Author: Npo_report

By Kamil Opeyemi There was pandemonium on Saturday in the Anyigba area of Kogi state as a man alleged to have snatched a ballot box was gunned down immediately. Though, the All Progressive Congress claimed that the man was one of its members in a statement made available to the NPO Reports, Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) one of the many observer groups for the election, said the man was killed after his attempt to make away with a ballot box. “An alleged leading political party thug was gunned down in Anyigba LGA, Kogi State in an attempt to disrupt the…

By Halimah Olamide Global System of Mobile communication company MTN has said a system error has been responsible for the message’s subscribers have received purportedly cancelling their borrowed airtime. Many subscribers had expressed joy on Saturday after they got messages indicating their debts had been cancelled. The balance inquiries of many had shown those who had pending debts to repay reflecting that they had no loans to repay. However in a statement made available to the NPO Reports , MTN said once the system errors are rectified, normal repayment would be effected and all accounts reconciled. “Hello. “MTN Nigeria Communications…

By Halimah Olamide Former President Goodluck Jonathan as said having off-season elections is below the global best standards. Jonathan spoke on Saturday in Otuoke shortly after casting his vote along with his wife, Patience. The former president said if the trend of off-season election is permitted in the country, there would come a time Nigerian Presidential Election may become off-season as well. According to him: “We need to block this Off-season election. A very odd, it is not the best global practice. A country can elect their people at different times like the Americans but anytime they go into the…

Voting in the ongoing Bayelsa governorship poll commenced early across polling units in Kolokuma/Opkuma Local Government Area with Gov. Douye Diri casting his vote before 9a.m. Diri speaking after voting at his Kalamaowei Ward 6 polling unit, said the process was smooth and seamless. He applauded the Independent National Electoral Commision (INEC) for the remarkable improvement in the electoral process. “I think this is an improvement to all elections I have participated in. “If it continues like this, I want to believe that INEC has improved not only its processes but also the training of manpower that handles the processes.…

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Saturday said it viewed allegation of pre-filled election results in the ongoing Kogi state governorship election as a “serious” matter. The commission, which reacted less than an hour after the allegations went viral, said it has directed its senior officials who are supervising the election to commence investigations immediately. “Our attention has been drawn to a report that filled result sheets were discovered in some polling units in Kogi State. “The Commission views this situation seriously. “Our senior officials deployed to the State are currently investigating the incident(s). The Commission will communicate its decision…

There are allegations that election results sheets have been filled in some areas of Kogi state as the governorship poll gets underway on Saturday. Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Dino Melaye, had earlier raised the alarm after what he called an attempt to manipulate the results of the election in the Ogori/Magongo area of the state on Saturday. This was just as advocacy group, YIAGA Africa, which has deployed its observers for the election, also called the attention of the Independent National Electoral Commission to the development. YIAGA, in a message to INEC, said it received reports that…

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the ongoing governorship election in Kogi state, Dino Melaye has accused the ruling All Progressive Congress of manipulating the exercise in the Ogori Magongo area of the state. In a short video posted by Melaye on his X handle Saturday morning, the PDP candidate t asked voters to resist and insist on sighting all the relevant voting materials to prevent manipulation. Melaye said, “The result has been filled and tampered with right now and people are refusing to accredit, people are refusing to vote and they are insisting that plain results sheet…

David Orji Athan Achonu, the gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in today’s off-cycle governorship election, has claimed there is a scheme to rig the result. According to Achonu, there is a scheme to cause BVAS faults in a few state voting places. He claimed that the goal was to either fabricate a result or sabotage the voting process in those regions where the vote riggers were not heavily represented. While speaking to reporters in Owerri, the state capital, the LP candidate made the request. Through Chibuikem Diala, his Director of Media and Publicity, Achonu urged the Resident Electoral…

Joy Abiye of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has emerged winner of the 2023 Lagos Women Run for the second time. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Abiye, a native of Okitipupa, Ondo State, had the better of other runners from Plateau to emerge winner. Abiye returned a time of 33:41:4 to win the 10km Lagos Women Run 2021, and received the cash prize of N1 million. The 8th edition, which has over 50,000 women from all over the world registering for the event, was flagged-off at 7.00 a.m. at Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) and finished…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied a report alleging that the commission has withdrawn the password for the uploaded election results from the Local Government Supervisors in Imo. The commission in a “fake news alert” released to journalists by Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, said on Friday midnight described report as untrue. “The attention of INEC has been drawn to a story attributed to unknown “concerned workers” of the Commission that passwords for result upload have been withdrawn from LGA Supervisors for use by APO1s in Imo State. This is untrue. “For the avoidance…