The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) has announced results of the council poll held on Saturday, April 27, where the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state won all the chairmanship seats in 33 local government areas of the state. OYSIEC chairman, Aare Isiaka Olagunju (SAN); the Commissioner of Police in the state, Adebola Hamzat; and other security …

The Gombe State Government on Friday announced that monthly sanitation scheduled every last Saturday of the month will not be held tomorrow over the local government election. Disclosing this in Gombe, the state capital, Commissioner for Water, Environment and Forest Resources, Mohammed Fawu, called on residents to keep their surroundings clean, stressing that they shouldn’t wait for the general allotted …

The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) began a two-day training for ad-hoc staff ahead of this Saturday’s local government election in the state on Monday. The body also announced that the distribution of sensitive materials will commence, on Thursday with local government areas in the Oke Ogun axis, while other local government areas in Ibadan, the state capital, are …

A governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Folakemi Omogoroye has rejected Saturday’s governorship primary election, demanding its cancellation. Speaking on Sunday, the aspirant alleged that the election did not take place in many wards across the state. She called on the party’s national leadership and President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the matter. She said: …

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has stated that an electronic voting system will be used for its 2024 election. The NBA explained that this decision will allow members of the association to participate in the election seamlessly from their different locations. The association’s Electoral Committee, led by Oluseun Abimbola disclosed this during the opening of the nomination forms in Abuja …

The Bayelsa State local government election conducted on Saturday by the State Independent Electoral Commission (BYSIEC) was relatively peaceful across the eight local government areas and 105 wards of the state, according to reports. Besides voter apathy, voting materials and personnel of the BYSIEC were said to have arrived late in Yenagoa, Sagbama, Ekeremor, Kolokuma/Opokuma, Ogbia, Nembe, Brass, and Southern …

The Benue State Independent Electoral Commission BSIEC) has fixed local government elections in the state for 6th July 2024. The commission’s chairman, John Chen, stated this on Friday when he met with stakeholders where he unveiled the election timetable in Makurdi, the state capital. He assured all that the commission would conduct free, fair, and credible elections. Chen said the …

Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri has made a case for the prosecution of people who willfully perpetuate electoral fraud anywhere in the country. Fintiri, who was evidently still unable to come to terms at how his opponent in the last election was declared winner when the electoral process was not yet concluded, said in a statewide broadcast on Monday that …

There was confusion in Rigachikun in Igabi Local Government of Kaduna State on Sunday, following the killing of a 40-year-old man at Saturday’s bye-election in the area bus suspected political thugs. According to an eyewitness, the victim, Mansur Shafiu, was killed by suspected political thugs in his efforts to prevent ballot box snatching. “In trying to prevent them, one of …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the Electoral Officer for Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, Fred Ogboji over the alleged missing of some ballot papers deployed to the Council Area for the ongoing rerun elections for Plateau North Senatorial district and that of Jos North/Bassa Federal constituency seats. The rerun election in the constituency was …