HERE was sporadic shooting for several hours by armed men who snatched ballot boxes and papers at Ekete area of Udu local government and Owhe in Isoko North local government area of Delta state in their bid to rig the polls. At Ekete in Udu area, some thugs were said to have hijacked election materials […]
OTUOKE – PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has indicated that unless the security situation in Kaduna and Bauchi states, where elections were earlier postponed, improves to the extent that election holds on April 28, it may be necessary to declare the dreaded state of emergency in the affected states. President Jonathan however added a caveat that it […]
NITSHA – The national and state assembly poll in Anambra state was Tuesday, marred by alleged irregularities following reports of missing ballot boxes, ballot papers and result sheets in some polling units and stations. In Ukpor ward 5, Nnewi south local government, a supervisory presiding officer whose name was not made known was arrested by […]
Eight persons including a mobile policeman were reportedly arrested at Amassoma in the Southern Ijaw council area of Bayelsa State over their alleged involvement in acts inimical to the electoral process. This is just as six suspected thugs were Tuesday arrested at Opokuma in the Okolokuma-Opokuma local government area of Bayelsa State following a botched […]
Prospective voters in Ido-Ani, a town in Ose local government area of Ondo State were on Tuesday morning shell-shocked as they watched in awe as a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Denis Alonge slapped the State Information Commissioner, Mr Ranti Akrele. Alonge, the immediate past Chairman of the Ose Local Government Council […]
ASABA – ONE of the gunmen who allegedly hijacked electoral materials meant for voting at Ekete and other parts of Udu local government area of Delta state was caught by voters at Orhuwhoron and given the beating of his life. Vanguard learnt if not for the intervention of the police, he would have been lynched […]
TODAY, 322 gubernatorial candidates will be contesting for governorship seats, as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) holds gubernatorial elections in 24 of the nation’s 36 states. The gubernatorial and state house of assembly elections in Bauchi and Kaduna states had been rescheduled to Thursday, sequel to the violence that engulfed some parts of the […]
NO fewer than three people were confirmed dead while 14 others were seriously injured, when unknown persons threw a locally made bomb into some beer joints on Sunday, at about 8.30 p.m., in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Mike E. Zuokumor, addressing newsmen on Monday in his office, […]
BARELY 24 hours to the gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections, as well as the postponed National Assembly elections across the country, the Lagos State police command has assured the people of the state of adequate security and protection of life and property throughout the exercise in the state. The state Police Commissioner, Mr Sulaimon […]
No fewer than 150 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who are Ogun State indigenes were evacuated by the state government from Bauchi State following the post-election violence that engulfed the state. The state Commissioner for Environment, Dr Olukoya Adeleke-Adedoyin, disclosed this while receiving the corps members at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abeokuta, […]
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