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Mr. Popoola Olasupo, who serves as an officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), was abducted while en route to his duty post on Sunday morning. The kidnapping occurred at the Fidiwo axis on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, around 6:30 am, according to sources from the News Agency of Nigeria. It was also gathered that the police and local vigilantes are on …
Great news! Dino Melaye, the former Kogi West Senator, has emerged victorious in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primaries in Kogi State. He won by a significant margin, with 313 votes, while his closest competitor, Idoko Ilonah, could only muster 124 votes. Awoniyi Sunday came third with 77 votes, and Musa Wada followed closely with 56 votes. The former lawmaker will be up against Usman Ododo, the flagbearer of the All …
Dr. Adah Edache Obekpa and the Renaissance Network Africa (RNA) have brought a legal case against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Federal Government of Nigeria, claiming that their copyright was violated in relation to the implementation of electronic voting (E-voting) in Nigeria. They are seeking N77 billion in compensation for their original and inventive I-voting proposal, which they assert gave rise to BIVAS and IReV. They are asking the court to order INEC and the government to provide this compensation. Obekpa, a US-based medical professional, and RNA, a pro-united Africa organisation, claimed to have …
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has strongly denounced the act of stripping one of its National Commissioners naked in Adamawa State after the illegal declaration of a winner by the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) during the supplementary governorship election on Sunday. A video that has gone viral shows the National Commissioner (whose name was withheld) being stripped by unknown persons. LEADERSHIP reports that the victim was apparently mistaken for the REC, Ari Hudu. Meanwhile, …
The building of new smart motorways is being cancelled as prime minister Rishi Sunak acknowledged …
Senator Achonu has been declared as the gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for the Imo State election. This was announced after the party’s primary election held on Saturday, April 15th in Owerri. Achonu emerged as the candidate with the highest number of votes (134), defeating his closest rival, Major General Jack Ogunewe, who scored 121 votes. Achonu represented Imo North in 2015 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party …
Many lives have been reportedly lost in a fresh attack on Runji village in Zangon …
According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Afam Ogene, the Labour Party (LP) candidate, has won the Ogbaru Federal Constituency supplementary election in Anambra held on Saturday. This victory means that Ogene has unseated the three-term incumbent House of Representatives member, Chukwuma Onyema, who represented the constituency under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Announcing the results at Atani, headquarters of Ogbaru Local Government Area, INEC’s Returning Officer, …
Elections. However, we wish to categorically state that no winner has been announced yet by INEC in the ongoing Adamawa Gubernatorial Elections. Any reports to the contrary are false and should be disregarded. Thank you for your attention.” This is the statement released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) regarding the ongoing Adamawa Gubernatorial Elections.
Hope Uzodinma won the All Progressives Congress Primary for Imo State Governorship at Ndubuisi Kanu …