By CHRISTIANA LOT,Jos – In anticipation of the upcoming local government elections, Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State has officially inaugurated the Local Government election campaign for the Plateau South Senatorial District, generating enthusiasm and optimism among supporters. The Governor highlighted that these elections will be crucial for facilitating...
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By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Independence Electoral Commission (NASIEC), has fixed November 2, 2024, for elections of Chairmen and Councillors of Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the state. chairman of NASIEC, Barr Ayuba Wandai, announced this at the press conference at the commission’s office in Lafia, on...
The Police Command in Rivers has refuted claims that its officers sealed off the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC). There were earlier reports that the RSIEC secretariate in Port Harcourt was sealed following a Federal High Court order halting the local government council elections scheduled...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Rt. Hon. Yusuf Adamu Gagdi, the representative for the Pankshin/Kanke/Kanam (PKK) Federal Constituency at the 10th National Assembly, has emphasized his commitment to representative democracy as a means to foster good governance and ensure accountability to the public. As the Chairman of the House...
The Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) Anambra Chapter has rejected the outcome of the Saturday Local Government Council elections in the state. Chief Chigozie Igwe, the chairman of PDP in Anambra said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Awka on Monday. Mrs Genevieve Osakwe, Chairman, ...
The ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra has won all the electoral positions contested in the local government council polls held Sept. 28. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the elections were conducted in 21 local government councils across 326 council wards of the state....
The Anambra Local Government Area Polls currently holding in the 21 council areas of the state is marred by low turnout of voters and absence of electoral materials and staff at some polling units (PU). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondents who monitored the polls reports that there...
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, on Saturday, cast his vote in the Local Government polls and commends the peaceful conduct of the exercise. Governor Soludo arrived at his Polling Unit, 002 located at Ofuiyi Square, Umueze at Isuofia Ward 13, in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra and cast...
Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission (ANSIEC) and the Police Command have relocated some polling units to six Local Government Areas headquarters for safety ahead of the Saturday Council polls. The bodies said that the actions was to beef up security formations in the six most volatile local government areas...
A Kano State High Court on Tuesday, restrained 19 political parties from taking any action that could scuttle or frustrate the upcoming Local Government Elections in the State. The applicant Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC), through its Counsel Rilwanu Umar Esq, filed a motion exparte dated and filed...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won all the 260 political ward councillorship seats in the 17 Local Government Areas in Enugu State during the council polls held on Saturday. Prof. Christian Ngwu, the Chairman of Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC), stated this while declaring the results on Monday...
The Saturday’s Local Government Elections in Imo commenced on a shaky footing with the late distribution of electoral materials but voter turnout has been impressive at the polling units visited. Some analysts had earlier predicted apathy and low voter turnout ahead of the polls. However, the News Agency of...
A Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja, on Friday, rejected an application seeking to stop the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) from conducting Saturday’s local government elections in the state. Justice Peter Lifu, in a ruling on the oral application moved by counsel to the All Progressives Congress...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma and the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, have expressed the confidence that the party will sweep the September 21 council elections. They said this in separate speeches at the grand finale of the APC rally held in Owerri on...
The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) on Tuesday declared that political parties that make up the body will boycott Saturday’s upcoming Local Government elections in Imo. The state chairman of IPAC, Ichie Levi Ekeh, told newsmen in Owerri that the group was disappointed in the Imo State Independent Electoral Commission...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar+ The Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Efiom Edet, has called on Governor Bassey Otu to expeditiously assent to the Cross River Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) Bill. The bill, recently passed by the Cross River State House of Assembly, aims to regulate the conduct...
The Labour Party (LP) in Anambra East Local Government Area (LGA) has threatened to boycott the September 28 Local Government Elections in the area. The LG Chairman and Secretary of the party, Mr Chidi Chinwuba and Mr Onyeka Aghadiuno, made the threat in a statement issued in Awka and...
Imo State Government has affirmed its commitment to a free, fair and credible Local Government Elections on September 21, saying it has no plans to rig the exercise. The government further declared that Gov. Hope Uzodimma’s popularity and the people-oriented projects across the state would guarantee overwhelming success for...
The Kwara Government and the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWSIEC) have prayed a Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s suit seeking to stop the Sept. 21 local government elections. The duo, in a separate preliminary objection and counter affidavit, told Justice Peter...