Downpour which began at 5a.m. in many parts of Lagos State left many areas flooded and affected early commencement of voting in the local government polls in many areas.

Despite the heavy downpour witnessed across Lagos State, the governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, cast his vote at about 9:31 am, leading scores of electorate to the venue.

The All Progressives Congress , APC chairmanship candidate for Ikotun/ Igando Local Council Development Area, Sakiru Alabi Balogun, has died in an auto crash along LASU/ Isheri road in Igando area of the state, yesterday

This are some of the reports we are getting from Twitter.

Luck smiled broadly on a 10-month-old baby at the venue of the on-going Kogi State Civil Service Appeals Committee sitting near the Government House, Lokoja, when Governor Yahaya Bello came across him, strapped to the mother’s chest.

Police authorities in Abuja Wednesday night, paraded five suspected ballot box and electoral materials snatchers snatchers during last Saturday’s National and State Legislative re-run elections in Rivers. The suspects are: Noble Nwaerema, Dike Deinpiribo, Valentine Alalibo, Onwunari Warmate and Iloke Stephen.

The Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike has led a victory match across the state after the Independent National Electoral Commission ,INEC, declared the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, winner of the Rivers East and West Senatorial Districts in the state’s re-run elections conducted Saturday, December 10; 2016.

Following the re-run election held in Rivers state, Saturday, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced the results in some of districts.

The former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Uche Secondus has accused President Muhammadu Buhari and the Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi of deploying the military to invade Rivers state following the re-run poll. He said the Rivers state people have no federal might but have God who will take revenge against Amaechi for disrupting the peace in the state.

More drama trail the Rivers re-run election held Saturday as videos have kept emerging of allegation of electoral fraud and intimidations, ballot box and result sheets snatching as well as violence meted on both INEC officials and the people of Rivers state

Rivers rerun election: Some journalists in Rivers have linked the level of success achieved in Saturday’s legislative re-run electio to the heavy presence of security personnel.

The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Rivers, Mr Aniedi Ikowak, has hailed the peaceful conduct of the rerun legislative elections.

An election observer group, the Independent Service Delivery Monitoring Group (ISDMG) has condemned the widespread violence during Saturday’s re-run election in Rivers state.

Rivers election: As early as 8.am, voters trooped out en mass across the various polling units in Rivers state to exercise their franchise in the state’s re-run election.

Rivers State Governor , Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has accused the Nigerian Army and the Special Anti-Robbery Squad ( SARS) of the Nigerian Police of killing PDP agents, hijacking electoral materials and working to deliver a particular candidate in Rivers South-East Senatorial District .