The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Monday Okpebholo, won his polling unit during Saturday’s governorship election. Mr Okpebholo cast his vote at Polling Unit 001, Ward 2, Udomi Primary School, Irrua, in Esan Central Local Government Area of the state. The presiding officer announced that Mr Okpebholo secured 102 votes, while the Peoples Democratic Party … Read more
The governorship election is scheduled to take place on Saturday with 17 candidates on the ballot. The post PICTURE STORY: INEC commences distribution of election materials to LGAs appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, … Read more
Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Edo, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said a total of 2,249,780 registered voters have collected their Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) in the state. This represents 85.57 per cent of the 2,629,025 total registered voters in the state. The INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education … Read more
PDP seeks police coverage over alleged attacks on members The week under review began with claims and counterclaims from the two major political parties – the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) – in Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State. The ruling PDP in the state began the week by seeking … Read more
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has overturned the judgment which nullified the People Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary in Edo State. The primary produced a banker and lawyer, Asue Ighodalo, as the PDP flag bearer for Edo’s 21 September governorship election. Channels Television reported that the appeal court set aside the judgment because the … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said its officers are ready to conduct the local government elections if granted legal backing. The Chairperson of the Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this when he appeared before the National Assembly Joint Committee on Electoral Matters on Thursday. Mr Yakubu said the Commission has a convincing record that … Read more
The Federal High Court in Abuja has barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from releasing its voter register to the Rivers State Government’s electoral body for the state’s upcoming local government area (LGA) elections. The court gave the order on Friday in a suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC), which broadly challenges … Read more
The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, said he was the highest beneficiary of judiciary in the country when there were incorruptible judges. Mr Obi stated this during the Justice Anthony Aniagolu’s Memorial Lecture organised by the family and hosted by the Godfrey Okoye University (GOUNI), Enugu, the Enugu … Read more
A former Nigerian senator, Ayogu Eze, is dead. He died on Thursday aged 66. Mr Eze represented the Enugu North District between 2007 and 2015. He won his elections and served as a senator on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). But he died a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) having … Read more
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and Timipre Sylva, the party’s governorship candidate in the 11 November 2023 governorship election in Bayelsa State, on Monday, seek the disbandment of the state’s election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja over alleged bias. The APC and Sylva alleged that the tribunal, headed by Adekunle Adeleye, was bias in the … Read more
