Tayo Olanipekun Evidence of vote buying and large quantity of void votes featured in some polling units during today’s Presidential  and National Assembly elections at the Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area of Lagos State as the two leading parties in the state go neck and neck. As various party agents tried to outsmart opponents in canvassing votes in some of the …

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**Says APC, APM Involved In Gross Misconduct The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has raised alarm that today’s Presidential and National Assembly elections were marred by electoral malpractices across Ogun State and notably in the Ogun Central Senatorial District to favour the Governor of the state, Senator Ibikunle Amosun. In a statement issued by the state Secretary of the party, Bashorun …

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Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos exercised his voting rights in his home town of Epe in the Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections which were followedby heavy downpour in many parts of the town. Ambode, who got to his polling unit with his wife, Abimbola, around 9: 48 am, voted at exactly 10: 01 am at ward A5, polling unit 033, …

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Multiple explosions were heard in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital in Northeast Nigeria on Saturday morning as people are setting out for elections. Ahmad Salkida, a journalist believed to know the workings of the insurgents and with sources among them, said the explosions were more  10 and that the attacks started around 5:50am. He also reported on his verified Twitter …

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Folake Sokoya The Ogun Police Command has arrested a 45 year old woman , Ayinde Aderonke, while trying to dump the corpse of her lover in the bush. The State Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO), DSP Oyeyemi Abimbola, disclosed to National Wire that the arrest of the suspect followed a report lodged at Oke-Itoku Police station by one Makinde Ishola , …

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has lifted ban on political campaigns, allowing parties to tighten “lose ends” ahead of the February 13 Presidential election. Disclosing this in a statement on Monday night in Abuja, the National Commissioner with the INEC and Chairman, Committee on Information and Voter Education, Mr Festus Okoye, said that the commission has lifted the ban …

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… asks INEC to upgrade so Nigerians could vote anywhere they are and be counted in their desired location. The Christian Press Association of Nigeria (CPAN) has condemned the sudden postponement of the February 16 election. That postponment, CPAN says, is ridiculous and unacceptable because it came barely hours to the elections after the same INEC Chairman had earlier said …

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Folake Sokoya Deputy Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Council, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has said he is suspecting foul play in the postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), describing it as the ” hand of Esau, voice of Esau.” Otunba Daniel submitted that, Nigerian voters will not tolerate any …

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The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) has taken a decision to shift the date of the Presidential and National Assembly elections earlier scheduled for Saturday till next week 23 February. It was one of the decisions reached early today in a crunch talk between INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu and 12 National Commissioners in Abuja, according to sources close to the …

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Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill into Law, saying it will be a major legacy of his Presidency which will benefit millions of Nigerians for years to come. In a statement in Lagos recently, MRA said by speedily assenting to the Bill, which was transmitted to him for …

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