YIAGA Africa said the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) deployed in Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly polls in Nigeria functioned properly in 88 per cent of the polling units it monitored across the country. There are 176,606 polling units nationwide. Yiaga Africa’s Watching The Vote in its preliminary findings released in Abuja on Sunday, said it observed that BVAS was deployed for the accreditation of voters and matching of the results in the 99 per cent of the polling units its election observers monitored. “In 88 per cent of polling units, the BVAS functioned properly. However, in nine per cent…
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The Nasarawa State chapter of the Labour Party has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, to as a matter of urgency, upload the Presidential and National Assembly election results from across the 13 Local Government Areas of the state on the commission’s server. The party also urged its supporters to remain calm and not embark on protests due to INEC’s delay in uploading the results. Also Read: INEC Officials held in C’River over missing Declaration Form State Chairman of the Labour party, Alexander Emmanuel, made the appeal in a press conference on Sunday night in Lafia, the Nasarawa state…
Enugu State governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has lost his senatorial ambition to the candidate of the Labour Party, Okechukwu Ezea. Ugwuanyi, who is currently completing his eight years of two tenures as the governor of Enugu State had represented Udenu/Igbo-Eze North Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives for three terms of 12 years.
Some officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission have been held in the commission’s office in Ogoja, Cross River over an alleged missing “Declaration Form.” The News Agency of Nigeria reports that trouble started when after the declaration of Sen. Jarigbe Agom-Jarigbe as the winner of the Cross River North Senatorial District election, he could not issue the winner the “Declaration Form” upon demand. The Ogoja Electoral Officer, Mr Peter Kolo, tried to convince the senator that it would be issued later since the one meant for the senator-elect was not readily available. This, however, infuriated supporters of the senator…
In Bayelsa State, two women sustained gunshot injuries during a violence that broke out in Ofoni Ward, the home town of the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, during the governorship election. An eyewitness, who is a voter at the polling unit, told Daily Trust on Sunday that three irate youths from the community had shot a lady over some misunderstanding, which stalled the election process in the area. According to him, the bullet hit another middle-aged woman who was rushed to a nearby clinic for treatment. Two of the three thugs, who masterminded the uproar, were said…
2023 Elections: Tinubu Wins 12 LGs In Ekit The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has won 12 local government areas (LGAs) in Ekiti State. In the result of 12 out of 16 LGAs announced so far by the Ekiti State Presiding Officer for INEC, Prof Akeem Lasisi, Tinubu recorded the highest votes in the LGAs ahead of his closest rival, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP). Results from four local governments are still expected to complete the statistics. See the results of the 12 local…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has threatened to cancel election results of crisis-ridden areas during the presidential and National Assembly elections in Kogi State. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Hale Longpet, sounded the warning while reacting to the crises that erupted in some Local Government Areas while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lokoja. The reports that there were reports of interference of thugs in some polling units in Anyigba and Dekina in the Kogi East and Mopa in the Kogi West as well as parts of Kogi Central, where voting materials were allegedly carted away…
Spending by the Information and Communication Technology sector in Europe will hit $1.2tn according to the International Data Corporation Worldwide ICT Spending Guide. It stated that ICT spending in Europe would reach $1.2tn in 2023 and would surpass $1.4tn by 2026, posting a 5.4 per cent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the 2021 to 2026 period. Overall European ICT spending was forecast to grow by 4.2 per cent year on year in 2023, driven by the Scandinavian countries and the United Kingdom. On the other hand, sanctions imposed by the EU and the growing number of companies leaving Russia…
The state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the federal capital territory, Sunday Zakka, has reportedly announced died in a road accident. The incident occurred along the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport- Kuje Road, Abuja, in the early hours of Saturday. Zakka was said to have died alongside his orderly and driver. The FCT PDP chairman was said to have been on his way to Kuje, his hometown, in preparation for Saturday’s presidential and national assembly elections. Reacting to Zakka’s death, Michael Kpatuba, a PDP member, wrote on Facebook: “Dying Election day is really heartbroken to the FCT, PDP…
JUST IN: Thugs attack Kogi Polling Units, killed Voter A young man simply identified as Akayama has been gunned down at Anyigba, in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State. The victim was killed by thugs who invaded the town to cart away electoral materials. Daily Trust reports that the incident happened at about 11am on Saturday. The thugs took over the town, shooting sporadically and carting away electoral materials from different polling units. The deceased who the locals claimed to be a graduate of Economics from the Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba was shot dead at a polling unit…
The Bimodal Voter Accreditation System’s (BVAS) malfunction has delayed Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state from casting his vote. The governor had arrived his unit 7 ward 8 polling unit with his wife, to cast their votes but the machine malfunctioned .
In an apparent step to dispel the rumours that he has been working against the ambition of his party’s candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President Muhammadu Buhari has just done the unconventional thing of displaying his ballot papers for everyone to see that he voted for the All Progressives Congress from top to bottom. The President who arrived the polling unit in Daura in the company of his wife, Aisha, and one of his daughters, told newsmen why he displayed his ballot papers for the world to see. The President wondered why people still doubt his commitment to Tinubu after he…