POLITICS

Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have stormed the polling unit of the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.The Commission’s officials arrived at the polling unit 085 Ward F, in Ikeja around past nine in the morning to see if they could catch people …

How are winners declared? In the presidential election: Beyond winning a simple majority, the victorious candidate also has to have at least 25 percent of the votes cast in at least 24 of the country’s 36 states. If no candidate meets these criteria, a run-off will be conducted within 21 …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has advised Nigerians to vote for the candidate of their choice in today’s general elections, rather than staying at home and praying. The Head of Voter Education and Publicity Department of the commission, Federal Capital Territory, Ms Agnes Akpe, said this while disclosing readiness of …

The Labour Party has called for the postponement of Saturday’s general elections in Ondo State over absence of its logo in the ballot papers. It said its logo was missing in the ballot papers to be used for elections into Ondo Central Senatorial District and five House of Representative seats. The House of …

A massive operation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to deter vote trading and other financial malfeasance ahead of tomorrow’s presidential and national assembly elections may have begun paying dividends with the interception in Lagos of the sum of N32, 400,000 (Thirty-two Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira) allegedly suspected …

An audio of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), plotting to rig the general election that is hours away has gone viral. In the said recording, Ifeanyi Okowa, vice-presidential candidate of the PDP, and Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto and director-general of the party’s presidential campaign …

The logo of the Labour Party is missing on the ballot papers sent to Ondo State. This was noticed barely 24 hours to the presidential election scheduled to hold Saturday.Details later…

A few days after his Television and Radio Stations were allegedly bombed by gunmen, Dr Chinyere Igwe, a member of the House of Representatives has been arrested with a bundle of dollars along Ana Road, Port Harcourt very early on Friday morning. The police while confirming Igwe’ss arrest gave the …

The chairmen of the Labour Party in the 36 states of the federation have declared that the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi cannot win the presidential election on Saturday. They accused Obi of neglecting them in the running of his campaign and mobilisation activities. Sani Abdulsalam, Gombe State LP chairman …

More than 100 corps members trained as Electoral Officers and Assistant Presiding Officers in three Local Government Areas of Imo have withdrawn their participation in Saturday’s general election. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Imo, Prof. Sylvia Agu disclosed this on Thursday in Owerri while speaking …