Despite the late arrival of officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, voter turnout at polling units in Mazamaza, Mosalashi in the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State, was high. Our correspondent who visited several polling units observed that voters were waiting for INEC officials. They also started …
Read More »#NigeriaDecides: EFCC officials storm Peter Obi’s house, polling unit
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday, visited the home and polling unit of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party. The officials, who came in an unmarked white Toyota Hiace bus, arrived at Obi’s house but the candidate was absent. They proceeded to …
Read More »Alimosho Polling Unit 026 electorate disenfranchised as BVAS fails
Confused Voters at Alimosho Polling Unit 026 seated on road sides as BVAS failed to function on Saturday Electorate who thronged Polling Unit 026 at Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State were on Saturday morning disappointed as the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) failed to function. Our correspondent who …
Read More »Breaking: Tinubu wins polling unit
Tinubu and wife while vote The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has won his polling unit in the presidential election. Tinubu had voted at Polling Unit 085, Ward 3, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos. The APC’s presidential candidate polled 33 votes out of the total number …
Read More »NigeriaDecides: Atiku wins Kaduna govt house polling unit
Atiku Abubakar The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has defeated the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at the polling unit located in Kaduna State Government House in Kaduna on Saturday. The result sheet signed by the presiding officer of the polling unit 013, …
Read More »Tinubu, other APC candidates will emerge victorious at first ballot, Buhari boasts
Muhammadu Buhari Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s president, has expressed confidence that Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and other candidates of the party, will emerge victorious in Feb. 25 and March 11 general elections. The president stated this while addressing newsmen after casting his vote at polling …
Read More »Electoral fraud: ICPC arrests man ferrying N2m to politician
ICPC operative and the suspect with the N2m cash displayed The Bauchi State office of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has taken into custody one Hassan Ahmad in possession of the sum of N2million cash in both old and new currencies amidst the cash crunch being …
Read More »425,106 security operatives deployed for elections – IGP
The Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba said a total of 425,106 security operatives will be deployed for the presidential and National Assembly election scheduled to hold on Saturday, February 25th. Alkali disclosed this while speaking at a media briefing organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at …
Read More »JUST IN: CBN reviews tenure of bank MDs, DMDs, EDs
Emefiele, CBN governor The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Friday announced measures that will affect the tenure of Executive Management and Non-Executive Directors of banks and financial institutions. The new guidelines specifies the tenure of Managing Directors, Deputy Managing Directors as well as Executive Directors. The developmemt was announced in …
Read More »Appeal Court dismisses suspended DCP Abba Kyari’s bail application
The bail application filed by a suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari suffered another setback after the Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday dismissed the suit. The appeal sought the reversal of an earlier ruling of a Federal High Court in Abuja which refused to grant his request …
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