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The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday said that more than 80 million registered voters are expected to vote during the 2019 general elections in the country. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this in a paper he presented at the  14th All Nigeria Editors Conference holding in Asaba, Delta State. Yakubu, represented by Mike Igini, Resident Electoral Commissioner, Akwa …

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Lagos State Secretary of the Providence People’s Congress (PPC), Ben Efe, has said that the party is set to take over from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February 2019 elections. He said with the party’s prsidential candidate,Victor Okhai,PPC is optimistic it would succeed in 2019. Speaking to journalists in Lagos on Wednesday, Efe said Nigerians would vote …

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By Ebun-olu Adegboruwa Esq. The Governorship election of Osun State has opened up the weakness of our electoral system. It is a signal of what to expect in States like Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Taraba, etc, which are regarded as battle grounds for the ruling APC and the opposition PDP. My comments herein are based principally on the report of …

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By: Ariwera Ibibo-Howells, Yenagoa. The independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says a total of 26o,397 voter were registered in Bayelsa during the recent continuous voter registration exercise. The State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Dr. Cyril Omorogbe stated this in Yenagoa, the state capital, Thursday, during a stakeholders meeting on PVC distribution organized by the commission. Omorogbe said with this additional …

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the Osun State governorship election is “inconclusive”. Announcing the results on Sunday afternoon,INEC’s Returning Officer, Joseph Afuwape, said Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), polled 254,699, while his closest challenger, Isiaka Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had 254,345 votes. Iyiola Omisore of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) …

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Dayo Emmanuel In what looks like last minute attempt to woo the electorate in Osun State, Lagos-based station, Television Continental (TVC), in a governorship debate gave opportunities to the governorship candidates to address the voters. At the event, Oluseyi Fabiyi, contesting on the platform of KOWA party, promised free health care as well as health insurance for all citizens of …

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Olusegun Agbaje, resident electoral commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun state, says if vote-buying is not killed in Saturday’s governorship election, the country is in serious trouble in 2019. He said this at a press conference at the INEC office in Osogbo, the state capital, on Friday. Agbaje asked Osun voters to be patient enough to …

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Tayo Olanipekun Candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Alhaji Moshood Olalekan Adeoti, has alleged that plans are now afoot to rig the September 22 Osun State governorship poll in favour of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola. In a statement made available to the media on Wednesday by the Director of Media and Publicity of the …

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Dayo Emmanuel A total of 246,126 persons would not be able to exercise their franchise tomorrow as the people of Ekiti State, South West Nigeria would go out to participate in the governorship election, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Professor Abdulganiy Raji has said. Raji, who answered questions from journalists in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, on Friday, said a total …

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A total number of 40 candidates on the platforms of various political parties are to contest for the governorship seat of Ekiti State on July 14. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday published the names of candidates who emerged from the primary conducted by their parties. Their names were forwarded to the electoral umpire to beat the May 15 …

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