Politics

    THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has announced that the supplementary election for Ihiala Local Government will commence today at 10am and end at 4 p.m. According to a statement signed on Monday by Barrister Festus Okoye, National Commissioner & Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, the decision ...

  Palpable fear has enveloped some government officials and politicians that were reportedly fingered in the mismanagement of funds meant for development projects in the Niger Delta. THE WHISTLER investigations revealed that tension has been building up since September when the Presidency received a report from the forensic audit committee ...

  As the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, fixes November 9th, 2021 for the supplementary election in Ihiala Local Government, the final results released on Sunday night showed the candidate of APGA won in 18 out of the 21 local governments declared by INEC. The final results show that APGA, ...

  The state Returning Officer for the election, Prof Florence Obi, the vice-chancellor of University of Calabar, who made the declaration in the early hours of Monday, around 12:20 a.m., said this was because there was no election in Ihiala Local Government Area which has over 148,000 registered voters. Charles ...

  The Returning Officer in the ongoing governorship election for Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra, Micheal Otu, said election did not hold in the local government he presided over because he was locked up in the toilet and forced to sign election papers. “I was made to sign ...

  The Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Charles Soludo, has extended his lead in the Anambra State governorship election. The former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria is currently leading in more than two-thirds of the Local Government Areas of the state. The Governorship candidate of ...

  A Supervisory Presiding Officer in the ongoing gubernatorial election in Anambra State has absconded with 42 result sheets. Gabriel Odor, Collation Officer of Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra, announced this at the head office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Awka, the state capital, during ...

  As the election results continue to trickle in, the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Mr Chukwuma Soludo, has defeated former governor of the State, Mr Peter Obi in his local government called Anaocha. Also, Senator Uche Ekwunife is from the local government and a member of ...

  South West Movement for Osinbajo (SOWEMOVE) has urged governors and traditional rulers in the region to prevail on the former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to step down for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in the battle for the ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in ...

  A policeman on Saturday evening disconnected the generator meant to power the collation centre of the 2021 Anambra State Gubernatorial election. Officials are presently at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Anaocha Local Government Area of the state. The policemen are angry due to the fact that ...