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Buhari Nominates Lauretta Onochie, Three Others as INEC Commissioners

13Oct

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Buhari Nominates Lauretta Onochie, Three Others as INEC Commissioners

President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated his Special Assistant on Social Media, Mrs. Lauretta Onochie from Delta as a National Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Senate President Ahmad Lawan read President Buhari’s letter of request at plenary today. Also nominated for confirmation as National Electoral Commissioners of the INEC were: Prof. Muhammad Sani Kallah (National from Katsina; Prof. Kunle Cornelius Ajayi from Ekiti and Saidu Babura Ahmad (Resident Electoral Commissioner) from Jigawa. The Letter reads in part: “Pursuant to Paragraph 14 of Part I(F) of the Third Schedule to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, as amended, I hereby forward for confirmation by the Senate, the appointment of the followi...

Ondo 2020: Akeredolu Wins Governorship Election

11Oct

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Ondo 2020: Akeredolu Wins Governorship Election

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress has won the Ondo governorship election held on Saturday. Mr Akeredolu, won in 15 of the state’s 18 local government areas while Eyitayo Jegede, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won in the remaining three local governments based on the results announced by the electoral commission, INEC, at its headquarters in Abuja. The incumbent deputy governor in the state and candidate of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Agboola Ajayi, came a distant third by scoring 69,127 votes.

Ondo 2020: Boat Conveying INEC Officials Capsizes in Ilaje

10Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria, Transportation

Ondo 2020: Boat Conveying INEC Officials Capsizes in Ilaje

A boat conveying officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to their polling unit in the ongoing Ondo State governorship election has capsized. A video shared on Twitter by a user identified as @snapandsend and obtained by African News Today shows individuals struggling to swim in the river while onlookers were capturing them with mobile devices. The twitter user claims the incident took place in riverine area of Ilaje in Ondo state as INEC officials were being conveyed to polling units. Three major candidates are slugging it out in the Ondo state gubernatorial election for the number one citizen of the state, among whom are incumbent governor Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressive Congress, Eyitayo Jegede of the Peoples Democratic Party and former deputy g...

Ondo Decides: Jegede Votes, Refuses to Jump Queue

10Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Ondo Decides: Jegede Votes, Refuses to Jump Queue

Eyitayo Jegede, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the ongoing Ondo State governorship election has cast his vote at his polling unit, joining other electorates in the queue before voting. Jegede said his refusal to jump the queue was to serve as an example to the good people of the state on the best way to behave. The PDP flagbearer and his wife arrived polling unit at Ward 2, Polling Unit 10, Akure South Local Government, at about 9:00am. The former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice while speaking to journalists said, “Don’t forget that I am a citizen of this state. The same blood that flows in my veins flows in their veins. It is only fair that we stay where we should be. “The truth is that so many people came here so early and it will be unfair for me ...

Ondo 2020: NSCDC Deploys Sniffer Dogs, 7,079 Personnel

7Oct

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria, Security

Ondo 2020: NSCDC Deploys Sniffer Dogs, 7,079 Personnel

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has deployed 7,079 personnel, sniffer dogs, alongside mobile surveillance vans to ensure security during the governorship election holding in Ondo State on Saturday. Commandant-General (CG) of the Corps, Mr. Abdullahi Gana disclosed this in a statement by spokesman Emmanuel Okeh, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. Gana said the deployed personnel were drawn from Lagos, Edo, Kwara, Ekiti, Ogun, Osun and Kogi states. He said they were drawn from the SWAT unit, Counter Terrorism unit (CTU), Chemical Biological Radioactive Nuclear and Energy unit (CBRNE), Kernnel (K9), Disaster response unit, Medical, Crisis Management, Special Force, Anti-vandalism unit and Critical Protection Unit (...

Ondo2020: INEC Flags 270 Coastal Polling Units as Hotspots

3Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Ondo2020: INEC Flags 270 Coastal Polling Units as Hotspots

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed plans to utilise the country’s security outfits to quell threats to the peaceful conduct of the Ondo State governorship election especially in riverine areas and other hotspots in the state. According to INEC, Ondo has 62 creeks and over 270 Polling Units in the fluvial areas of Ese-Odo and Ilaje Local Government Areas of the state. Festus Okoye, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee told Punch in an interview that the commission has enlisted the services of the Nigerian Navy and Marine Police safeguard the personnel and materials to hotspots. He said the commission would deploy all of its assets to prevent rigging and violence in the October 10 election. Condu...

I Have no Interest in Becoming Political godfather of Edo Politics – Obaseki

26Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

I Have no Interest in Becoming Political godfather of Edo Politics – Obaseki

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said that he has no interest in replacing former All Progressive Congress (APC) National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole as the new godfather of Edo politics. He said this when he paid President Muhammadu Buhari a thank you visit at the State House. Obaseki said that he should be dealt with accordingly if he attempts to become the new godfather of Edo politics. the governor who dumped the APC for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) prior to the Edo State governorship poll while responding to questions from journalists after the meeting with Buhari debunked claims that he was set to dump the PDP for the APC, saying it would amount to going against the President’s stance of integrity. He said, “We were privileged to meet with the President, esse...

Buhari Defends Insistence on Credible Election in Edo

26Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Buhari Defends Insistence on Credible Election in Edo

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his resolve to ensure credible election in the recently conducted Edo State governorship poll was borne out of desire to assure Nigerians that he respects them as Nigerians and that he was bound by the oath he took. Buhari disclosed this when Governor Obaseki along with his Deputy, Philip Shuaibu, and other party faithful to the Presidential Villa on a thank you visit. He said, “I thank you for bringing your deputy and supporters to come and see me after beating my party. “I am supposed to preside over all Nigerians’ interests, whether I like it or not, but my single desire is to make sure that innocent people don’t suffer. That message I got across to the Inspector General of Police, that elections must be free and fair. “What I insist ...