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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has shifted the collation of the governorship election results in Bayelsa State to Sunday. INEC Returning Officer, Prof Farouk Kuta, disclosed this Saturday night while briefing reporters at the state headquarters of the commission in Yenagoa. Kuta, who is the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, said only the result of one local government area was ready out of the eight local governments in the state saying the commission could not proceed with such development. He said the collation could not start because INEC was not sure if those of…

By Kamil Opeyemi & Halimah Olamide There was tension at the Imo Collation Centre early Sunday morning as the collation of results went underway with opposition parties kicked against the continuation of results announcement without a record of accreditations. However, Prof Abayomi Fasina, Vice Chancellor of the Federal University in Oye, Ekiti, who is the Returning Officer, said he has no power to suspend the collation exercise. “I am not the last authority on this matter and I have to pas on to someone else and I have recorded all you have said down and at that level, you can…

By Kamil Opeyemi The Nigerian Railway Corporation has suspended the scheduled operations on WARRI – ITAPKE TRAIN SERVICE (WITS) over Governorship election holding in Kogi on Saturday. INEC is conducting Off-Cycle governorship polls in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi on November. Announcing the development in a statement signed by the management, NRC urged its numerous customers to bear with the corporation adding that operations would resume on Sunday. “This is to inform the general public, most especially our esteemed passengers that there will be No train operations on WARRI – ITAPKE TRAIN SERVICE (WITS) Saturday 11/11/2023 due to movement restriction in…

By Kamil Opeyemi The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on Friday ordered a probe into the allegations of attacks on the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, in Owerri the Imo state capital last week. The police boss, has asked the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Criminal Investigations Department to take over the matter. NPO Reports that the organised labour had last week demanded the removal of the Commissioner of Police in Imo state, Mohammed Barde over the attacks accusing the command of connivance with Governor Hope Uzodinma to carry out the attacks. The…

“Are You Now Card-Carrying Member of APC?” By Halimah Olamide Scores of responders and followers of the Minister of Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, have demanded whether he has now become a member of the All Progressive. The question arose after the Minister posted a comment on his X handle where he wished all candidates of the APC victory in the governorship elections taking place today. NPO Reports that three states of Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo are going to the polls in an off circle election supervised by the Independent National Electoral Commission. In his post, Tijani…

As Boat Carrying Bayelsa Election Materials Capsizes By Kamil Opeyemi The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed that one of its officials has been abducted in Sagbama LGA of Bayelsa state. In a statement on Friday, Wilfred Ifogah, head of INEC voters’ registration in the state, said the official was kidnapped while waiting to board a boat at the jetty. He also said that a boat conveying election personnel and materials to Southern Ijaw LGA capsized, adding that result sheets were lost in the process. “We wish to confirm that a boat carrying election personnel to registration area 17…

By Kamil Opeyemi, Halimah Olamide and David Orji All eyes are on the three states of Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo today as residents go out to vote in the off-circle governorship elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The three states are those outside the usual seasonal exercise in the country apart from Edo, Ekiti and Osun whose times are also off circle. Off-circle election states are those who by virtue of previous electoral situations leading to judgments of courts, governors were removed for the validly elected ones to take over, hence the difference in the times their elections…

By Halimah Olamide The headquarters of the Nigerian Police Force has said it has demanded for details of the allegations against a member of the House of Representatives Engr. Simon Atigwe who was accused of sending thugs to attacks a family in Enugu state over a land tussle. A video of the family being allegedly beaten after being tied and dragged to a place was seen by our correspondent. The video was shared by an X user, @Nwaadaz who said after the family members were beaten and humiliated, the lawmaker still asked policemen to lock them up. She also shared…

By Halimah Olamide Singer, David Adeleke, popularly called Davido, has asked his uncle, Governor Demola Adeleke, to halt the mission to help a street hawker, Eniola who is physically challenged after the discovery that she is a man. The lady, who claimed to be a make up artist, had gone viral at the beginning of the week after a skit maker, Brain Jotter, spotted her hawking water on the road. Moved by her physical appearance, Brain Jotter had gifted Eniola a sum of N400,000 which he transferred to her account. He had made a video asking those who are physically…

By Halimah Olamide President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday signed into law the N2.17trillion supplementary budget. NPO Reports that Tinubu had last week forwarded the supplementary budge to the National Assembly for its approval. Present at the signing ceremony on Wednesday was the President of the Senate Godswill Akpabio; Speaker House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume; Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu; Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation, Solomon Olamilekan Adeola; Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Zacch Adedeji, Majority Leader of the Senate, Opeyemi Bamidele Tinubu had said the supplementary bill was…