Osun State Police Command, on Saturday, said it apprehended a corps member, a supervisor working with the Independent National Electoral Commission, and one other over manipulation of ongoing distribution of Permanent Voter Cards in Osu, Osun State. The police also said 38 PVCs were recovered from the suspects. A statement by the spokesperson for the command, Yemisi Opalola, obtained in Osogbo, noted that its officers have also launched a manhunt for two members of the Peoples Democratic Party, Wale Ojo and Ijamakinwa Olaoluwa, for inducing the corps member to give a PVC belonging to a particular voter to another person. The statement read in part, “On 30th June, 2022 at about 1040hrs, the complainant reported at Osu Division that, on 29th June, 2022, at about 1000hrs, he went to Independent National Electoral Commission office located at the Atakumosa West Local Government Area, Osu, Osun State, to collect his permanent Voter Card but could not find it. “He consequently demanded...

  The   confusion over the choice of the authentic running mate to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is deepening as he has returned to Abuja to continue consultations on the contentious issue. Tinubu had returned to Lagos on Sunday, June 19, 12 days after he defeated a former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; and Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, among others, to pick the APC presidential ticket. Tinubu had in the days following his emergence visited all the contenders for the exalted seat in a bid to solicit their support and build unity in the party. The APC candidate is expected to name his final running mate on or before the July 15 deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission to replace Kabir Ibrahim Masari, whom he named as in ‘placeholder’ capacity. As the deadline draws near, Tinubu, the APC and the Progressive Northern Governors’ Fo...

The APC presidential candidate failed to present his primary and secondary certificates to the electoral commission.   Asiwaju Bola Tinubu , the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 election, has told the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that his academic certificates were stolen by some 'unknown persons'. The former Lagos State Governor said the incident happened when he was on self exile. Recall that Tinubu, alongside other chieftains of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) fled the country to evade the persecution of the military government headed by the late  General Sani Abacha . Abacha had deployed gruesome tactics in clamping down on activists, including students and technocrats opposed to his regime. In the affidavit he sworn to support his nomination form for the office of the president, Tinubu said he  “went on self exile from October 1994 to October 1999 (and) when I returned and discovered that my prop...

An unidentified Policeman today dropped a video advising the Nigerian citizens to remember voting for people who have their interest at heart and vote out bad leaders. CLICK TO WATCH

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested persons alleged to have engaged in vote buying in the Ekiti governorship election. The EFCC is part of security agencies deployed to monitor the election. Parading some of the suspects at the Oke Ori Omi Area Division of the Nigerian Police Force, the suspects were said to have been caught with monies allegedly used to induce voters, an act the EFCC officials say were carried out surreptitiously. The EFCC thereafter proceeded to burst another residence where some persons were caught with a book containing details of voters of certain voting area.

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has announced Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State as his running mate in the 2023 presidential election. He made the announcement on Thursday via his social media handles. Abubakar posted, “I am delighted to announce Governor Ifeanyi A. Okowa as my Vice Presidential candidate. “I look forward to travelling our great country together, engaging with all Nigerians and building a shared future of peace, unity, and prosperity for all. As One We Can Get It Done. #OneNigeria.” Earlier,  Okowa was welcomed to the PDP’s headquarters in Abuja  on Thursday with congratulatory remarks. Okowa was at the PDP Headquarters to attend the party’s Vice Presidential screening. The PUNCH  had reported that Okowa and two other PDP top members would be screened today as the party searches for a running mate for its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Some party members, who welcomed Okowa into the buil...