The initial cut off date was March 8
Browsing: Politics
The President, who addressed traditional rulers in Osun State in the Ooni’s palace, said his administration has recorded milestones in agriculture, health, education, transport, aviation and the oil industry, among others
The PDP said less than 10,000 people attended the one million man march
The National Commissioner of INEC, Dr. Chris Iyimoga, while disclosing the figures from the 18 polling units in Gwada ward in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, said a total number of 10,243 persons are registered voters with only a total of 1,799 with Permanent Voter Cards
A Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria who monitored the exercise at Izzi Unuhu Registration Area 10, Abakaliki Local Government Area, reports that registered voters were only able to be verified
At polling units A and B opposite Christ School Boys, Ado, the presiding officer, who declined to give his name, said the smart card had been able to accredited 12 PVCs as at 8:44am, adding that it took an average of about 10 seconds for a card to be verified
Omeri made this call in Jos, the Plateau State capital, on Saturday evening while presenting a patriotism advocacy concert to counsel Nigerians on the need to live in peace with one another and take the country above every interest
The party pointed out that the fall-out from the test has vindicated earlier widespread calls by stakeholders that the card readers should be thoroughly tested to ascertain their workability for free, fair and credible elections before being deployed for the actual polls
In a statement by the Chairman of the Media and Publicity Committee of the PDP Campaign Organisation in Rivers State, Barrister Emma Okah, the party said the plot was being hatched by the APC in alliance with the Rivers State Police Command
It said the exercise was a huge success and evidence of INEC’s readiness to conduct fraud-free poll devoid of acrimonious disputes arising from flawed electoral exercises of the past
NAN reports that the exercise took place in 12 states that cut across the six geopolitical zones
The state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Edwin Nwatarali, said some of the card readers could not capture the thumb prints of electorates due to greasy or dirty fingers
The monarch, who played host to Peterside at his palace, told him that the six communities that make up Krakrama ward are strongly behind him and the APC
Dokubo made the declaration when Dr. Dakuku Peterside, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, paid him and the Council of Chiefs a courtesy call during his ward congress in Ido and adjoining communities
The card reader kept saying ‘Verification failed’ and over 70 per cent of eligible voters in Gwada Ward had failed verification
The APC candidate made the statement during the party’s ward rally in Asari-Toru Local Government Area
“It is about the message and the method,” says Steve Ayorinde, the Director of Media and Communications for the Ambode campaign
This was contained in the Independent National Electoral Commission’s Daily Bulletin in Abuja on Friday
The supporters of Buhari were reacting to a widely reported statement credited to Dame Jonathan that the General was brain dead
The apex court also ordered the former governor to pay N500,000 cost to the incumbent governor