The Independent National Electoral Commission expects 5.4 million voters to vote in the three off-cycle governorship elections slated to hold on November 11, 2023 in Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo States.
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She spoke when she visited the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.
There are 782 registered voters in the unit.
Such scenario was seen at polling units in Iju, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
A check by NAN correspondent to units 16, 17, ward 2, New Garage; unit 13 Ward 2, St. Mary Primary School; and units 19, 20 ward 1, Local Government, revealed that the voters also complied with Covid-19 protocols by wearing face masks and keeping social distancing in their large numbers to vote.
Accreditation and voting were held simultaneously beginning at 8:30 am.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that aside security checkpoints provided at the centre of the community, residents moved around freely with their face masks.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that most of the voters arrived the various polling units before officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Ortom gave the advice on Saturday in Gbajimba, headquarters of Guma Local Government Area of the state, after casting his vote at the LGEA Primary School polling unit, Gbajimba.
President Muhammadu Buhari says he believes in the will of the people and cannot put pressure on voters to elect leaders they do not like.
Accreditation was extended to 6 p.m. in Takuti/Shaku Ward at 006 Shaku Central Primary School Polling Units in Niger as voters overwhelmed security men, INEC, and ad hoc staff during Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly election.
Scores of voters residing along Airport Road, Abuja, returned to their homes in frustration without casting their votes in Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections.
Nine suspected cultists were arrested in Somolu area of Lagos for allegedly molesting the electorate on their way to polling stations.
The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has advised the Federal Government to ensure proper use of security agents during the 2019 elections to avoid intimidation of electorate.
Political campaigns in readiness for the February general elections have heightened across towns and villages in Ekiti state, with an assortment of gifts being dished out to would-be-voters in the spirit of Christmas and New Year celebrations.
A poor turnout of voters has been observed in most polling units in Plateau as the state holds elections into its local government councils.
This is contained in a statement signed by the commission’s Administrative Secretary in the state, Nick Dazang, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Kaduna.
The Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made this known at an interactive session with newsmen in Abuja.
The INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Voter Education and Publicity, Prince Solomon Soyebi, disclosed this while reading the timetables and schedule of activities for the elections on Thursday in Abuja.
In the copy made available to newsmen on Monday in Abuja, they said the “out of country voting” should be predicated on the creation of a data base for Nigerians in the diaspora and the provision of a legal framework