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#NigeriaElections2023: Materials arrive late, voting starts behind schedule in Benin
Voting materials arrived late in most of the polling units in Benin city which led the late commencement of the exercise. However, the electorate waited patiently at their different polling units in readiness for the exercise. At the INEC office in Oredo Local Government Area on Ekewan Road at 8.20am, an official stated that the
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#NigeriaElections2023: EFCC officials go undercover, target vote-buyers
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has revealed that some of its officers disguised as electorates to apprehend politicians planning to engage in vote buying. The Assistant Commandant of the EFCC, Chiendu Ozugha, who led a team of the commission to the polling unit of Vice President Yemi Osibanjo in Ikenne, Ogun State, said efforts
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#NigeriaElections2023: Kubwa registration area centre witnesses large turn out
Large turnout of voters has been recorded in LEA Primary School, Kubwa, Polling Unit which serves as Registration Area Centre for Kubwa ward. Our correspondent observed that as early as 7am, a large number of very enthusiastic voters were seen trying to verify their names on the voters List. Some officials of the Independent National
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#NigeriaElection2023: Adeleke votes, commends Buhari
The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has commended the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), for signing the 2022 Electoral Act. Adeleke spoke shortly after voting at his Sagba/Abogunde Ward 2, Unit 9, Ede on Saturday. According to a statement by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, the governor arrived the polling unit around 8:42 and cast
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#NigeriaElection2023: Labour Party’s logo missing on Kogi ballots
The logo of Labour Party is missing on the ballot paper for the Kogi West senatorial elections, The PUNCH observed. Though the logos of the 18 registered political parties including the Labour Party are on the ballot papers for the presidential election, our correspondent observed that only eight parties are duly represented on the ballot
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#NigeriaElections2023: FCT PDP chair, Sunday Zaka, dies in accident
The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Chairman in the Federal Capital Territory, Sunday Zaka, has been reported dead. Zaka was said to have died around 3 am on Saturday after a fatal accident while on his way to his residence in Kuje. He died alongside his personal security aide after some party activities in
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PICTORIAL: Police enforce restriction order on Lagos waterways
Different teams of policemen were seen patrolling the Lagos waterways as the general election commenced Saturday morning. Their boats were sighted at three different spots where they were stationed to enforce the restriction of movement on the waterways. They also carried out checks on the boat boarded by our correspondent.
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Voters lament election delay in Ikorodu
Some voters at polling unit 019, Ita Aro square, Aga/Ijimu ward in Ikorodu, Lagos Sate, have lamented the delay in the commencement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections at the polling unit. The voters, who spoke with our correspondent, expressed worries that the election officials, who were already behind schedule, had yet to begin
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#NigeriaElection2023: I’m optimistic of victory, Atiku boasts
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, on Saturday boasted that he would succeed the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd). He expressed optimism after he voted at his 012 Ajiya Ward in the Yola North Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Atiku, accompanied by his first wife, Titi Abubakar, left his
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#NigeriaElection2023: PHOTO: BVAS not working in some Maiduguri centres
At Lamisula/Zabarmari Collation Centre, Maiduguri metropolis, by 9am, most of the BVAS machines have not booted because of network problems. Tijjani Hassan in charge of the centre said the machines would not be distributed until technicians rectified the problem. Eighty polling units of the ward were yet to collect materials from the centre for the
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