The Ondo State Police Commissioner, Abayomi Oladipupo, has stated that the state police command is well-prepared for the upcoming governorship election on 16 November. Oladipupo made this statement as the command commenced training for officers in preparation for the forthcoming election. The training began on Tuesday and concluded on Wednesday. Speaking at the event, held at the Officers’ Mess in …

Residents in some polling units have lamented the late arrival of election materials in the ongoing Local Government elections in Cross River State. Party officials and agents were seen lamenting and questioning the process of elections and materials distribution as they alleged deliberate foreplay by their opponents. Our correspondent who monitored the exercise disclosed that Ward 3, Unit 21 Hope …

Ahead of the 16 November, Ondo State governorship election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that candidates in the race would sign a peace accord on 8 November. The peace signing ceremony is facilitated by the National Peace Committee (NPC) led by former Head of State, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar. The signing aims to ensure candidates pledge to a …

The Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KADSIECOM) says the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates have won the elections in all 23 local governments and 255 wards. KADSIECOM’s chairman, Hajara Mohammed, disclosed this on Saturday in Kaduna. Ms Mohammed said, “The electoral and Returning Officers have filed their reports, and at the end of the exercise, 23 won chairmanship and 255 …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will today (Wednesday) make available to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) electoral materials for the 21 September Edo State governorship poll. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Edo State, Dr. Augbum Onuoha, disclosed this in an interview with The PUNCH on Tuesday amid complaints of delay by the PDP. In a …

Tunisia’s President Kais Saied was re-elected on Monday with 90.69 per cent of the vote, the head of the electoral authority ISIE said on national television. Saied, 66, won Sunday’s election by a landslide, with his challengers Ayachi Zemmal collecting 7.3 per cent and Zouhair Maghzaoui 1.9 per cent of votes cast, ISIE said. The turnout was 28.8 per cent, …

The Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission (ANSIEC) has declared the results of the state’s local government elections it conducted on Saturday with the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) winning all the 21 local council chairmanship seats. The commission’s chairman, Genevieve Osakwe, announced the results in Awka late Sunday. According to Osakwe, APGA also won the councilorship positions in each local …

General apathy and late arrival of electoral material marred the 2024 Local Government Election in Onitsha North, Onitsha South, Anambra East and Nnewi North Local Government Areas of Anambra State. Complaints of late arrival and lack of voting materials by some people who were interested in voting, while others who were neither interested nor waiting for the officials and electoral …

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, on his victory in the Edo State governorship election held on Saturday. Okpebholo was declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday, having emerged victorious over his rivals in the keenly contested election. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Information …

A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room (NCSSR), has said that it observed “widespread instances of blatant vote buying and selling across several polling units” in the ongoing Edo State governorship election. “Situation Room observers reported widespread instances of blatant vote buying and selling across several polling units, despite the huge presence of security …