Election: NDDC EDFA excited over voters turnout at Bayelsa Poll

NDDC EDFA (showing his voters card the INEC official), for accreditation, to enable him to vote during Saturday’s governorship election in Otuesega, Ogbia Local Government, Bayelsa State Recently confirmed Executive Director, Finance and Administration of the Nigeria Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr Maxwell Oko, on Saturday expressed appreciation with his Otuesega community for massively turning…

Kogi polls: Voting begins with massive turnout

Voting has commenced in the Kogi Governorship and National Assembly election in the western senatorial district of the state, reports have it. INEC officials arrived as early as 7 a.m. at various polling units visited by our correspondent in Mopamuro, while accreditation and voting commenced at exactly 8 a.m. The polling units visited by NAN…

Heavy security presence in Yenagoa

Security personnel had mounted checkpoints in major junctions in Yenagoa, Bayelsa, as the state votes to elect its governor. There is a heavy security presence in major areas of Yenagoa, particularly Imgbi, Opolo, Akenfa, Igbogene Okarki and gateway junctions. Also heavily manned is the Tombia Roundabout, a location within the town that hosts major transport…

Rev Fr burnt to death in Nnewi fire outbreak

By Vincent Ujumadu – Awka The parish priest of St Peter Claver Catholic Parish, Nnew Ichi in Nnewi North LGA of Anambra State, Reverend Father Edmund Nwagbala has lost his life following a fire outbreak that occurred in the church in the early hours of yesterday. The inferno, which cause was yet to be ascertained,…

Video, Photo: Septuagenarian cast vote at Polling Unit 003, Famgbe Opolo Ward, Okutukutu, Yenagoa, Bayelsa

By Gabriel Ewepu – Yenagoa An elderly woman began the process of voting for the governorship election holding today  Saturday, November 16, 2019, at Polling Unit 003, in Famgbe Opolo Ward in Okutukutu, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Video, Photo: Septuagenarian cast vote at Polling Unit 003, Famgbe Opolo Ward, Okutukutu, Yenagoa, Bayelsa…

INEC expresses worries over court injunctions

By Boluwaji Obahopo Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday, expressed concern over indiscriminate court orders affecting its job. INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Voters Education and Publicity, Festus Okoye, expressed the concern while speaking at a media parley in Lokoja ahead of Saturday’s elections in Kogi State. Okoye said…