Collation of the results of the governorship election held in the state on Saturday will start by 10 a.m. on Sunday, the Resident Electoral Commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission in Kogi State, Dr. Gabriel Longpet, has said. Longpet disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Lokoja.Continue Reading
By Deborah Coker The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has advised Gov Dauda Lawal of Zamfara to focus on his job of governing the northwestern states and leave him alone. Matawalle gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Abuja. He wasContinue Reading
By Naomi Sharang Elder statesman Edwin Clark has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to investigate alleged irregularities reported in the Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi governorship elections held on Saturday. Clark, who made the call when a group, South-South Diamond Ladies paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja, saidContinue Reading
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced the suspension of election in some parts of Kogi State. The Commission said it received reports from its officials in the State on incidences of electoral malpractices. According to the INEC, the incident of result sheets completed before voting was aContinue Reading
) A former board member of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mr Oluwafidipo Falade, was laid to rest at his Sango-Ota residence in Ogun, on Saturday. Falade died Oct. 19, at the age of 70. In a sermon held in Agege, Lagos beforeContinue Reading
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that one of its supervisory presiding officers, who was abducted on the eve of the governorship election in Bayelsa State The victim, who was abducted at the Amassoma jetty in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, regained his freedom on Saturday. ThisContinue Reading
The Labour Party governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, Udengs Eradiri, on Saturday, faulted the conduct of Saturday’s governorship election in the state, saying it was fraught with irregularities bordering on alleged selling and buying of votes. He also claimed that the identities of LP polling agents were changed byContinue Reading
The mobile telecommunication corporation, MTN, has alluded to the recent debt cancellation status on its subscribers’ network as a system error. The network provider made this known in a tweet on its official handle on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday. The firm explained that an unexpected glitch inContinue Reading
By Ademola Ogunde, Public Affairs Analyst (Flowerbudnews): For the public, July 1st 2020, holds no memory as it is either marked as a special day in Nigeria or in a global calendar to be celebrated. Nonetheless, this day has become part of history with the Nigeria Export Processing ZonesContinue Reading
