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Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC Professor Joash Amupitan says the voice of FCT Residents will be heard loud in today's Area Council Election. Speaking while assessing the situation at some polling Units in Garki, Wuse and some parts of the Abuja City Center., INEC Chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan said all the Bimodal Voter Accreditation Systems BVAS deployed for the conduct of polls worked perfectly. He also said […]
The FCT Minister, Dr Nyesom Wike, has visited some polling units to asses conduct of the exercise across the territory. At Area 11, the area was largely deserted, with officials idle as the turnout was poor. At Lagos Crescent in Garki II, the three polling units visited were also scanty, as INEC officials and the corps members on duty barely had voters to attend to as of 12:20 p.m. Several […]
Following the reduction of Nigeria’s Hajj quota to 50,000, NAHCON convened a meeting with State officials and formally cancelled earlier allocations, adopting a first-come, first-served policy based on confirmed remittances. Many Boards subsequently secured funding and made payments accordingly. Thereafter, Camp bookings were allocated based on remittances completed by 2nd January which was the deadline. However few states including Kaduna and Niger states received limited additional allocations later which was […]
At Area 1, most of the polling units visited recorded low turn out of voters. Though voting has commenced, voters failed to turn up. In an interview with Kapital fm, some residents attributed the low turn out of voters to the withdrawal of candidates in the race. They however appealed to the Federal government to create more awareness to guard against voter apathy in subsequent elections in the country. Nkiruka […]
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC has reaffirmed commitment to uphold integrity during and after today's FCT Council Elections. The FCT Commandant of the Corps, Dr Olusola Odumosu stated this in Abuja While addressing officers and men that will monitor Elections in the six Area Councils of the Federal Capital Territory. Dr Olusola Odumosu who admonished the personnel to be of good behaviour, also urged them to ensure […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC says accreditation and voting commenced at exactly 8:30 in most of the polling Units as scheduled. The Deputy director Voter Education FCT INEC, Mr Samuel Bassey who stated this while updating News Men said election materials and INEC officials arrived early at polling Units in areas like Garki, Wuse and other places visited so far this morning. Meanwhile, heavily security personnel were stationed at […]
Voting commenced as early as 8:30 a.m. in most polling units across Kwali area council, with a large turnout of voters. Men and women were seen arriving at various polling centres in their numbers and participating peacefully in the electoral process. The atmosphere across majority of the units visited remain calm and rancour free as exercise progresses. Although a few polling units experienced minor technical issues with the Bimodal Voter […]
Voting commenced at exactly half past eight this morning in most of the polling units in Demonstration Primary School in Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory. The polling units are 027, 029006, 005 and 004. The voters who are mostly women are in high spirit to cast their ballots for their preferred candidates. Some of them who spoke with correspondent Mathew Ayoola commended INEC for the early arrival […]
Operation Savannah Shield officially took off in Kwara State on Thursday, in what is a combined effort of the government and security forces to rout "all enemies of state" in Kwara and neighbouring states. The flag-off was done by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede, and the Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu at the Sobi Barracks in Ilorin This followed President […]
