INEC says no critical election material destroyed in Imo attack

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says none of the critical election materials was destroyed in the attack on its state headquarters office in Owerri, the Imo State capital on Monday. The Commission in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Card Education Committee Chairman, Festus Okoye, also confirmed that … [Read more…]

2023: Atiku pledges to negotiate with IPOB agitators, condemns killing of Deborah Samuel for alleged blasphemy

Atiku Abubakar

The presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday, condemned the murder of Deborah Samuel, a young student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education Sokoto, by irate Islamic students for alleged blasphemy in May this year. Atiku spoke when he and his running mate, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, appeared on “The … [Read more…]

Supreme Court rules in favor of Umahi, affirms him as APC senatorial candidate for Ebonyi South

The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Friday affirmed the Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, as the authentic candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, for the Ebonyi South Senatorial District election. In a unanimous decision, a five-man panel led by Justice Kudirat Ekekere-Ekun dismissed an appeal that was filed by an aggrieved aspirant for the … [Read more…]