-Anietie Udobit,AbujaVotes counting have begun after a tightly contested election on Saturday, with three frontrunners competing for the presidency in a ballot marred by long delays.Nearly 90 million people were eligible to vote for Nigeria’s next president, with many Nigerians hoping their new leader would tackle a widening security crisis,
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The Peter Obi’s Labour Party has raised the alarm alleging that some officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, have refused to upload the presidential election results in Lagos and Delta States.The National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure, raised the alarm in a statement he issued on Saturday
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President Muhammadu Buhari casted his vote at his polling unit in Daura, Katsina state and displayed his ballot for others to see.The president was accompanied by his wife and, Aisha Buhari and other aides.Buhari’s act of displaying his ballot in the public has stirred reactions, as most people see it
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There are large turnout of voters in the South-East part of Nigeria in the Presidential and National Assembly elections despite the sit-at-home order by the pro-Biafra separatist agitator Simon Ekpa.Ekpa recently declared a sit-at-home from February 23 to 28, apparently to stop the conduct of the 2023 general elections in
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World Trade Organization Boss, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike were among voters delayed by hours at polling units across Nigeria on Saturday, due to malfunctioning of the electronic system to verify voters at many centers and election workers late arrival.Voters at sites in every corner of the
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The former president, Olusegun Obasanjo has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), for the Introduction of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) to improve the voting process.Obasanjo who voted at polling unit 22, ward 11, Olushomi compound, at Abeokuta North at 10: 33 a.m said the introduction of the new
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The Chairman of the Nigeria Electoral body, INEC, Prof Yakubu Mahmud said thugs attacked two different polling units in two states in Nigeria, stealing at least eight BVAS machines, hours after voting commenced in many parts of the country.INEC Boss, who briefed journalists in Abuja, said voting continued in the
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There are large turnout of voters in the South-East part of Nigeria in the Presidential and National Assembly elections despite the sit-at-home order by the pro-Biafra separatist agitator Simon Ekpa.Ekpa recently declared a sit-at-home from February 23 to 28, apparently to stop the conduct of the 2023 general elections in
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It’s barely two hours to the end of the 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections, most polling units have not started accreditation, talk more of voting, as Electoral officers are yet to arrive.Our correspondent in Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State said most of the polling units in the
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The Independent National Electoral Commission has suspended election in the Enugu East senatorial district over the death of Oyibo Chukwu, Labour Party’s candidate.INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, announced the development on Friday during a media briefing at the national collation centre in Abuja.Chukwu was killed and set ablaze at Amechi Awkunanaw
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