Politics

The Governorship Candidate of the Action Alliance, AA, in the Kogi State election, Olayinka Braimoh has explained how he was arrested and detained on Saturday, disenfranchising him. Blueprints reported that he was arrested earlier in the day by security operatives. Braimoh in a video said nothing incriminating was found on him. “I was disenfranchised, illegally locked up in Kabba Area …

The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) on Saturday decried the widespread vote-buying and violence in the Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi governorship elections. A member of the CDD Election Analysis Centre (CDD-EAC), Dr. Jack Johnson, who addressed journalists at a media briefing on the off-cycle elections in Abuja, said the centre deployed over 150 fact-checkers and observers in the three …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the collation of results for Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa State. At least 16 political parties, including the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), fielded candidates in the election held in the eight local government areas of the state. The election was concluded in many parts of the state …

Senator Remi Tinubu, the president’s wife, has asked Nigerians to trust her husband to restore order to the nation. Tinubu said that her husband will labour “brick-by-brick” to improve the fortunes of the citizens, despite her claim that he is not a wizard. She gave a speech during the interdenominational church service that was organised on Sunday in Abuja to …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Bayelsa, Timipre Sylva, on Saturday accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and security agents of harassing his supporters. Sylva, who addressed journalists after he cast his vote at Ward 4, Unit 4 in the Brass local government area of the state, alleged that the Nigerian Army and other security agents are “playing …

The Independent National Elections Commission (INEC) holds elections in Imo, Kogi and Bayelsa states today to elect new governors for the three states. I’m Bayelsa and Imo states, the incumbent governors Douye Diri and Hope Uzodinma respectively are seeking re-election, while that of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, has finished a second term and would be handling over the reins of power …

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State, Sen. Dino Melaye, has raised an alarm saying that result sheets in all the polling units located in Ogori/Magongo local government area of the state have been allegedly tampered with. Melaye who disclosed this in a video on Saturday, claimed the development led to massive protests in the …

Suspected thugs from a nearby school on Saturday broke into the premises of the National Union of Journalists secretariat in Lokoja, the capital of Kogi State The thugs rushed in on motorbikes and automobiles. The Crowther College, which has a sizable number of voting places, is not far from the secretariat. The hoodlums were seen haggling over mobilisation fees for …

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar said on Friday the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would bounce back to give Nigerians a responsive government. Abubakar said this in a statement issued by his Media Office to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the party’s formation. He said: “PDP is the progenitor of our contemporary democracy and shall ensure that democracy did not only survive …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Friday night, said one of its officials in the Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State had been abducted. Wilfred Ifogah, the head of INEC voters’ registration in the state, disclosed this in a statement on its verified X account, adding that the electoral official was kidnapped while waiting to board a boat …