ENUGU State Independent Electoral Commission, ENSIEC, has urged all contestants and political leaders in the forthcoming local government election in the state to shun fraud and violence.

Youths of Uheri/Ekrigbesi Uzere Ward 4 in Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State, have nominated Mr Victor Irogbo to represent their ward as a councillor in the forthcoming council elections in Delta State.

Less than 24 hours to the conduct of Local Government elections in Lagos State, Saturday, July 22, 20176, many of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Labour Party, LP, and Alliance for Democracy, AD, members have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

Barely few days to the local government election, the Lagos State House of Assembly, LSHA, yesterday passed into law the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC, amendment bill 2017.

The Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission has said it will deploy electronic voting machine during the local government elections, which is planned for later in the year.