Tag: Ballot Boxes
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Rivers bye-election: Tension as thugs shoot, snatch ballot boxes
The ongoing House of Assembly bye-election in for the Constituency 3 seat in Rivers State maybe marred by reported cases of shooting and ballot snatching in some wards. Specifically, the shooting and ballot snatching by some thugs took place at Ward 18, Units 7, 8 and 9, Port Harcourt. While the Peoples Democratic Party is…
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2019 Elections: INEC to spend N1.4bn for purchase of ballot boxes
Ahead of preparations for the 2019 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has earmarked N1.4billion for the purchase of ballot boxes. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmud Yakub, said this during the 2016 budget defence session before members of the House of Representative Committee on Electoral Matters and Political Parties Affairs on Monday in Abuja.…