President Muhammadu Buhari has cast his vote at polling unit 003, Sarkin Yara A in Daura, Katsina State, with a call to the electorate to vote for their preferred candidates even if politicians tried to offer them money. The president, who briefly spoke to newsmen both in English and Hausa languages after casting his vote […]
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan has cast his vote at his polling unit for Saturday’s gubernatorial election. Johahan arrived at his polling unit, 13, in Ward 39 at Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area (LGA) of Bayelsa State. The former president urged the security officers to exercise professionalism in their work and to detain anyone who might […]
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Three persons, including two security operatives, lost their lives when the convoy of the Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari was involved in an accident late Friday night. The accident happened last night near a village called Jimkamshi, while the governor and his entourage were heading to Kafur his home town for the governorship and state […]
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There is large turnout of voters in Mafa, hometown of Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno, as accreditation and voting in the March 18 governorship/state assembly elections start. Mafa is the headquarters of Mafa Local Government Area of Borno, about 35km from Maiduguri. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent monitoring the exercise in Mafa, reports […]
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President-elect Bola Tinubu being accredited to vote in Ikeja, Lagos… Photo:Twitter/officialabat The president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu cast his vote in the ongoing governorship and state assembly elections in the Ikeja area of Lagos State on Saturday. Tinubu who won the February 25th presidential election on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC) cast his […]
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An Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) official stand next to the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) at a Registration Area Centre in INEC Collation Centre.(Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP) Lack of transportation has delayed the movement of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) personnel and security, materials in Bosso Local Government Area of Niger, the […]
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Former minister of Aviation Femi Fani-Kayode has gone spiritual over the successful re-election bid of Lagos State Governor and the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Sanwo-Olu is contesting for re-election and a second term as the Lagos state Governor and faces opposition from Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour (GRV) of the Labour Party (LP) and Abdul-Azeez […]
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Empty streets and roads as voters move to Polling Units in Ajao Estate, Lagos… Photo: Eniola Daniel Meet the 11 governors seeking re-election It’s another governorship and state assembly election in Nigeria, and this year 28 out of the 36 states of the federation will be electing governors, while the House of Assembly election will […]
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The West Africa Elders Forum (WAEF) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), security operatives, and other stakeholders to act in accordance with the laws of the land in the Saturday elections. WAEF made the call in Abuja in a statement jointly signed by its leader of 2023 Election Mission to Nigeria and former […]
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Amb. Hamzat Lawal, the Chief Executive, Connected Development, speaking to journalists after monitoring the sorting and distribution of election materials on Friday in Okene LGA, Kogi A civil society organisation, Connected Development, has urged the electorate across the country to come out en mass and cast their ballots, saying the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) had […]
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