A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Thursday dismissed an ex parte order seeking to stop the August 30 Local Government elections in the state. The Presiding Judge, Justice Stephen Jumbo, in his ruling in a suit filed by a Port Harcourt-based legal practitioner, Williams Abayomi-Stanley, against President Bola Tinubu, the … Read more
Edo governor, Godwin Obaseki, has insisted that the upcoming governorship election in the state is a “do-or-die affair.” The governor stated that if the All Progressives Congress (APC) were to win, it would spell disaster for the people of Edo. His words: “It’s a do-or-die affair because if they do, we die. The level … Read more
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps said it deployed 3,000 officers across the state’s 16 Local Government Areas for Saturday’s local government elections. The state Commandant, Umar Mohammed, in a statement on Thursday in Ilorin said the personnel were drawn from the State Headquarters, Area Commands, and … Read more