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How strange fire gutted Onitsha main market By Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Mystery fire, Tuesday morning, razed a section of the popular Onitsha Main Market. The fire completely burnt down two-storey building housing the Onitsha main market Police Station and shops selling lace fabrics. Firefighters battled for hours to contain the inferno as some of the traders salvaged their goods while others watched in tears as the fire consumed their shops. Spokesman of Anambra Command of the Police, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said firefighters and policemen were on ground to control the fire and prevent looting. Efforts to get the reaction of…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), has called for the arrest and prosecution of the Deputy Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Amarachi Iwuanyanwu alongside others. The group said the arrest had become necessary following their alleged involvement in voter suppression, intimidation, and harassment during the State House of Assembly election held in the state on Saturday. A statement by the coalition said the elections were largely marred by voter intimidation and harassment by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) across the state in its desperation to sweep the polls.…
Abia guber poll: Stop audit of BVAS until our ICT expert from UK arrives, PDP tells INEC By Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The ruling Peoples Democratic Party in Abia State, called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to halt further audit of the Bi-modal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, machines used during the governorship election at Obingwa Local Government Area. PDP which accused the electoral umpire of bias, claimed that its agents were not allowed to observe the audit. The ruling party in a statement by its Acting Publicity Secretary, and Vice Chairman Abia North, Elder Abraham Amah, reminded INEC…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo State leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described last Saturday’s Houses of Assembly poll where the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, won the entire twenty-seven Local Government Areas of the state as an electoral fraud that would not stand. PDP State Publicity Secretary, Collins Opurozor, disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri on Monday, while speaking on the outcome of the last Houses of Assembly elections in the state. PDP said the right thing to be done should be to review the last Saturday’s election results and the PDP candidates who won the elections…
Abia guber poll: APGA candidate congratulates Otti ahead of final declaration of result By Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Pending the resolution of the impasse arising from the collation of results of the Abia State governorship election, candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, Professor Greg Ibe, has congratulated the Labour Party flag bearer, Dr Alex Otti who is already coasting to victory according to the results of 16 out of 17 Local Government Areas in the state. Otti is leading in 10 out of the 16 LGAs so far declared. The Labour Party candidate polled 171,747 votes while candidate of…
Assembly poll: Anambra govt denies spending N3.5b on vote buying, says allegations untrue Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State government has denied reports making rounds that it spent the sum of N3.5 billion on vote buying during the just concluded Assembly elections in the state. According to a release signed by the Press Secretary to Gov. Charles Soludo, Mr Christian Aburime those allegations are not only baseless but unfounded adding that the general public should disregard them. “The attention of the Government of Anambra State has been drawn to a false publication being peddled in some sections of the media bordering…
Ohaneze decries attack on Igbos residing in Lagos By Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide has lamented the unfortunate attack on Igbo residing in Lagos in the aftermath of last Saturday’s Governorshp and House of Assembly elections in the state. In a statement made available by the Spokesperson of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, Dr Alex Ogbonnia, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization said it was disturbed by the unpatriotic action of the perpetrators of act. The statement reads in part: “It is with a deep sense of concern that Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide wishes to draw the public attention to the barefaced…
Otti close to victory in Abia, wins 10 out of 16 LGAs declared, Obingwa suspended . LP -171,747 votes, PDP 79,477 votes By Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Alex Otti, is about clinching victory in the March 18 governorship poll in the state having polled a total of 171,747 votes. He also won in 10 out of the 16 Local Government Area results so far declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, before the commission suspended collation of the Abia Governorship election. The ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Chief Okey Ahiwe, polled…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has declared the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP governorship candidate, Abba Kabir Yusuf winner of the last Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Kano State. Yusuf polled 1.019, 063 votes to defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Nasir Gawuna who polled 890,706. Mohammed Abacha of the People Democratic Party scored 15,957 votes. The INEC Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Ahmad Doko Ibrahim declared the results at the Kano Collation Centre, INEC headquarters in Kano. In Nasarawa State, INEC declared Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state the winner of the election in which he…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu For the second time, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has again suspended the collation of results of last Saturday’s governorship election in the state. A statement from the headquarter of INEC in Abuja signed by Mr Festus Okoye, Commissioner, Information and Voter Education and Publicity (VEP) said the collation of the controversial results of Nsukka LGA and Nkanu East be suspended while they look into the complaints. The statement said the commission was looking into the merits and demerits of the cases by political parties and would convey it’s decisions in due course. The intervention by…