The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Rivers State, Johnson Sinikiem on Tuesday, said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended PHALGA Federal Constituency II and the Port Harcourt City LGA Senate elections over alleged irregularities. At a briefing in the state capital on Tuesday, he said, “INEC Rivers State has suspended, PHALGA 11 House […]
The Kano State Police Command on Monday confirmed the death of two persons after thugs set ablaze the campaign office of the New Nigeria People’s Party in Tudun Wada Local Government Area of the state on Sunday. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna, who confirmed the incident, said four of the suspected […]
The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Nigeria on Monday stated that the just concluded presidential and National Assembly elections in Nigeria were marred by lack of transparency on the part of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The mission said INEC’s operational capacity was hampered by the ongoing fuel and Naira […]
Nsikak Akpan in UYO. The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Comrade Ini Ememobong has charged the National Population Commission (NPC) to apply equity, justice and fairness to the census process by counting the people of the State properly and playing the politics of census favourably. Ini Ememobong who made this known […]
The first political party on the ballot; ACCORD, Akwa Ibom State chapter, has become the first to officially congratulate the Senator-elect for Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District, Chief (Dr) Godswill Obot Akpabio CON, in the Saturday’s National Assembly election. Akpabio, according to the official result by INEC, contested on the platform of the All […]
There are unconfirmed reports that the Resident Electoral Commissioner in charge of Abia State, Professor Ike Uzochukwu, had been arrested and taken into custody by security agents. It is still sketchy as at the time of filing this report what exactly led to the alleged arrest of the REC whose whereabouts had been a […]
Gunmen attacked the residence of two top politicians in Rivers State with explosive devices believed to be dynamite on Thursday night and the wee hour of Friday. One of the attacked residences, according to our source: The Punch, belongs to a former Commissioner for Water Resources and Rural Development, Dr Tamunosis Gogo-Jaja, while the […]
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 for bail. Maintaining that […]
Barely 24 hours to the Presidential and National Assembly elections, the Labour Party, in Ondo state, has raised the alarm over the omission of the party’s logo in the ballot papers sent to the state. The party, has however, called on INEC to postponement of the election in seven House of Representatives and one […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has seized N32.4 million meant for vote buying in tomorrow’s presidential and national assembly elections. Besides intercepting the huge cash, EFCC operatives also arrested and detained the courier of the money but did not give the details of the suspect. The Head of Media and Publicity of […]