The Department of State Services has dismissed of one of its staff, Jaja Otelemaba, for taking bribe from motorists while on election duty in Ekiti.
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The Independent National Electoral Commission says it is awaiting official report from Resident Electoral Commissioners in areas where election could not hold due to violence and other incidence.
Senator Oluretimi Tinubu has expressed satisfaction with the conduct of Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections in Lagos state, describing the exercise as peaceful and transparent.
President Muhammadu Buhari of All Progressives Congress has defeated Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party at the former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s polling unit in Abeokuta in Saturday’s presidential poll.
Adams, who voted alongside his wife, Mojisola, at Polling Unit 049, Omole Phase 2, Ikeja, Lagos, urged Nigerians to remain peaceful and orderly in subsequent elections.
No fewer than 23 persons were arrested for various electoral offences in Lagos State on Saturday, according to the Commissioner of Police in Lagos, CP Zubairu Muazu.
The Governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party in Zamfara, Alhaji Bello Matawalle, has alleged that there was vote buying, among other election irregularities, in Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections in the state.
News Agency of Nigeria reports that they also reacted to photos of electorate marking their queue spots with stones on the ground and voters on Lagos island waiting under canopies.
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission over what he described as 100 per cent anti-rigging procedure adopted for the ongoing elections in the country.
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has been defeated by the Peoples Democratic Party in his polling unit.
The Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has hailed voters’ turn out in Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections, saying the postponement of the elections from last Saturday has not affected the turn out of the electorate in the State as the people trooped out en masse to exercise their franchise.
The Department of State Services has refuted the news making the rounds that former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki, has died at their detention facility.
Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, has commended the large turnout that greeted Saturday’s polls in Kiribo, Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State.
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said he would accept the result of the presidential election even if it did not go the way of the party.
Several Nigerian celebrities including Kate Henshaw, AY Makun, Folarin ‘Falz’s Falana, Tiwa Savage, Toke Makinwa, Alexx Ekubo, Omoni Oboli and Bolanle Olukanni voted on Saturday.
Non availability of ink has delayed accreditation and voting for over four hours in some polling units in Ogwashi-Uku, Aniocha South Local Government Are of Delta State, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Jimi Agbaje, on Saturday said he was concerned about the malfunctioning of the card readers during voting at his polling unit in Apapa.
The Association of People Living with Disabilities on Saturday commended the Independent National Electoral Commission for considering its members in the ongoing Presidential and National Assembly Elections.
The Presidential Candidate of the Young Peoples Party, Kingsley Moghalu, has decried the non-performance of card readers in his ward at Nnewi North ward 2 in Anambra.
Getafe climbed into the top four of the Spanish La Liga on Saturday with a 2-1 win over neighbours Rayo Vallecano.