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•Faults claim of agitator’s arrest with Beninoise passport By Gboyega Akinsanmi and Segun James Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday disclosed that contrary to the impression that the South-west governors were silent on the arrest and detention of the Yoruba Nation’s activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo (a.k.a Sunday Igboho) by the authorities of the Republic of Benin, ‘people’ were working silently on the travails of the self-determination agitator. Also, ...

❚ You already voted!   Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday spoke for the first time publicly on the arrest of Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho. Speaking after casting his votes at the Polling Unit 019 Ward 08, Ikoyi II during the local government/council areas election, Mr Sanwo-Olu said that people are “working behind the scenes” concerning the arrest. “These are very difficult times for all of us. I can assure you that pe...

 (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has stated that some persons  are working behind the scenes over the arrest  of the Yoruba. nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho. The governor disclosed this on Saturday while addressing journalists at the Polling Unit 019 Ward 08, Ikoyi II, where he cast his vote in the local government/council areas election. Igboho, who was declared wanted by the Department of State Services on July 1 after the raid on hi...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The Commission also rescheduled the election held in Ido local government area of the state. The election, which will now hold on May 26, 2021, was rescheduled over the omission of the Zenith Labour Party’s logo on the ballot papers. LG election: OYSIEC suspends election in Ido over omission of ZLP logo – Daily Post Nigeria The OYSIE, however, declared PDP, the winner of the election in all the 32 local government area, where the election was held. DAILY POST re...

INEC to convert 1,109 voting points to polling units in Yobe On Kindly Share This Story: The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is to convert 1,109 voting points to polling units in Yobe. Alhaji Ahmed Makama, the state’s Resident Commissioner disclosed this on Friday while addressing newsmen during a stakeholders’ meeting on ‘Expansion of Voter Access to Polling Units’ in Damaturu. “In Yobe, the delineation details comprises of 17 Local Government areas, 178 Registratio...

Views: Visits 7 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is to convert 1,109 voting points to polling units in Yobe. Alhaji Ahmed Makama, the state’s Resident Commissioner disclosed this on Friday while addressing newsmen during a stakeholders’ meeting on ‘Expansion of Voter Access to Polling Units’ in Damaturu. “In Yobe, the delineation details comprises of 17 Local Government areas, 178 Registration Areas, 1,714 stands alone Polling Units and 1,109 Voting P...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 18 April 2021 The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, failed to cast his vote in Saturday’s local government elections in the state, even as general voter apathy marred the exercise in most parts of the state. Materials arrived late in many areas, including Port Harcourt city, Obio/Akpor, Andoni, Degema and other areas, with voting ending by 5pm. Though the election was largely peaceful, it was not without some skirmishes and widespread apathy. Our correspo...

+ Voting in Ghana to elect a president and members of parliament ended 5 p.m. Monday in an election adjudged by several voters and electoral officials as smooth and peaceful. President Nana Akufo-Addo, the incumbent and candidate of the New Patriotic Party, is contesting against 11 other aspirants, including former president John Mahama of the National Democratic Congress. Both candidates had squared up four years earlier in an election in which Mr Akufo-Addo emerged victorious against the then...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has asked the National Assembly to support its effort to convert the existing polling points to polling units and to relocate some of them to underserved areas. Speaking at a stakeholders’ forum organised by the National Assembly’s Joint Committee on INEC and Electoral Matters held on Tuesday in Abuja, […]

Nseobong Okon-Ekong and Chuks Okocha write that the resolve by the Independent National Electoral Commission to create and expand existing Polling Units across the country ahead of the 2023 national elections has been received with suspicion in some quarters, while the commission advances compelling reasons for the exercise The ongoing effort by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to get the understanding of all stakeholders in order to have a smooth increase in the number of P...