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 …

The distribution of electoral materials and deployment of ad hoc staff to their various polling wards have commenced at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Irrua, Esan Central Local Government Area of Edo State, ahead of the governorship election across the state on Saturday. The PUNCH who visited the INEC office on Friday, observed that the …

Low voter turnout and late arrival of electoral materials marred Saturday’s local government elections in Warri and its environs in Delta state. In Warri South and Uvwie, materials arrived at about 11 a.m. This is even as traders at Igbudu market were seen going about their trade, and commercial operators going about their businesses. Addressing reporters shortly after casting his …

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 …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been ordered by the Delta State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal to permit the Labour Party and Kennedy Pela, the party’s candidate for the state’s 18th March election to examine the election materials used in the just-concluded polls. The party and its candidate had approached the tribunal in petition No: EPT/DL/GOV/02M/2023, seeking an order …

In its assessment of Saturday’s elections, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) raised the alarm over cases of violence and the late arrival of electoral materials. A statement by its President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, reads: “As Nigerians went to the polls to elect a new President and members of the National Assembly, we had high hopes that this election cycle will …

The General Manager of the Lagos State Parks Management Committee (LSPMC), Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya (popularly known as MC Oluomo) has requested from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) approval for his committee to participate in the distribution of sensitive poll materials. MC Oluomo is an associate of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In his …

An aide to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Phrank Shaibu, has warned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against partnering with the chairman of Lagos State Parks Management Committee, Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya (popularly known as MC Oluomo) for the 2023 elections. MC Oluomo is an ally of the presidential candidate of the All …