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PDP Withdraws From Ekiti LG Polls, Accuses EKSIEC Of Bias

October 10, 2019 1:32 am

Ahead of the December 7 local government election in Ekiti State, the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ado Local Government Area of the state has withdrawn from the race, it would not allow Governor Kayode Fayemi to allegedly use the party members to legitimise a “skewed and predetermined process.”

The opposition party added that rather than dissipating energies on the elections, it would focus on the 2022 governorship election with the aim of returning to the number one position.

PDP, in a statement in Ado Ekiti Wednesday by Hon. Yinka Olomofe, on behalf of Ado-Ekiti PDP Stakeholders, …

LGA polls: Certificate forgery rocks Niger APC

September 23, 2019 12:06 am

The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Niger State has been immersed in a crisis of certificate forgery involving aspirants contesting the forthcoming local government election.

Daily Sun learnt that following complaints from some party faithful, the Department of State Security (DSS), has waded in to help unravel the genuineness of certificates submitted to party and the state independent Electoral Commission by some chairmanship and four councillorship aspirants.

It was learnt that, so far, three of the aspirants have been found to be parading fake certificates.

The discovery has prevented the party from submitting the final list of candidates to …

Atiku, PDP show video to prove use of server for polls

July 16, 2019 4:10 am

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, played a video recording before the Election Petition Tribunal to establish the allegation that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) used a central server during the February 23 polls.

The film featured the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mike Igini, notifying the public that the electoral body would transmit election results with the use of smart card reader (SCR) to the INEC central server.

Igini spoke in an interview with Channels Television shortly before the election.

Atiku’s counsel, Chris Uche (SAN), had tendered 48 Video Compact Discs (VCDs) that …

2019 Polls: Contention deepens over EU report

2019 Polls: Contention deepens in Nigeria over EU report

June 17, 2019 1:15 am

The recently released report of the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Nigeria on the 2019 general elections continued yesterday to attract different interpretations.

While the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in what looked like a sober reflection, said yesterday that it had resolved to review party registration guidelines, proponents of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) said the report (considered damning in some quarters) had vindicated the party and INEC.

The EU EOM specifically described the elections as marred by severe “operational and transparency shortcomings” but said, in response to a question from a journalist, that it

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Catalan ex-leader Puigdemont permitted to run for EU polls

May 6, 2019 8:26 am

Catalonia’s former president Carles Puigdemont, who fled Spain in 2017 after a secession attempt, can contest EU polls this month, a Madrid court said Monday, overturning a decision by the electoral board.

A court spokesman said Puigdemont would be able to run, as would Toni Comin and Clara Ponsati, who were in the regional government during the secession bid and fled. They had also been excluded.

The decision comes a day after the Supreme Court ruled there had been no grounds to bar them and asked an administrative court in Madrid to “immediately” provide a ruling.

It said contesting an …

University lecturers used to manipulate 2019 polls – Jega

April 17, 2019 10:16 pm

Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Muhammadu Jega, yesterday came down hard on university lecturers for allegedly conniving with politicians to undermine the integrity and outcome of this year’s general elections.He regretted that the dons facilitated the faulty recruitment process of the political class during the polls, thus betraying the confidence the electoral body reposed in them.Teachers of Bayero University Kano (BUK) had severally come under stern criticisms for their roles in the last governorship election in the state.

Jega, who spoke as chairman of the 15th yearly conference of the Fulbright Alumni Association of

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Global concerns rise over army interference in 2019 polls

March 11, 2019 3:21 am

UK: INEC should be allowed to work without intimidation
INEC suspends electoral processes in Rivers
APC wins Lagos, Gombe, Kebbi, Kwara, Niger, Jigawa, Ogun, Katsina
PDP takes Abia, Ebonyi, Enugu, Oyo, Akwa Ibom

Following the massive and unprecedented deployment of troops, Intelligence, Reconnaissance and Surveillance (ISR) aircraft across the country by military authorities during the general election, especially in the Niger Delta states of Rivers, Delta and Akwa Ibom, there were global concerns that Nigeria’s democracy was being militarised.

Leading the global watchers was the United Kingdom, which expressed concerns over reported military interference in the elections, particularly in Rivers …

Saturday 9: CAN calls for free, fair and credible polls

March 9, 2019 1:09 am

The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), His Eminence, Dr Samson Ayokunle, has called on all stakeholders in the electoral process to ensure free, fair and credible governorship and State Assembly elections devoid of bloodshed and all forms of electoral malpractices.

Rigged Presidential Polls: Nigerian youths react

March 2, 2019 10:56 pm

Nigerian youths condemning the sham Presidential Elections that brought Jubril Al-Sudani, Late President Muhammadu Buhari’s Impostor into power.

They are sarcastically but genuinely letting the world know that the Nigeria’s February 23 Elections were massively rigged in favour of All Progressives Congress (APC) Party by the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) led by Professor Mahmood Yakubu.…

INEC’s unreadiness marred polls, says AU observers

February 25, 2019 7:22 am

The African Union Election Observation Mission to Nigeria (AUEOM) on Monday stated the failure of INEC to provide essential materials during the Saturday elections marred the outlook of the election.

Last polls: Jubril seriously losing

February 24, 2019 7:52 am

A new president will emerge tomorrow but certainly not Jubril Al-Sudani, the Impostor. These Polls results have +5/-5 margin of error. It is now impossible for Jubril Al-Sudani being paraded as Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari to win the elections rigged or not.

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