A 96-year-old woman, Mrs Elizabeth Onike, on Saturday burst into tears at Umudim Akasi Polling Unit 019, Agulu Ward 8, Anaocha Local Government Area, after being stopped from voting. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the elderly woman broke down in tears when she was informed by an INEC official that she could […]

“To vote is my right; that is my power to say who should lead me, but I can’t vote because I have a new PVC.”

The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in 2023, Mr. Peter Obi, and the party’s governorship candidate in the ongoing Anambra State election, George Moghalu, have cast their votes, but both expressed concern over widespread vote buying in the state.

The voters made the call after casting their votes at the Agbola II polling unit in Awka South Local Government Area of the state on Saturday.

Obviously, we will not engage in vote buying or, you know, try to manipulate the people using money. We will not do it. We don’t even have the money,” he said.

A 96-year-old woman, Mrs. Elizabeth Onike, has expressed deep frustration after she was prevented from voting at her polling unit in Anambra State on Saturday.

Voting commenced early Saturday in parts of Anambra State, with INEC officials and materials arriving at several polling units in Umunze, Orumba South LGA, and Ekwulobia, Aguata LGA, around 8:00 a.m.

By Denis Agbo The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in 2023, Mr. Peter Obi, had yet to cast his vote on election day as of 10:30 a.m., despite the arrival of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials at his polling unit in Anambra State. Obi, a former governor of the state, is expected to […]

As the Anambra State governorship election got underway on Saturday, noticeable pockets of indifference emerged across parts of Awka, where many residents appeared more interested in resuming their daily routines than participating in the polls.

Some residents and commercial vehicle operators in Awka and Onitsha in Anambra on Saturday defied the restriction of movement order by the Police Command in the state.

Voting commenced early on Saturday in some parts of Anambra State, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

At the time of filing this report, INEC had uploaded 5,685 results. This is 99.39% of the 5,720 results expected; and collated results from 19 of the 21 LGAs

AFTER months of traversing the various communities in Anambra State soliciting for the votes of the 2.8 million eligible voters for the November 8 governorship election, the D-Day is finally here.

Attention has shifted to the 5,718 polling units across the 21 local government areas of Anambra State, as 15 governorship candidates challenge the incumbent governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, today.

She said that the presence of the security personnel and the air raids might scare most of the electorate away, especially elderly people.