The Nigeria Police Force has announced that three police personnel will be at each of the polling centres during the governorship election in Edo State on Saturday. That would give rise to seven thousand, eight hundred, and eighty-one police personnel across the two thousand, six hundred and twenty-seven polling centres in the state. That would leave a…
suspected political thugs have attacked the convoys of the two major contenders for the governorship election in Ondo State. Reports say the convoys of Governor ROTIMI AKEREDOLU and EYITAYO JEGEDE were attacked in Oba-Akoko, in Akoko Southwest Local Government Area. Governor AKEREDOLU is seeking a second term election on the platform of the APC, while EYITAYO JEGEDE…
Political parties involved in the Edo State governorship election have signed another peace agreement. Among those who signed the agreement are the APC candidate, OSAGIE IZE-IYAMU and the State Chairman of the party signed, as well as Governor GODWIN OBASEKI and State Chairman of the PDP. The latest agreement was made possible by the National Peace Committee,…
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has directed the Central Bank of Nigeria not to provide foreign exchange for the importation of food and fertilizers. President BUHARI gave the order as the Federal Government rolls out its Economic Sustainability Plan, which aims to strengthen food security in Nigeria. He gave the directive during a meeting of the National Food Security…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has developed a policy on the conduct of election under the Covid-19 pandemic. The policy comes with a ten-point Code of Conduct that must be observed by voters during elections. These measures are being adopted by INEC in preparation for the forthcoming governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states. INEC Chairman, Professor…
Elsewhere; the Independent National Electoral Commission has recruited more than seventeen thousand support staff for the governorship election in Ondo State on October 10. INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, FESTUS OKOYE, said fifteen thousand of the support staff are members of the National Youth Service Corp. OKOYE, who made…