The result was announced on Sunday morning
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The News Agency of Nigeria reports that accreditation and voting took place simultaneously across the polling units in the district
Buhari spoke in London while addressing members of the Nigerian community in the United Kingdom
The party said this in a statement issued to newsmen on Friday in Abuja by Alhaji Mai Mala Buni, its National Secretary
The All Progressives Congress has drawn the attention of security agencies and other relevant bodies to what it termed dangerous…
In a statement issued by Cynthia Ferdinand on behalf of the senator, Oduah said the report in the media was misleading as the apex court did not order the withdrawal of her Certificate of Return
Osaretin Imahiyereobo, a Deputy Director of the commission, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Jos that the date was tentative
Dickson defeated his arch-rival and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Timipre Sylva, by a margin of about 13,000 votes
According to official results released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, Dickson was leading in three out of the four local government areas which results were available before the adjournment was announced
Over 14 people, including four policemen, two soldiers and eight civilians were feared dead in Ekeremor alone
The coalition also confirmed reports that some collation officers from the Independent National Electoral Commission have been compromised by the All Progressives Congress with N300,000 bribe
The suspects were said to have forcefully carried the ballot box while polling was ongoing at the unit
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that as early as 7.45am, voters had queued in polling units in some of the wards, waiting for accreditation and voting to begin at 8am as directed by Independent National Electoral Commission
In an Affidavit of Facts deposed to at the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, Rivers State to support a petition to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Ted alleged that Dickson offered Kpagih N1 billion to illegally tilt the December 5, 2015 governorship poll in Bayelsa State in favour of the governor and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party
Justice Abdul Aboki said the court would later announce the date for the judgment in the appeal
The DSS had told the court after the arraignment of the accused that it had stumbled on some facts which took the matter out of the jurisdiction of the court
The governor, who said it was shameful that the two elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission under Buhari’s kinsman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, were inconclusive, called on all well-meaning Nigerians and the international community to rise up in condemnation of the APC government’s plot to destroy democracy in the country
The Commission made the declaration on Monday in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital
The suspension of the collation was announced by the INEC Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Zana Akpagu
With Nembe Local Government Area having been announced, only result from Southern Ijaw Local Government Area is outstanding