The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it arrested 65 persons were arrested on Saturday, March 18, 2023, across the 28 states where Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections were conducted, for alleged voter inducement.
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ASHENEWS reports that persons living with disabilities (PLWD) in Niger State have called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to restructure voting facilities to meet the needs of members in subsequent elections in Nigeria.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rescheduled voting to Sunday in 10 polling units at Victoria Garden City (VGC), Lagos.
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) have arrested 10 people suspected of vote-buying with N1.9 million cash in Gombe State.
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola says four West African Ministers rated the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) high in the conduct of February 25 Presidential/National Assembly elections in Nigeria.
The Albino Foundation (TAF-Africa) on Saturday said that the braille ballot guide for visually-impaired voters was not available in 75 percent of the polling units nationwide for the March 18 elections.
The deputy governor of Lagos state, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat has delivered his polling unit for the All Progressives Congress (APC) with a wide margin.
Yiaga Africa has alleged that some politicians were engaged in vote-buying as party agents distributed food, cash, and alcoholic drinks to some voters in exchange for votes.
The Bauchi Consolidated Youth Association, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) support group has said the man shown in a viral video purportedly buying votes at an undisclosed election is not known in Bauchi State nor has anyone that resembles him ever been a commissioner in the state.
ASHENEWS reports that suspected vote-buyers in Kaduna on Saturday attacked the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), who were deployed at the School Road, Unguwan Rimi Kaduna to monitor the March 18, 2023 governorship and House of Assembly elections.