Election

There is a low turnout of voters in most polling units in the ongoing House of Assembly election in the 26 state constituencies in Ekiti State.

People don’t have access to money for transport.” This is one of the effects of the cashless policy. Also, the Special Adviser to Ekiti State Governor on Political Matters, Olajide Awe, who voted at Erijiyan Ekiti Ward 04, Unit 04, said the election had been smooth and the situation peaceful in his area.

Lagos State governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the All Progressive Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate said he has cast his vote. Sanwo-Olu is contesting ...

“I voted at unit 7, it went seamlessly and in about two minutes or three, I was done. On what could be responsible for the poor turnout of voters, he said: “I won’t say it is a poor turnout because the number of voters at this time today is much higher than that of the presidential election.” Meanwhile, there was a reported scanty turnout of voters at St Stephen’s Primary school, Adeniji Adele, Lagos.

Labour Party candidate for the Lagos State gubernatorial poll, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has vowed to seek redress in court if the outcome of the ongoing.

You find out that everywhere that we are strong and we show strength, polling materials have yet to arrive. I will go to court”. There has been a lot of targeted voter suppression.

The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has cast his ballot in the Gubernatorial and State Assembly elections with commendations of the electoral ...

The governorship and house of assembly elections kicked off in Lagos on Saturday with mass apathy experienced in many polling units.

In Alausa, INEC officials were yet to arrive some polling units as at 10.05am. PM NEWS monitoring of the poll in Abule Egba, Agege and Ikeja shows that INEC officials arrived around 8:30am in some polling units and were still being expected in other areas. Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) arrived early in some polling units and arrived late in others.

Advertisement Governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour says he will fight to the very end, if the …

“Lagos has the money to provide enough infrastructure for people not to sit in three hours traffic everyday, Lagos has the money for our young men to get employment; so much unemployment and then they use this weakness to perpetrate evil against their own people,” Rhodes-Vivour lamented. The LP governorship candidate further stated that Lagosians deserve a good life, adding that “Lagos has the money for a good life”. “We need a credible election, we do, its about time; how long are we going to hold people as slaves in Lagos State?” he asked rhetorically.

Actress Omoni Oboli and IK Osakioduwa arrived their polling unit at 6:30am, and she shared a video urging Nigerians to go out and vote for their candidates.

This means a lot to Nigeria at large ❤️" "Omoni how can I ever love ❤️ you less? "Chai… Please get ready and come out ❤️ God bless Nigeria #NigeriaDecides2023 #GodBlessNigeria. Osakioduwa affirmed that they would be going harder at the governorship election. Please get ready and go out.

Low turnout has marred the state House of Assembly polls as most people stayed away from polling centres.

In most of the polling centres visited in Onitsha, few voters were seen waiting patiently for the arrival of electoral materials and officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission. “I cannot believe that this same place where I found it difficult to cast my vote last three weeks, I can just come in and in less than three minutes, I had cast my vote.” Low turnout has marred the state House of Assembly polls as most people stayed away from polling centres.

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“This is disappointing. I see this as voter apathy. He said: “The reports I have been getting so far have been very depressing.

Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), for the early commencement of the voting ...

The governor also expressed optimism that the will of the people will prevail, and noting the low turn out of voters compared to the February 25th election, he encourages the people of Anambra state to step out and exercise their civic obligations by casting their votes. According to the governor, he sampled views across the state and the exercise seems to be going on fairly well in terms of deployment of logistics and early commencement of election, adding that it is a great improvement compared to the previous election, in terms of the arrival and deployment of materials. Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), for the early commencement of the voting process in the state.