Category: Politics
Nigeria elections: Lagos woman votes after being attacked by thugs at a Surulere unit
26 Feb 2023
A woman is being hailed as a hero of Saturday’s elections after she voted despite being attacked by hoodlums in Lagos. The incident occurred at a polling unit in the state’s Surulere area. Thugs stormed the location and destroyed election materials while people were voting in the presidential and National Assembly elections. They assaulted those […]
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Thugs attacks polling unit in bayelsa
26 Feb 2023
The voting process was disrupted at the GSS polling unit in Ofoni, the hometown of the Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, in the Sagbama Local Government Area, following pandemonium caused by gunshots reportedly fired by some irate youths. Two women were reported to have sustained gunshot injuries although their condition was not critical. However, […]
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Polling unit outside oba elegushi palace attacked by thugs
26 Feb 2023
A polling unit outside the Oba Elegushi Palace at Ikate in Eti-Osa, Lekki, Lagos State has been attacked by thugs. The hoodlums reportedly attacked the area on Saturday afternoon carting away ballot boxes and chasing away the presiding officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission. A resident in the area, who spoke on condition of […]
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Chairman of PDP in FCT dies in accident
26 Feb 2023
Mr. Sunday Zaka, Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Abuja, has been reported dead. Zaka, also known as HIV, died at around 3 a.m. on Saturday after a fatal accident on his way to his home in Kuje. He was killed alongside his personal security after some […]
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President Buhari orders security agencies to track down killers of Oyibo Chukwu
25 Feb 2023
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the killing of the Labour Party (LP) senatorial candidate for Enugu East Oyibo Chukwu. Mr Chukwu and his aide were killed by gunmen earlier in the week with several others injured. But in his reaction, Buhari said the perpetrators have no respect for life. Presidential aide Femi Adesina in a […]
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Vote buying: EFCC sends 200 armed agents to Kano and two other states
25 Feb 2023
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) announced on Friday that it has deployed 200 armed operatives to combat vote buying during Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections in Kano, Jigawa, and Katsina States. Farouk Dogondaji, the EFCC’s Kano Zonal Commander, revealed this during an interview with NAN in Kano. Dogondaji stated that the deployment […]
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2023 Election: Kogi Police restrict movement and use of sirens, among other things
25 Feb 2023
The Nigerian Police Force has reiterated its commitment to enforcing restrictions on vehicular movements across Kogi State ahead of today’s Presidential and National Assembly elections. In a statement issued Friday night by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP William Ovye Aya, the Commissioner of Police in charge of election security in Kogi State, CP Yekini […]
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INEC suspends election in Enugu East Senatorial District
25 Feb 2023
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended election in Enugu East Senatorial District. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu made this known at a media briefing on Friday in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. According to him, the election in the senatorial district earlier slated for Saturday, February 25, 2023, has been moved to March 11, […]
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