Tag: Guber election
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NAF begins Edo guber election materials transportation
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has commenced the transportation of election materials for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to Benin, ahead of the Sept. 21 Governorship election in Edo. This is contained in a statement by the Deputy Director Public Relations and Information, NAF, Group Capt. Kabiru Ali, on Wednesday in Abuja.
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No extension of deadline for polling agents – INEC tells parties
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has no plans to extend the Oct. 10 deadline for political parties to upload the list of their agents for polling units and collation centres for the Nov.11 Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo governorship election.
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Kogi guber: This election is a walkover for PDP – Dino Melaye
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Dino Melaye has said the November 11 governorship poll in Kogi State will be a walkover for his party. He stated this in Lokoja during the inauguration of the PDP Local Government election campaign committee
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Guber Election: Tension in jos as tribunal delivers judgement
There is palpable tension in the air as plateau state Governorship Elections Petitions Tribunal is set to deliver its judgment today (Friday) on the petition filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate during the March 18, 2023, gubernatorial election in the state.
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Bayelsa Guber: Lawyer Binalayefa Osuluku emerges SDP flagbearer
Binalayefa Joshua Osuluku a lawyer has emerged as the candidate of the Social Democratic Party, (SDP) for the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa State. The legal luminary polled 151 votes to defeat his only opponent, Mrs Ebinabo Rebecca Doibo, who scored 111 votes at the primary election held in Yenagoa, the state capital, on…
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(Opinion) 2023 Governorship Election Outcome: Why those mouthing going to Election Tribunal should not be taken seriously
By Sylvester Imonina Since the advent of democracy in Nigeria in 1999, Delta State had the freest and fairest gubernatorial election in the just concluded 2023 Gubernatorial election. As an opposition member and leader for twenty-two years in Delta State before now, I dare to say that the outcome of the 2023 Gubernatorial election in…
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Guber Poll: Announce election result in Enugu state – IPAC tells INEC
Political parties operating under the umbrella of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Enugu state have called on the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to instruct the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the State, Dr. Chukwuemeka J. Chukwu and the State Returning Officer, Prof. Maduebibisi o Iwe to…
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Ekiti guber: We conducted pregnancy test on all female suspects – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has explained its position in conducting a pregnancy test for all female suspects in connection with the Ekiti governorship election. The commission disclosed that all the suspects in its custody were being held by court order over allegations of vote-buying during the poll. The anit-graft agency says there…
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2023: Court nullifies rescheduled Ebonyi PDP’s primaries, declares Odii guber candidate
The Federal High Court in Ebonyi has nullified the rescheduled People Democratic Party’s (PDP), primaries in Ebonyi and declared Dr Ifeanyi-Chukwuma Odii as authentic gubernatorial candidate of the party for the 2023 polls. The party rescheduled and conducted a fresh primaries on June 4 and 5 after its Initial primaires in Ebonyi on May 28…
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Lagos APC guber primary was a sham – Aspirant, Olawale Oluwo
In Lagos, a governorship aspirant under the auspices of the All Progressives congress (APC) Oluwo Olawale Wasiu has frowned at the conduct of the APC guber primaries held in the state on Thursday, describing it as a charade. Wasiu said that the delegates used for the elections were handpicked by a faction of the party…