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…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice TANKO MUHAMMAD, will tomorrow swear in eighty-five new judges for election petition tribunals. The tribunals are being inaugurated in preparation for the forthcoming governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states. There would also be tribunals for legislative bye-elections in different parts of the country, which are scheduled to hold soon. The…
Political leaders in Edo State have attended a peace meeting at the Palace of the Oba of Benin. The meeting was summoned by the Benin Monarch, as Edo people prepare for governorship election on September 19, 2020. During the meeting; Oba Ewuare II advised the political leaders to behave like former President of Nigeria, GOODLUCK JONATHAN. The…
INEC CONFIRMS 1,478,460 VOTERS FOR ONDO STATE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION Close to one point five million voters are expected to take part in the Ondo State governorship election on October 10. They are those who have collected their permanent voter cards, out of one million, eight hundred and twenty-two thousand, three hundred and forty-five registered voters. This was…
The Deputy Governor of Ondo State, AGBOOLA AJAYI, may still contesting the governorship election on October 10 despite losing the race for the PDP ticket. AJAYI has already been linked to a possible move to the Zenith Labour Party, but he is yet to make any decision whether to join the party or any other. Chief Press…