Category: Election

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Expect Better Security, IGP Re-assures Nigerians Hot Contests In Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Rivers, Enugu, Others No Supplementary NASS Elections Today, Says INEC HURIWA, Others Condemn Violence Threats In Lagos As 837 governorship candidates across 28 states and 10,240 flag bearers for the 993 State Assembly seats seek the votes of the electorate in today’s governorship […]

The Federal Government has ordered the closure of all land borders from 00.00 hours on Saturday, March 18 to 00.00 hours on Sunday 19th of March 2023. The closure was informed by the Governorship and Assembly elections across the nation. The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, Isah Jere Idris, announced the closure in […]

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to electronically transmit the Saturday’s governorship and house of assembly’s election results in accordance with its regulations and guidelines. Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a judgment, also ordered the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) to upload a scanned copy […]