Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun state and his two immediate predecessors, Gbenga Daniel and Ibikunle Amosun, have commended the smooth conduct of the 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections. The trio spoke in separate interviews with newsmen after casting their votes in their respective polling units. Abiodun, who voted at Ward-3, Unit-2, Osanyin, Iperu in […]
Some angry youths, on Saturday, attacked voters and journalists covering the general elections at Liberty area of Ibadan, the Oyo State. The youths attacked the vehicles passing through Liberty-Oke Ado road, particularly those on election duties. One of the vehicles attacked by the youths was occupied by newsmen, who were monitoring the elections. The youths […]
Voters at several polling units in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State waited endlessly for the arrival of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials on Saturday. INEC had scheduled the poll to open across the country at 8.00 a.m. Over 100 voters were seen, waiting for INEC officials at polling units 24-04-03-010, 24-04-03-013 and […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has started distributing sensitive electoral materials to local councils in Lagos. This is coming ahead of the general election starting on Saturday with the Presidential and National Assembly elections. The distribution is being carried out under the watch of security agencies like the Army, Police and the Nigeria Security […]
The Ogun State Muslim Council (OMC) has enjoined Nigerians to vote wisely, irrespective of ethnic and religious affiliations, in the general elections starting next Saturday. The council gave the advice in a statement signed by its Secretary-General, Alhaji Kamaldeen Akintunde and e-mailed to The NewsZenith. “Do not get discourage byd or disenfranchised because of the […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has accredited 229 groups, bringing 146,913 observers to monitor the 2023 general elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, addressing observer groups in Abuja, said they comprised 196 domestic and 33 international observer groups. “For the 2023 general elections beginning on Saturday, the commission has accredited 196 national […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has created additional 56,872 polling units to make the voting process easier for Nigerians. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said in a statement the new polling units were created to decongest overpopulated ones. Yakubu said INEC would send bulk SMS messages to voters that have migrated to new polling […]
APC presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, says his background as a son of a market woman made him appreciate the unintended hardship caused by the ongoing naira swap policy. Tinubu spoke at a town hall meeting with market leaders from around the country, on Friday evening in Abuja. He said his cries were informed by […]
The Presidential candidate of the Accord Party, Prof. Chris Imumolen, has promised to revive ailing refineries and build modular ones if elected president this month. Imumolen, 39, made the pledge at an interactive session organised by the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, near Jos, on Tuesday. The candidate maintained that doing so […]
………. chairman flays naira scarcity The National Chairman of Social Democratic Party (SDP), Alhaji Shehu Gabam, has condemned the scarcity of naira notes caused by the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) policy. The chairman said this at the meeting of Kwara southerners based in Abuja. The theme of the meeting is: “Discussing the Kwara South […]