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INEC declares Anambra governorship election inconclusive
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has suspended collation of results of the November 6 governorship election in Anambra, pending the conduct of the…
#AnambraDecides: Widespread incidents of vote buying may affect credibility of result, says CDD
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) says there were “widespread incidents of vote-buying” in the governorship election in Anambra state. The election observer group also…
BREAKING: INEC Postpones Election In Ihiala LG Till Next Saturday Over Irregularities
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has postponed the governorship election in Ihiala Local Government Area, Anambra State following the alleged irregularities…
Anambra election defies permutations
Against all permutations that the off-season Anambra gubernatorial election was going to be violence-ridden and that it would also record massive voter apathy, the exercise has been…
BREAKING: INEC Official Absconds With Over 40 Result Sheets
A Supervisory Presiding Officer in the ongoing gubernatorial election in Anambra State has absconded with 42 result sheets. Dr. Gabriel Odor, Collation Officer of Idemili South…
With Outcome of National Convention, PDP Govs Consolidate Grip on Party
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have consolidated their grip on the main opposition party with the outcome of last month’s National Convention of the party…
Without Zoning, North Will Rule Nigeria For 300 Years – Sen. Owie
Senator Roland Stephen Owie is a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Chief Whip of the Nigeria Senate in 1999. He was also a member of the House of…
Soludo Defeats Andy Uba And Ozigbo In Their LGAs
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Charles Soludo, has defeated his main contenders in their local government area. Mr Soludo won Andy Uba of…
#AnambraDecides2021: INEC confirms ballot snatching reports, police feign ignorance
The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Anambra State, Nwachukwu Orji, has confirmed reports of disruptions and ballot snatching in some polling centres in the state. He made the…
2022 Osun Governorship Election: Will Aregbesola Support Oyetola?
There is no helping it: politics is not for the faint of heart. As one prominent public figure recently expressed, many who die in the name of politicians have only their ignorance to…
Soludo, Uba, Ozigbo win in strongholds, Anambra poll continues today
Three top contenders in the yet-to-be concluded Anambra State governorship election, which commenced on Saturday, have won their respective polling units. This was prior to the…
2023: S’West group lobbies Govs, Obas to ask Tinubu to step down for Osinbajo
Ahead of the 2023 Presidential Election, the South West Movement for Osinbajo (SOWEMOVE) has urged governors and traditional rulers in the region to prevail on the former Lagos…
Anambra election: Ngige battles card reader for over an hour without luck
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige could not get his accreditation done in order to vote for over an hour due to the failure of the Biometric Voters Accreditation…
Ozigbo votes, expresses worry over poor internet
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Mr Valentine Ozigbo voted at his unit 10 Amesi Ward but expressed worry over the poor internet connectivity experienced by voters.…
Anambra guber: Impressive turnout of voters in Awka, Njikoka, Idemil LGAs
The Saturday governorship election in Anambra started generally peacefully with an impressive turnout of voters in most of areas in Awka South, Njikoka and Idemili North Local Government…
BREAKING: APGA Candidate, Charles Soludo Cries Out As INEC Device Fails To Allow Him Vote
Reports coming in indicate that the candidate of APGA in the anambra election, Charles Soludo has cried out after INEC machines have failed to accredit him and about 800 electorates in his…
Anambra 2021: Massive Voter turnout in Anambra Central zone
Despite fears of insecurity, which many have said may cause voter apathy in today’s election in Anambra, THISDAY reports that there is massive voter turnout in all the polling units…
Anambra Election: INEC Plans E-Transmission Of Results From 5,634 Polling Units
The Independent National Electoral Commission says it will upload election results from the 5,634 polling units to its result-viewing portal in today’s governorship poll in Anambra…
Kwara: Governance On Edge As Abdulrazaq, Lai Feud Festers
Prior to the 2019 gubernatorial election in Kwara State, the amalgamation of forces that birthed the Otoge revolution swept across like a political wildfire. The conflagration did not…
Fake voters flood Anambra ahead of today’s governorship election – Activists
Ahead of Saturday’s Anambra governorship election, activists under the umbrella of International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), the Southeast Zone of the…
N100bn Not Enough To Conduct 2023 Polls – INEC
The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has said the N100 billion earmarked for the conduct of 2023 General Elections in next year’s…
Anambra 2021: APC has written results of 10 LGAs, Obiano alleges
The Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has accused the All Progressives Congress as having written the results of the governorship election in 10 local government areas of…
Anxiety As 2.5m Voters Elect Next Anambra Governor Today
As 2.5m voters elect a new governor for Anambra State today, there is palpable fear among the people of the state despite the cancellation of the sit-at-home order by the proscribed…
2023: YORUBA PATRIOTS MOVEMENT DRUMS LOUD SUPPORT FOR TINUBU’S PRESIDENCY
As Stakeholders across political, religious and social divides begin to mobilize and agitate for the candidacy of Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, the National Leader of All Progressives Congress…