The Independent National Electoral Commission has opened the collation centre for the gubernatorial election in Kogi State.   Collation was earlier announced to start by 10 a.m. on Sunday but had to be delayed due to rigorous screening of accredited media houses and Civil Society Organisations. There is a heavyContinue Reading

Hope Uzodimma, the incumbent, and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has been declared the winner of Imo State governorship election.   The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Returning Officer for Imo State, Prof Abayomi Fashina, announced Uzodimma as the winner. According to the INEC’s state collation and returningContinue Reading

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

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

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