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…
No fewer than 14 people have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for alleged vote buying during Saturday’s governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states on Saturday. The commission disclosed this in a statement posted on its social media handle. According to the message, the suspects were arrested during operations across…
The candidate of Labour Party in Saturday’s governorship election in Imo State, Senator Athan Achonu, has said democracy is under attack in the country. Speaking at his resident after casting his vote, Achonu decried the alleged high level of electoral manipulations that took place in the state but assured that the masses will resist the…
As part of events marking it’s five years anniversary, a non-governmental Organisation, Acobarry Charity Foundation, today, donated a brand new Venza motorcycle worth 5 million Naira to the Obi of Nnewichi in Nnewi North Local Government Area, HRH, Obi George Onyekaba (Obidiugwu) The leader of the foundation Hon Amobi Okonkwo who led the team was…
In the wee hours of the morning on Saturday, a blazing fire destroyed goods worth millions of naira in Oja Tuntun, the largest market in Ile-Ife, Osun State. Recall that between July 2019 and December 2020, the market experienced three fire incidents which destroyed many shops and goods. As at the time of this report,…
Votes are about now being sorted out following the conclusion of Voting in all the polling units in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states where governorship elections took place Saturday Voting was expected to end by 2pm but extended beyond that time because of late arrival of INEC officials. According a journalist who monitored the exercise,…
An INEC official kidnapped by some unknown persons on the eve of the governorship election in Bayelsa state has been released. The official whose name was not disclosed was kidnapped on his way to Sagbama. He was picked up by his abductors as he waited for a boat to ferry him to Sagbama his duty…
Murtala Ajaka, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate for Saturday’s Kogi governorship election, has expressed confidence in winning the poll. “INEC has tried in conducting this off-cycle governorship election in Kogi, but not with some challenges in some places. We are only worried about the reports we are getting from our agents in three local…
