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BREAKING: Shooting at Dino Melaye polling unit
Olufemi Atoyebi There was heavy shooting at Ayetoro ward 1 unit 004 where Dino Melaye voted this morning. Less than an hour after he left the voting unit, some hoodlums in two Hilux vans a Honda Civic stormed the place, shooting into the air and targeted the ballot box. The ballot box was eventually taken
PHOTOS: Large turnout of voters in Kogi elections
The governorship and senatorial elections holding in Kogi State have witnessed a large turnout of voters. In most of the polling units that our correspondents visited, voters came out en masse to vote. READ ALSO Live updates: Bayelsa, Kogi Governorship Elections See photos:
Bayelsa election: Jonathan’s kinsmen complain of late arrival of INEC workers, materials
Tony Okafor, Awka The kinsmen of a former president, Good luck Jonathan in Otueke, Ogbai Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have decried the late arrival of the officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission. As of the time of sending report no officials of the commission could be sited Otasi ward 13 voting centre.
Bayelsa election PHOTOS: INEC officials, materials yet to arrive PDP gov candidate, Jonathan’s polling units
Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission and election materials are yet to arrive at the polling units of the former president Goodluck Jonathan and the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Douye Diri. Jonathan votes at the Ward 13, Unit 39, Otazi Playground in Otueke, Ogbia LGA, where he had earlier gone only
Bayelsa election: INEC officials, materials yet to arrive PDP gov candidate community
Raphael Ede, Daniels Igoni, Yenagoa Residents of Sampou Community have expressed concern that election is yet to commence in their neighbourhood almost two hours after polls opened. The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Douye Diri, hails from Sampou Community. READ ALSO Live updates: Bayelsa, Kogi Governorship Elections The PUNCH reports that as of 9.30
Bolivia: At least five farmers killed in clashes
At least five people died after being shot in clashes between coca farmers and security forces in Bolivia on Friday, local media reported. A further 34 people were injured and more than 100 were arrested, according to Nelson Cox, the ombudsman of the city of Cochabamba, newspaper El Deber wrote. The farmers were trying to
Kogi election: Large turnout of voters in Okene
Gbenga Odogun There is a large turnout of voters in Okene, the headquarters of Kogi Central, at the on-going Kogi State Governorship election. Our correspondent observed that voters started trooping out as early as 6 am and there are orderliness in other polling stations visited. At St Andrew polling units 004 and 005, Lafia Obessa
Kogi election: Gov Bello hails INEC as he votes
Gbenga Odogun Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has expressed satisfaction with the Independent National Electoral Commission over the conduct of the governorship election in the state. The governor was speaking shortly after casting his vote at his Agassa country home ward 001. Bello was accompanied to the polling station by his wife, Amina Bello,
BREAKING: Gunmen kidnap another Catholic priest
Raphael Ede, Enugu Enugu state is under siege of kidnapping as another Catholic priest, Reverend Father Theophilus Ndulue has been abducted by yet to be identified gunmen. The PUNCH gathered that the Fr. Ndulue, Parish priest in Ihuonyia, Amansiod in Ndiagu Oghe, Ezeagu Local Government Area of the State was kidnapped on his way home
Kogi: Two fake NSCDC men arrested for hijacking electoral materials
Success Nwogu, Abuja The Deputy Director, Public Communications of the Kogi State Peoples Democratic Party Campaign Council, Usman Austin, on Saturday, raised the alarm that two young men who dressed in the uniform of officials of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps have been apprehended in Ayingba Dekina Local Government Area by the people. […]
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