase "enemy of the people" to describe the media --…
13 Oct
The Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government of denying it access to a venue for the kickoff of its campaign ahead of the November 16 governorship election. According to the PDP, it applied to use Democracy Park in Akure, the state capital, for its…
9 Oct
An army of unemployed youths on Wednesday laid siege to the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Edo State. The youths suspected to be members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) had converged opposite the Edo state INEC office. Also stationed opposite the INEC office were vehicles branded with the APC logo…
6 Oct
An election observer group, Kimpact Development Initiative (KDI), has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
5 Oct
Voter apathy and the late arrival of election materials on Saturday marred the Local Government election in Akwa Ibom State, with no fewer than two people killed. Elections are currently being held across the three senatorial districts of the state to elect LG chairmen and councillors. Two people have also allegedly been killed in Ikono…
3 Oct
Religious leaders in Ondo State on Thursday urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure a hitch-free election during the forthcoming November governorship poll in the state. While advising that all necessary technologies and human capacity should be deployed for the poll, religious leaders admonished that the menace of vote-buying and violence must be…
25 Sep
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday described the just-concluded governorship election in Edo State as the worst election ever conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Deputy Director-General, Media and Publicity, of the Asue/Ogie Campaign Management Council, Olu Martins, made the remark while addressing newsmen in Benin. Martins said that INEC made the…
25 Sep
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairmanship candidates in the just-held local government elections in Kwara State, Musbau Esinrogunjo and Ismail Muhammed, said they have decided to take legal action against the state's electoral commission over alleged irregularities in the last Saturday exercise. Esinrogunjo contested for the Ilorin West local government while Muhammed contested for the…
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