FOMER President Olusegun Obasanjo and former Ogun State Governor; Chief Olusegun Osoba have hailed the performance of the Independent Electoral Commission of Nigeria [INEC], for its performance in getting things to the polling stations noting that things would only get better.

Heavy presence of security men especially soldiers in many villages and communities in Enugu State scared voters from participating in Tuesday’s elections.

MEN of the Nigerian Army Tuesday arrested a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Solomon Soyelu, and seven suspected thugs for allegedly disrupting voting process in Ode-Remo, Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State.

VIOLENCE erupted at Ibusa, Oshimili North local government area of Delta State which led to temporary disruption of Tuesday’s elections before reinforcement of security agents brought the situation to normalcy.

TWO persons were said to have been killed at Ajaawa area of Ogbomoso, Tuesday, during the governorship election as some people believed to be loyalists of the Peoples Democratic Party allegedly attempted to scare other party agents away from polling centres

The national and state assembly poll in Anambra state was yesterday marred by alleged irregularities following reports of missing ballot boxes, ballot papers and result sheets in some polling units and stations.

THE police have recovered three bombs , Tuesday, near the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, offices at Burutu and Ogbe-Ijoh in Delta State.

ONE of the gunmen who allegedly hijacked electoral materials meant for voting at Ekete and other parts of Udu local government area of Delta state was caught by voters at Orhuwhoron and given the beating of his life.

By Kolawole Olabisi
Prospective voters in Ido-Ani, a town in Ose local government area of Ondo State were on Tuesday morning shell-shocked as they watched in awe as a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Denis Alonge slapped the State Information Commissioner, Mr Ranti Akrele.

Alonge, the immediate past Chairman of the [...]

The Divisional Police Officer for Epe, Lagos State, Mr Cyril David, on Tuesday confirmed that the two ballot boxes snatched by unknown men in the area had been recovered.

Eight persons including a mobile policeman were reportedly arrested at Amassoma in the Southern Ijaw council area of Bayelsa State over their alleged involvement in acts inimical to the electoral process.

By Henry Umoru
THE Leadership of the Peoples Democratic  Party, PDP said Tuesday  that it has no plans to sanction former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, ex- minister of Finance, Mallam Adamu Ciroma for anti-party activities.

In a statement signed Tuesday by  PDP National Publicity Secretary, Professor Rufai Ahmed Alkali, the party was also [...]

BY DANIEL IDONOR

OTUOKE – PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has indicated that unless the security situation in Kaduna and Bauchi states, where elections were earlier postponed, improves to the extent that election holds on April 28, it may be necessary to declare the dreaded state of emergency in the affected states.

President Jonathan however added a [...]