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There was panic in Ikirun, Osun State, on Saturday as the presidential election was ongoing when supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress clashed. According to an eyewitness, who is simply identified as Ismaila, he said ...

There was commotion at Ward 5, Ona Ara Local Government Area of Oyo State, on Saturday when the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in the state, Teslim Folarin, publicly doled out money to his party supporters at his polling unit. ...

INEC Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega says the rehashed disappointment of the card reader to read President Jonathan’s PVC at his surveying unit in Otuoke, Bayelsa yesterday was a national humiliation. He said this in a meeting on NTA last night. See more  of what ...

The INEC has given approval for its officers to accredit voters manually after being sufficiently satisfied that the Permanent Voter Card belongs to a prospective voter presenting it. In a statement by INEC’s Chairman, Information, Voter Education and Publicity Committee, ...

Some armed thugs have reportedly hijacked ballot boxes on Ayilara Street in the Mushin area of Lagos. INEC officials told presmen that the thugs, after snatching the ballot box, emptied them in the gutter. We  learnt that the House of Reps and Senatorial ...

Vice President , after several defeats at his polling unit by opposition party, trounced the All Progressives Congress at his new polling unit in the Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections. In the 2011 general elections, Sambo was roundly defeated ...

Unit 22: PDP 302, APC 348. Unit 21: PDP 293, APC 265. Total: PDP 595, APC 613.

Buhari departs polling booth amidst shouts of “Sai Baba.” See more pics bellow.