THERE was sporadic shooting for several hours by armed men who snatched ballot boxes and papers at Ekete area of Udu local government and Owhe in Isoko North local government area of Delta state in their bid to rig the polls.
GUNMEN hijacked electoral materials at Egwede and Ogbarude in Ndokwa East local government area in Delta State and took them to the bush for thumb-printing.
No fewer than 2 persons were shot dead in Makurdi the Benue State capital at the ongoing gubernetorial election while attempting to snatch INEC ballot boxes and electoral materials at various polling units in parts of the town just as over 50 fake observers have been apprehended around State by the Police.
IRATE voters, some hours ago, chased away a top politician who came with money to buy voter’s cards and influence their votes at a polling unit in Obiaruku in Delta state.
ARMED thugs sank a boat carrying electoral materials to Abala-Oshimili, a riverine community in Ndokwa –East Local Government Area of Delta State, today.
The Police have uncovered and detonated 2 devices suspected to be bombs in Burutu LGA in Delta state.
The Kaduna State Government has intensified its peace and reconciliation efforts in its bid to restore normalcy in the state.
Chief Timothy Ibitoye, Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Kwara, has ordered the arrest of Mr Ashiru Ahmed, Supervising Polling Officer in Oro in Irepodun Local Government Area for late arrival of election material.
By AbdulSalam Muhammad
Millions of eligible voters in Kano Tuesday refused to stayed away from both the governorship and the state Assembly elections across the 44 local council of the state.
Reports across the state indicate that there was a significant drop in the total number of women and the aged that turned up [...]
President Goodluck Jonathan, mother and wife, Dame Patience Jonathan have voted in Otuoke, Bayelsa State with the president saying that the elections so far have been peaceful and predicted that the 2015 elections will even be more peaceful. He called on Nigerians to continue to embrace peace and restated his resiolve to conduct a free [...]
Accreditation of eligible voters was temporarily delayed at Olopomewa, area ward 11, unit 8 in Ibadan North West Local Government as voters refused to be accredited with a photocopy register.
No fewer than 50 passengers who arrived in Lagos early, Tuesday, were stranded at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, following the restriction on vehicular movement.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Tuesday denied allegations that it had colluded with one of the political parties to rig the governorship poll in Lagos.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Tuesday cancelled the governorship and State House of Assembly elections at the Jankai polling unit in Gombe metropolis.
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