Tag: Polls
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FCT polls: Police relax movement restriction
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has relaxed its earlier announced movement restriction during the Feb. 12 Area Councils elections in the territory. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the FCT, DSP Josephine Adeh made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. She called on FCT residents to go…
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LG polls: Ex-lawmaker laments voter apathy in Jos North LGA
A former member of the House of Representatives that represented Jos North/Bassa constituency, Suleiman Kwande, has lamented low turnout of voters in Saturday’s Local Government election in the state. Kwande,who stated this while casting his vote at the Hill Station polling unit, however, described the election as peaceful. He urged the citizens to always come…
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Supplementary Elections: Police IG deploys 5 DIGs, 3 AIGs others
The acting Inspector-General of Police ( I-G), Mr Mohammed Adamu, has deployed five Deputy Inspectors-General of Police ( AIGs) and three Assistant Inspectors of Police ( AIGs) to further strengthen security during the the supplementary elections on Saturday. Others deployed are 15 additional Commissioners of Police ( CPs) to provide supervision, direction and support to…
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#NigeriaDecides2019: Over 20 killed as violence mars polls nationwide
…as INEC reschedules elections in Rivers, Lagos and Anambra States No fewer than 20 people were killed across the country Saturday as violence erupted during the Presidential and National Assembly elections. The army confirmed six in Rivers State alone. Three of the victims died at different polling units at Okota, a suburb of Lagos, and…
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2019 Elections: The Role of Security Agencies in Saturday’s Polls
Jonas Ike, Abuja It is only four days to the 2019 general elections. Already the polity as presently constituted is heated with all manner of campaign by various political parties that have fielded candidates for the election. Both the ruling All Progressives Congress APC and the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party PDP are seriously trying to…
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Security cordon thrown on Ekiti as governorship poll commences
A security cordon has been thrown on Ekiti as the simultaneous accreditation and voting process is set to commence in Saturday’s governorship election. Correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) spread across the three senatorial districts report that armed policemen and personnel of sister security agencies such as the NSCDC, NDLEA and the FRSC…
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Court dismisses suit challenging conduct of Oyo council polls
…as polls to hold on Saturday Justice Joyce Abdulmaleek of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, on Thursday dismissed a suit challenging the conduct of the Oyo State local government election on Saturday. The suit was instituted by some aggrieved member of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ibarapa East Local Government area of the state. Abdulmaleek…
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Insecurity: We are prepared for 2019 polls – IG
The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, affirmed on Thursday the Force was well prepared for the 2019 general elections. Idris stated this during a chat with journalists in Lagos after the public presentation of his book, Security and Justice: The Pathway for Peace and Reconciliation in Nigeria. He said: “We are prepared for the…
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That PDP showcase of Delta, Ekiti council polls, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon Recent conduct of council polls in several states, particularly that of Delta on January 6, has evoked memories of the war-like zone the 2015 general elections, and re-runs thereafter assumed in some states. It appears the governors are using the elections as “combat rehearsals” for the main contests in 2019. But as…
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Kwara won’t use card readers for November council polls – KWASEIC
The Kwara State lndependent Electoral Commission on Friday said it would not use card readers for the forthcoming council polls in the state. The commission’s Chairman, Dr AbdukRahman Ajidagba, announced this at a meeting with representatives of registered political parties in his office in Ilorin on Friday. The chairmanship and councillorship elections into the 16…