By JOHN ONAH, Owerri — The governorship election in Owerri the Imo State capital on Saturday, witnessed a low turned of voters which many residents attributed to lost of confidence on the part of leadership. Although, the exercise, which was relatively peaceful in all the places monitored...
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The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered an investigation into circumstances surrounding the alleged assault on the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Mr Joe Ajaero. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, stated this at a press conference on Friday in Owerri, ahead of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has called on politicians and their followers to eschew violence and conduct themselves in a peaceful and lawful manner, in Saturday’s governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states. Jonathan made the call in a statement by...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Friday, urged a Federal High Court, Abuja not to grant the ex-parte motion filed by Alhaji Lamidi Apapa-led Labour Party (LP), seeking to replace the party’s governorship candidate in Imo. INEC, in its affidavit to show cause pursuant to the court...
By JOHN ONAH, Imo – As all arrangements are in top gear towards a successful conduct of off cycle governorship election in Imo state, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Friday that it was far ahead of the challenges faced during the presidential election in...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has no candidate in Saturday’s Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo governorship election, because it is not a political party. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at a news conference held at the Kogi Headquarters of the commission in Lokoja...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has deployed its operatives to monitor the Saturday governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi. The spokesperson of the Commission, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, said this in a statement on Thursday in...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – The Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, has urged Imo residents to ignore sit-at-home order on election day but to come out en-mass to cast their votes for any candidate of their choice. President General Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, made the call in...
No fewer than 18 political parties taking part in Saturday’s Governorship poll in Imo have signed a peace accord to eschew violence before, during and after the exercise. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the peace accord was facilitated by the National Peace Committee (NPC). In...
Since the return of democracy in 1999, several elections have been conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), though not without reservations, hues and cries by political actors, analysts and watchers. Of utmost concern to most Nigerians is the fact that every election since then has been...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has deployed nine additional Residents Electoral Commissioners (REC) in Imo for Saturday’s governorship election. The Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at a stakeholders’ meeting in Owerri on Monday. The meeting was attended by governorship candidates, chairmen and secretaries...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has deployed additional personnel and dogs from its Anambra command to support its personnel in Imo during the Nov. 11 governorship election. Anambra Commandant of NSCDC, Mr Edwin Osuala, who addressed the team before their departure on Tuesday in...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Kayode Egbetokun, has warned that the police will not tolerate electoral violence in Bayelsa as off-cycle governorship election holds in the state on Saturday, IGP Egbetokun stated this during a courtesy visit to Gov. Douye Diri on Monday in Yenagoa. He stressed that...
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has it would distribute 220 operational vehicles to Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi preparatory to off-cycle governorship elections holding in the states on Nov. 11. Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, stated on Sunday in Abuja that the Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has urged staff members of the commission to remain non-partisan and maintain their integrity, ahead of the Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi governorship election. Yakubu said this when he visited some INEC offices to...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu on Friday, met with various security agencies in Imo to strategise on security for the November 11 governorship election. Addressing members of the Inter-agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) in Owerri, Yakubu said the meeting...
The Labour Party (LP) in Imo has raised the alarm over alleged plan by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to hold the November 11 election in polling units with zero voter registration.la o The Imo LP Chairman, Mr Callistus Ihejiagwa, made the claim at a news briefing...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has defended a supplementary budget of N18 billion at the National Assembly, largely aimed at addressing the issue of staff welfare and allowances. The commission’s Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, according to the INEC daily bulletin on Thursday in Abuja, led a team...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) says the party’s candidate in the Nov. 11 Imo State Governorship election, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu will remain the party National Secretary. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, made the clarification in a statement issued...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima and the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, stormed Owerri on Wednesday to flag-off the campaign for Gov. Hope Uzodimma’s re-election bid. Shettima represented President Bola Tinubu at the occasion. Addressing the rally, Shettima said Nigerians of Southeast extraction could...