Vote buying
1 day ago
Gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the March 18, 2023 election in Niger State, Isah Kantigi, has accused all the political parties that contested the election of vote-buying and other forms of electoral fraud during polls.
19 Mar
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has alleged that there was massive vote-buying in some local councils of Bauchi State during the governorship and House of Assembly elections yesterday.
18 Mar
Ahead of the governorship and state assembly elections today, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday, deployed personnel of the agency across the states where the elections would be held to forestall vote buying.
24 Feb
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it had intercepted N32.4 million allegedly suspected to be used for vote-buying in Lagos.
24 Feb
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18 Feb
The Senior Pastor of Help from Above Healing and Deliverance Ministry Worldwide, Godwin Ude, says only candidates endorsed by God will win in the forthcoming general elections.
24 Jan
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it is collaborating with Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Matters Commission (ICPC) and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to check vote-buying.
19 Jan
Alarm by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that some politicians have been buying up PVCs and financially inducing unsuspecting voters to harvest their Voter Identification Numbers ahead of the 2023 general elections should no longer be news to the commission and Nigerians generally.
16 Jan
With a few weeks to 2023 general election, there is a glaring decline in the number of youths contesting in the poll, even as young contestants are faced with challenges of trust, intimidation, finance and fear of vote buying.
1 Jan
With final pre-election activities assuming a frenetic pace in the build up to the much anticipated 2023 general elections, major stakeholders campaigning for credible polls have had to put on their thinking caps.
20 Dec
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, said many politicians are unhappy with current efforts by the commission and security agencies to stop vote buying during the 2023 polls and are expected to fight back.
11 Dec
As the 2023 general elections approaches, there has been an upbeat in politicking and political campaigns by politicians and their parties to woo voters. This is besides a lot of ‘strategising,’ as it is called in political circles, on how to tilt the outcome of the polls in their favour.
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