Voters have been left frustrated in Ward 7, Unit 39, as the BIVAS machine failed. The 839 registered voters seated around the unit as they await another machine from INEC. The polling unit official confirmed that a new machine will brought for the election, expressing hope that the voting time will be extended. Speaking with our correspondent, a senior citizen, Friday Aiwekhoe, said it was appalling that the BIVAS machine would fail despite the preparation the INEC put into the exercise. He noted that the problem could be a political and a ploy to disenfranchise the people. More to come……
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Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, has felicitated the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on the occasion of her 64th birthday. Oyebanji described the President’s wife as “a special gift to the nation and a pillar of support for her husband, President Bola Tinubu, in his efforts to reposition Nigeria as a prosperous nation”. The governor, in a statement on Saturday by his Special Adviser on Media, Yinka Oyebode, noted that “Senator Tinubu has contributed immensely to nation building as First Lady of Lagos State, a three-term Senator and now as the Mother of…
The Federal Government has shut down the Eko Bridge and ramps for eight weeks to resurface the essential asphalt. The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, made this known in a statement on Saturday morning in Lagos. Kesha added that the closure will take effect from Friday, September 20, to Wednesday, November 20. The statement read, “The Federal Ministry of Works plans essential asphalt resurfacing work on the Eko Bridge and Ramps for eight weeks, effective from Friday, Sept. 20, by 7.00 a.m., through November 20. “The closure will be full at some sections of the bridge and…
The All Progressives Congress has affirmed that Senator Monday Okpebholo remains its governorship candidate in today’s (Saturday) governorship election in Edo. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka, made the affirmation in a statement on its X.com handle on Friday. According to the party scribe, the clarification was necessary as a result of fake news making the rounds that Okpebholo had been disqualified by a magistrate court. He urged party faithful to disregard the information as fake because Okpebholo remains the party’s governorship candidate. The statement read, “In the final hours to the Edo gubernatorial election scheduled to be…
Security operatives on Saturday morning were strict in carrying out the no-movement order by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun as the Edo State governorship election kicked off. The presence of a combined team of the men of the Nigeria Police and Nigerian Army was seen on major streets of Benin. On Ekhewan Road, the security personnel turned back some vehicles while the ones occupied by journalists were scrutinised before they were allowed to move. Also, some portions of the Ringroad axis, Sakponba Road, and Ihama Road, especially where voting will take place were blocked. Some residents were also…
The rainfall that started in the early hours of Saturday has delayed the arrival and distribution of electoral materials in some parts of Edo Central Senatorial District. The District, which has five LGAs, comprising also of Esan South-East, Igueben and Esan North-East, Esan West and Esan Central LGAs. The area is expected to be a battlefield as it is the area both the PDP and the APC candidates hail from. As of 7:50 am, election materials and electoral officials were yet to arrive at most of the polling units visited and many residents were still indoors due to the rains.…
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka is voting for its next president on Saturday in an effective referendum on an unpopular International Monetary Fund austerity plan enacted after the island nation’s unprecedented financial crisis. President Ranil Wickremesinghe is fighting an uphill battle for a fresh mandate to continue belt-tightening measures that stabilised the economy and ended months of food, fuel and medicine shortages. His two years in office restored calm to the streets after civil unrest spurred by the downturn in 2022 saw thousands storm the compound of his predecessor, who promptly fled the country. “I’ve taken this country out of bankruptcy,” Wickremesinghe,…
Security personnel were seen mounting roadblocks on roads in Benin as early as 6:00 a.m., ahead of the Edo governorship election, which is set to begin at 8:00 a.m. Saturday (today). The News Agency of Nigeria reports that security personnel in the wee hours of the day began stopping and searching vehicles at the roadblocks, as well as asking the occupants questions in order to ensure security, law, and order during the election. Some commercial bus drivers who wanted to make quick business, however, managed to avoid the roadblocks to evade questioning by security officials. The popular Ring Road had…
The US Secret Service on Friday outlined multiple failures revealed in its review of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a rally in July. Shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks managed to open fire from a nearby rooftop during the outdoor event hosted by Republican candidate Trump, who narrowly escaped death but sustained an injury to his right ear. The review “identified deficiencies in the advance planning and its implementation,” Acting Director Ronald Rowe Jr. said at a press briefing. “While some members of the advance team were very diligent, there was complacency on the part of others that…
Some opposition parties in the country have called on security forces deployed to the governorship election in Edo State not to intimidate voters. They made the call amid reports that a heavy retinue of soldiers has been deployed on the borders of Edo with Kogi, Delta, Ondo and Anambra on Thursday, ahead of today’s governorship poll. Detachments of soldiers and policemen were spotted along Akpapava Road, Ring Road, Sapele Road bypass, Ramat Park, Benin-Agbor Road and Oregbeni, a known dark spot in the city. Seventeen political parties will participate in the election with the All Progressives Congress candidate, Senator Monday…