The House of Representatives has proposed an open-secret ballot system for the election of presiding officers for the federal and state legislatures. The proposals are contained in two bills sighted by Daily Trust, which are before the Constitution Review Committee headed by the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu. The bills sponsored by Rep. Mansur Manu Soro seek the alteration …

Ad hoc staff recruited by the Independent National Electoral Commission  (INEC) for the 1 November governorship election in Ondo State have accused the commission of failing to pay their allowances, 22 days after the poll. The workers, numbering over 17,000, expressed frustration over the delayed payments despite promises made by INEC to disburse their allowances shortly after the election. One …

Ghana counted ballots on Saturday after a tight election with the ruling party’s Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia trying to shake off anger over economic woes and rebuff a challenge by opposition party candidate ex-president John Mahama. Ghana’s struggling economy dominated the election, after the west Africa gold and cacao producer went through a debt default, high inflation and negotiations for …

The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Bamidele Akingboye and the deputy governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Hon Dayo Awude, have rejected the results by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declaring Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa, as the Governor- Elect. Aiyedatiwa, who was the candidate of the All Progressive Congress was declared winner of the last Saturday’s governorship election …

The candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Myson Nejo has condemned the conduct of the just-concluded Ondo State governorship election, alleging that the election was characterised by vote trading. He attributed his loss in the election to his refusal to trade votes for money. Nejo, who stated this on Sunday, in a telephone interview with our correspondent, said that despite …

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has won the Ondo State governorship election. He emerged victorious in all the 18 Local Government Areas polling 366,781 votes as against 117,845 votes recorded by his closest rival, Chief Agboola Ajayi, who flew the flag of the Peoples Democratic Party. Ajayi was Deputy Governor to the now late …

One of the civil society group that monitored the Ondo State governorship election, Yiaga Africa, has described the process as largely peaceful and orderly. According to the group, although there were some cases of attempted vote buying, that did not cast a dark cloud on the outcome of the exercise. “So far the process is commendable, we went round and …

The local government elections held in Ogun and Zamfara states on Saturday were marred by low turnout of voters and late arrival of voting materials. In Ogun State, Sunday PUNCH gathered that accreditation and voting did not start until around 11 am and 12 pm in many polling units. As of 10:30 am according to Sunday PUNCH, polling units O1, …

With results from three Local Government Areas (LGAs) awaited at the collating centre, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is coasting home to victory in Saturday’s Ondo State governorship election. The 59-year-old businessman and politician has won in all of the 15 LGAs whose results have so far been declared and polled 301,113 votes, while former Deputy …

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Agboola Ajayi has won his polling unit. Agboola who voted at at Apoi Ward II, Unit 004 in Kiribo, Ese Odo Council Area of the state on Saturday, polled 194 votes to defeat his main rival, Governor Lucky Ayedatiwa of the All Progressives Congress who scored 003 votes. The former …