INEC Postpone The Announcement of Election Result
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has postponed the official announcement of collation of
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Update: Election Result From Polling Units
As Nigerians ended their voting yesterday, the Independent and National Electoral Commission, INEC, swooped into action by collating and announcing polling units results from different
Election Commence in Four Plateau Polling Units
Elections have commenced in four polling units in Plateau following the postponement of Saturday’s
Atiku Express Optimism Of Winning Presidential Seat
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday expressed optimism of winning the
"President Muhammadu Buhari would win the 10 federal constituencies of the state."Ekere Nsima says
The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom, Mr Nsima Ekere has expressed optimism that President Muhammadu Buhari would win the 10 federal constituencies of the state. The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom, Mr Nsima Ekere has expressed optimism that President Muhammadu Buhari would win the 10 federal constituencies of the state. According to him the reports from other polling units across the state indicated that the exercise was peaceful. He said the APC had campaigned extensively across the state which explained the massive turnout of voters to vote for President Buhari and candidates in the National Assembly elections. However, Ekere slammed chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state for hiring thugs to cause mayhem. Minister for Budget and National Planning, Sen Udoma Udo Udoma, said that Buhari would win today”s election.
"I'm Concern About Card Reader Malfunction" Jimi Agbaje says.
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr Jimi Agbaje, on Saturday said he was concerned about the malfunctioning of the card readers during voting at his polling unit in Apapa. The PDP candidate spoke after he and his wife, Biola, voted at polling unit 004 ,Ward A, Liverpool, Apapa.. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the card reader had rejected Agbaje’s fingerprints, that of his wife and those of three other voters. They, however, eventually voted after their names and photographs were verified manually on the voter register. The PDP candidate said cases of malfunction of card readers were not good for the credibility of elections. Agbaje, who lost his unit to the All Progressives Congress, pointed out that manual verification of voters was susceptible to electoral fraud and unscrupulous elements could capitalise on it to compromise results. “It means it (election) is now open to human manipulation because if a car...