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, …

Ahead of Saturday’s local government elections, the Ogun State Government has approved Friday, 15 November 2024, as a work-free day. This, according to the government, is to enable public and civil servants who desire to travel to their various Local Government Areas to perform their civic duty to do so without any hitch. In a statement on Thursday, by the …

Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) on Saturday announced that the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) swept all the 44 local government chairmanship seats and 484 councillorship seats in the council polls held on Saturday. KANSIEC Chairman, Prof. Sani Lawal Malurnfashi, who briefed reporters on the outcome of local government election at the commission’s headquarters in Kano, described the election …

The Action People’s Party (APP) has won 22 chairmanship positions out of 23 in Saturday’s Local Government election in Rivers State. APP is backed by Governor Siminalayi Fubara, who was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but has since lost control of the party. His predecessor and godfather, Barrister Nyesom Wike, who is now Minister of …

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 …

The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has condemned the exorbitant nomination fees demanded by State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs) for local government polls, describing it as a violation of the 1999 Constitution and Electoral Act 2022. The council spoke on Saturday ahead of local government polls in several states, including Kaduna, Kano, and Jigawa. IPAC’s National Chairman, Yusuf Mamman Dantalle, slammed …

The Bauchi State Police Command has restricted vehicle movement to give way for hitch-free local government elections across the state. In a statement on Friday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Ahmed Wakil explained that the vehicular movement restriction was to take effect from 7 am to 4 pm on Saturday. “To maintain public order and prevent potential disturbances, …

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Borno State has won all the 27 chairmanship and 312 councillor positions in Saturday’s council polls in the state. This is even as the newly elected chairmen and councillors of Konduga, Jere and other local government areas have lauded what they described as the “open-door, grassroots politics” of the APC Deputy National Chairman …