Tag: voters
-
Edo 2024: Snub candidates who boycott debate-Group tells voters
The Edo Salvation Group, ESG has called on voters in the state and the major political candidates in the forthcoming governorship election of September 21 to give the scheduled governorship debate the seriousness it deserves. The group in a statement issued on Friday, 30 August 2024 said that the commonwealth of the state was an…
-
Alleged underage voters: Court gives INEC 90 days to handover officials responsible for prosecution
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to identify, within 90 days, its officials involved in the registration of the underaged during the continuous voters’ registration (CVR) exercise in polling units across the country.
-
Liberians vote as George Weah seeks second term
No fewer than 2.4 million voters in Liberia are eligible to cast their ballots on Tuesday in a general election in which President George Weah is seeking a second term after the first six years. Weah, 57, who turned to politics after a successful soccer career, said he needs more
-
Late arrival of materials, low turnout of voters characterise LG election in Edo
Late arrival of materials on Saturday characterised the Local Government Election in parts of Edo. Voters were kept waiting for long in queues at many polling units in Benin as electoral materials failed to arrive at 8:00 a.m. as scheduled by the electoral umpires. Correspondents who monitored the poll in Egor Local Government area,
-
Large turnout of female voters recorded in Nasarawa
A large turnout of women was recorded at the Saturday’s governorship and Houses of Assembly elections in Karu Local Government Area (LGA) of Nasarawa State, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Correspondents monitoring the elections in the area observed more women than men voters at the various polling units visited.
-
Election: Heavy security presence in Ibadan as voters troop to polling centres
There was heavy security presence within Ibadan metropolis on Saturday, as voters trooped to the polling centres to exercise their franchise. A correspondent visited some areas within the city, including Eleyele, Ososami, Oke-Ado, Ring Road and I
-
Low voter turnout heralds governorship election in FESTAC Town
Low turnout of voters heralded the governorship and House of Assembly elections in parts of sprawling FESTAC Town in Lagos on Saturday. No voter was seen at some polling units as at 8.40 a.m.
-
TNG Special Report: 2023, an election laced with a ticking time bomb
… confusion, anger greets INEC’s shoddily conducted poll … international observers say INEC not transparent …as voters claim their votes did not count …Abdulsalaam calls for peace …Obi pleads for calm … PDP demands for outright cancellation … APC says figures don’t lie Nigerians for once believed that Nigeria through INEC could change the change…
-
Echoes of a new beginning – By Dakuku Peterside
Last Saturday’s presidential election marks a new beginning for Nigeria, if not literally, then clearly symbolically. Nigerian voters, defied hunger , Naira crisis and appropriated that moment as a clear point of departure from the past. They embraced the election as if their lives depended on it. The general high level of enthusiasm
-
Election updates: INEC to resume collation by 11am on Monday
… releases presidential results for Ekiti State The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has shifted collation of results to Monday by 11am. The apex electoral umpire also announced the 2023 presidential election results for Ekiti State. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner for Ekiti, Ayobami Salami reeled out the results at the 2023 presidential election collation centre…