JUST IN – RIVERS STATE INEC RETURNING OFFICER, PROF CHARLES ADIAS SUSPENDS COLLATION INDEFINETLY, CITES THREAT OF LIFE

 Returning officer for Rivers State, Prof. Charles Adia, has adjourned the collations of presidential results until further notice, following threats to his life over the results from Saturday’s poll. At the commencement of today’s collation of results, Adia said the adjournment will continue until the State Resident Electoral Commissioner addresses the situation. Earlier, Commissioner of Police, Aderemi […]

Trouble at collation centre as party agents reject PHALGA result

Trouble broke out at the INEC collation centre in Port Harcourt yesterday shortly after the collation officer for Port Harcourt Local Government Area Prof Omieye Briggs announced the result of the LGA with Peter Obi winning with 62, 451 votes.  Shortly after the votes were announced the APC registration Area collation agent Chimobi Ejikeme and […]

In my Administration ASUU won’t strike —Peter Obi

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Tuesday said that Academic Staff Union of Universities won’t go on strike if he becomes the next president of the country. Obi speaking at a state rally in Owerri, Imo State, said that his administration would dialogue with ASUU leadership to ensure that universities won’t […]

ESN not interested in 2023 elections – IPOB responds to attacks on INEC offices

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has distanced itself and the Eastern Security Network, ESN, from attacks on the offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, stressing that it can only ask people to boycott elections. Emma Powerful, IPOB’s spokesman, accused the Nigerian Police Force of blackmailing its members over the recent attacks on […]