Category: Election

  The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ogun Command, has set aside 3,150 people to ensure the state’s upcoming local government elections are secure and successful. Mrs Remilekun Ekundayo, the NSCDC Commandant, stated this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abeokuta on Saturday. Ekundayo indicated that the staff would endeavor…

  Tunisia’s President Kais Saied was re-elected on Monday with 90.69 percent of the vote, according to the head of the electoral authority ISIE, who spoke on national television. Saied, 66, won the election by a landslide, with rivals Ayachi Zemmal and Zouhair Maghzaoui receiving 7.3 percent and 1.9 percent, respectively, according to ISIE. The…

  Yesterday, the Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Christopher Musa, the Police, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, urged anybody planning to cause disruption during Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State to think twice or face severe consequences. While General Musa stated during his visit to troops in Edo that there…

  The Peoples Democratic Party’s decision on Thursday not to sign the peace accord ahead of the Edo State governorship election on September 21 generated responses and concerns in the state, according to The PUNCH. The treaty was signed by 16 of the 17 political parties contesting the election, with the ruling PDP being the…

  The Independent National Electoral Commission announced on Tuesday that the distribution of Permanent Voter Cards to new applicants across Edo State local government areas would begin today. While asking applicants to come pick up their cards, the commission stated that they would not be released to third parties. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of…