Serving commissioners and members of the state House of Assembly on Sunday morning stormed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Yenagoa, the state capital. The aggrieved lawmakers and commissioners insisted that the election did not hold in Nembe Local Government Area of the riverine state. However, there was tight presence of security operatives…
Governor Hope Uzodinma has been declared as the winner of the state governorship election. According to the state Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Abayomi Fasina, who is also the Vice-Chancellor, Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Uzodimma got 540,308, votes while Samuel Anyanwu of the Peoples Democratic Party came a distant second with a total…
Following the conclusion of collation of result which puts APC candidate and incumbent governor Hope Uzodinma in an unassailable lead, Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Party have called for the cancellation of the governorship election. The deputy governorship candidate of the LP, Tony Nwulu, said in a press conference on Saturday night that security…
Nigerian Air Force(NAF) has sealed a deal with an Italian defence company for the supply of 24 M-346 master aircraft, said to be worth around €1.2bn. According to a report the aircraft is expected to be delivered to the Nigerian Air Force in 2024. The report notes that several prominent defence companies had been approached…
Anambra State Governor, Professor Charles Soludo, has congratulated former governor of the state Dame (Dr.) Virgy Etiaba on the occasion of her 81st birthday celebration”. Dame Virgy Etiaba, CON, a native of Nnewi, was former Governor of Anambra State from November 2006 to February 2007, making her the first woman to serve as governor of…
There are reports that the PDP Deputy governorship Candidate Jones Onyeriri has been shot. According to Source who begged not to be mentioned, Onyeriri was sho last night at his residence. Ekweanaedo News cannot independently verified the story , the source said Onyeriri is alive but has been badly wounded. In the meantime, collation of…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has adjourned collation of results in the governorship election in Bayelsa and Imo state. The Returning Officer for the election Faruk Adamu Kuta announced this late Saturday at the INEC Collation Centre in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. He said the collation will now take place by 10:00 am on Sunday…
A video is currently circulating on line of a policeman in uniform beaten up by youths in a community in Imo state for allegedly snatching a ballot box during voting An indigene of the community, Amakohia Ikeduru who witnessed the drama told Ekweanaedo News on condition of anonymity that the police officer is attached to…
The governorship candidate of Action Alliance in the off-cycle governorship election in Kogi State, Olayinka Braimoh, has been arrested. His media aide, Musa Yakubu, who confirmed the arrest to journalists, said the politician was arrested by security operatives in Kabba. Musa revealed that the candidate and seven of his security details were nabbed after campaign…
