The people of Geidam town in Yobe came to vote despite reported attack by Boko Haram insurgents in the area in the early hours of Saturday.
Author: The Eagle Online
The Army explained that the multiple sound of controlled-gun fire on Saturday morning heard in the outskirts of Maiduguri was for “security calculations”.
Voters in some parts of Enugu State capital have decried the absence and late arrival of electoral officers and materials at various polling units in the state.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, was on Saturday rejected by the Smart Card Reader at his Gwaranga primary school polling unit of Gwaranga town in Bogoro Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
Nine suspected cultists were arrested in Somolu area of Lagos for allegedly molesting the electorate on their way to polling stations.
Maria Arena, the Chief Observer, European Union, Election Observation Mission, says Nigerians are happy to vote their next leaders at the Presidential and National Assembly general elections.
Former President, Goodluck Jonathan; his wife, Patience; and mother, Ayi, voted at unit 39, Ward 13 at the Otazi Playground, Otuoke in the Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Saturday cast his vote in the Presidential and National Assembly elections, saying it would be “very peaceful and very successful”.
The report, filed in by a correspondent of Channels Television during the station’s live transmission of the coverage of the election, makes it the second incident of killing in Rivers State in the ongoing Presidential and National Assembly elections
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, and his wife, Dolapo, have voted in Lagos in the ongoing Presidential and National Assembly elections.
The President and his wife both voted in Daura, Katsina State in the ongoing Presidential and National Assembly elections
President Muhammadu Buhari and his wife, Aisha, voted in Daura, Katsina State in the Presidential and National Assembly Elections.
Some trained ad hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission on Saturday, besieged electoral office over alleged non-inclusion in the elections duties.
President Muhammadu Buhari has insisted that he will win Saturday’s presidential election and then congratulate himself for the electoral victory.
The Presidential and National Assembly elections have commenced peacefully in Yola North Local Government Area of Adamawa.
Major roads and streets in Abakaliki, Ebonyi capital on Saturday witnessed heavy presence of Joint security operatives deployed to conduct stop and search on every vehicle operating during the election period.
The restriction of vehicular movement issued by the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adams, was strictly observed in Kari-Jikwoyi axis of Abuja as early as 6:30am, the News Agency of Nigeria is reporting.
President Muhammadu Buhari, his wife, Aisha, and 897 other eligible voters are expected to cast their votes at the polling unit 003 Kofar Baru III, Gidan Niyam ward, Daura, Katsina State today.
Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory thronged in their numbers to their polling units to cast their votes in the Presidential and National Assembly elections.
Commercial bike riders, also known as Okada, in the early hours of Saturday made brisk business before the commencement of the election.
Some of them, who were seen transporting passengers to various destinations, said they made profits as commercial taxis were few because of movement restrictions.