Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 14 suspected vote buyers in Otueke, Adawari playgrounds in Bayelsa and at various polling units in Imo and Kogi. EFCC Spokesperson Dele Oyewale said this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. According to him, the suspects were arrested on Saturday in intelligence-driven operations...
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Uploading of elections results to IReV for Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi in progress
The uploading of results from polling units for Saturday’s governorship elections in Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo is in progress. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that as at 5:55pm, 1,417 polling units results for Bayelsa, representing 63.15 per cent of the 2,244 expected polling units results, had been uploaded by INEC. NAN reports that...
FG distributes fertilisers, other farm inputs to 60 farmers in Imo
The Federal Government has distributed 30 bags of NPK fertilisers and 20 cartons of herbicides to 60 farmers in Imo. The Director, Department of Agricultural Extension Services, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Mr Brooks Michael, supervised the distribution in Owerri on Wednesday. Michael, represented by Mrs Dorothy Botar, a senior staff member of...
LP appoints Rep Okere as chairman, Imo guber campaign council
The Labour Party (LP) has appointed Rep. Tochukwu Okere as the chairman of its Imo governorship campaign council, ahead of the Nov. 11 poll. Chief Chime Nzeribe, the Director-General of the Sen. Athan Achonu Campaign Organisation said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Nzeribe said that Okere, who represent Owerri Federal Constituency at...
Tribunal sacks Imo PDP house of Reps member, orders supplementary election within 90 days
The Imo Sate National and State House of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal, has nullified the election of a member of the House of Representatives, Ikenga Ugochinyere of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Tribunal also ordered National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a supplementary election within 90 days. This was contained in a unanimous decision...