ELIGIBLE voters who could not cast their ballots yesterday in the Anambra State governorship election because of technical issues and system failure on the part of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, will be given the   opportunity to do so, today.

The Anambra State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Nwachukwu Orji, says some of the transporters paid to move election materials in the gubernatorial poll failed to render their services despite being paid upfront. The commissioner disclosed this during an interview with Channels TV on Saturday. He also decried some of the ad-hoc staff who pulled out […]

I don’t have that report, CP says By Arogbonlo Israel The Anambra State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Nwachukwu Orji has decried the distruption of process in the governorship election in some local government areas of the state where he claimed election materials were “snatched and destroyed by community members” for undisclosed reason. Mr. Orji divulged […]

Counting of votes has started in some polling units in Awka township after Saturday governorship election in Anambra. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that though voting began late in some polling units in Awka, the exercise was concluded about 3.30 pm. Mr Ugochukwu Nwosu, a voter at the Agu ward 2 polling unit […]

Following the failure of the Biomodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, in many poling units across Anambra State in the ongoing governorship election, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has extended voting till Sunday.

Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige is yet to cast his vote as at about 3pm due to Biomodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, failure.

Professor Chukwuma Soludo, the Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has expressed shock over the technology breakdown of the Bimodal Verification Accreditation (BVA) system. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been experiencing technical challenges in the use of the BVA device to capture voters […]

The Police Command in Anambra has dismissed the piece of information in the media that personnel on election duty were protesting non-payment of allowances. There were reports trending on social media that alleged that some police personnel were chanting solidarity songs demanding their duty allowance for election coverage. The Police authority, however, dismissed the claim […]

AFTER weeks of tensed preparations the D-Day is here. A crowd of 18 billionaires and philanthropists are locked in a pitch battle to succeed Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State, whose tenure will expire on March 16, next year.

By Vincent Ujumadu The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Mr Valentine Ozigbo voted at his unit 10 Amesi Ward but expressed worry over the poor internet connectivity experienced by voters.Ozigbo said it took him over 20 minutes to cast his vote and wondered what other voters would experience in various parts of the state. He, […]

At polling unit 09, Ezimezi Amawbia, Anambra State, was set to go, but the presiding officers said they are having network issues. Scores of voters were already on ground.

By Dennis Agbo AGULERI: Polling units in Anambra state are witnessing large turnout of voters at different polling units. The card readers are also functional without hitch. In the same vain, voting has been made faster with accreditation and voting taking place simultaneously. Large number of voters at Eri Primary school in Aguleri, Anambra east […]