Thugs invade polling unit in Edo, scatter ballot papers
BENIN CITY – WHAT started as a peaceful exercise went violent in some areas in Edo state as suspected thugs invaded Oredo Ward 4, Idia College Voting Centre where they destroyed ballot boxes. Before the incident in Idia College, a similar scenario happened in polling unit 42 still in Ward 4 where suspected thugs stormed the voting centre, shot into...
Voters protest over shortage of House of Reps ballot papers
Some voters at the Open Space Dreamy Academy, Polling Unit 26, Arab Road, Kubwa, Abuja, protested over shortage of ballot paper for the House of Representatives elections. The Polling Unit has about 365 registered voters and at the time the Presiding Officer announced that they have exhausted the ballot paper for the House of Represrntatives, only about 195 eligible voters...
Presidency: Fears, hopes as money remains big factor
TODAY, Nigeria is conducting the seventh consecutive general election in this Fourth Republic which started in 1999. Expectations are high that the election shall be like none before except for the fact that the three major tribes: Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa/Fulani have presidential candidates. Mr Peter Obi, an Igbo and former Governor of Anambra State, is the flag bearer of the...
Five major challenges facing Nigeria’s next president
Nigerians will on Saturday, February 25, determine who their next president will be in a general election. After the polling, inauguration is scheduled for May 29, 2023. As they count down to Election Day, it’s worth considering the key challenges the country’s next president will deal with as he takes on his mandate. The challenges revolve around five critical areas: national cohesion security the...
US-based Sodje Advises Nigerian on Free and Fair Polls
By Danusa Ocholi As Nigerians go to the polls in a matter of hours to exercise their franchise with the election of new leaders to run the affairs of the country, a Nigerian based in the United States, Edafe Sodje has enjoined his countrymen and women to elect leaders that will restore the fading glory and prestige of Africa’s most...
[UPDATED] Polls: Police arrest Rivers Rep member with $498,100
A few days after his Television and Radio Stations were allegedly bombed by gunmen, Dr Chinyere Igwe, a member of the House of Representatives has been arrested with a bundle of dollars along Ana Road, Port Harcourt very early on Friday morning. The police while confirming Igwe’ss arrest gave the total sum as 498,100 USD, along with a list of...
Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Friday morning
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The military, the police and the Department of State Services have begun massive raids on the hideouts of hoodlums as a pre-emptive measure to curb violence during Saturday’s election. As part of the crackdown, no fewer than 63 suspected thugs were arrested in Kano on Thursday after hoodlums attacked the...
Kano boils, 60 arrested, 3 vehicles burnt, many injured
Kano —Following clashes between rival political parties supporters on Zaria Road, Kano State, no fewer than 63 suspects have been arrested by men of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC. The rival party supporters wielded dangerous weapons during the clashes, including burning of three cars and smashing of another. Many others were confirmed to have been injured. Addressing newsmen,...
87.2m PVCs collected as Nigerians go to polls tomorrow
*INEC unveils voters’ spread, says no PVC, no voting ABUJA — After weeks of preparation, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has cleared 87,209,007 voters out of the 93.5 million it registered to vote in tomorrow’s Presidential and National Assembly election and the March 11 governorship and state Assembly polls. The 87.2 million voters were the number of people who collected...
NCP Endorses Tinubu for Presidency
Ahead of the 2023 Presidential election which holds on Saturday, February 25, the National Conscience Party has thrown its weight behind the candidature of the All Progressives Party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The Party founded by late Nigeria’s foremost human rights activist and lawyer, Gani Fawehinmi, made its position to support the APC presidential candidate known in a communiqué...
