An adhoc official of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, met her untimely death on Saturday, while heading to her place of assignment for the presidential poll in Benue State. The lady, identified Blessing Agidi Odeh, our reporter learnt, was involved in a motorcycle accident on Saturday morning along the Obussa-Ebonyi road, in Oju local…
Day: March 28, 2015
Terrorists Murder Lawmaker, 8 Others In Gombe
Some unidentified gunmen have killed not less than nine people in Gombe State. The victims were feared dead on Saturday by the insurgents believed to be members of Boko Haram. Among them was a member of Gombe State House of Assembly, Umar Aminu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, representing Dukku South Constituency. The terrorists…
Lagos APC Stalwart, Muheez Bello Dies In Boat Mishap
Aproko247 has confirmed that an Epe Local Government Chairman hopeful of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muheez Bello, has died. Bello, a former Chevron big boy and a popular Lagos Island moneybag, was feared dead on Saturday in a boat mishap in Epe. He was in a boat with the first son of the Olu…
INEC Extends Voting Till Sunday
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced the extension of voting till Sunday, March 29, 2015. This is to make sure that eligible voters are not disenfranchised by the Commission from exercising their civic rights. In some areas in the country, the card reading machines deployed by INEC for accreditation of voters flopped. Due…
Breaking: INEC Website Finally Restored
Aproko247 has confirmed the restoration of the website of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, which was earlier hacked by a group. A moment ago, the official website of the Commission was compromised by the Nigerian Cyber Army. But IT experts of INEC have reclaimed the platform for the electoral body. INEC is conducting elections…
Boko Haram Attacks Gombe Polling Stations, 2 Die
According to reports reaching us from Gombe State, no fewer than two persons were feared dead on Saturday in an attack said to be carried out by members of the Islamic sect called Boko Haram. Our correspondent gathered that the suspected terrorists stormed villages of Birin Bolawa and Birin Fulani in the Nafada district of…
INEC Website Hacked By Group
An internet group called Nigerian Cyber Army has claimed that it has taken over the official website of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The website was hacked on Saturday, just when the Commission is conducting the presidential and National Assembly elections today. INEC has confirmed the development. “We are aware of the recent hack…
Bomb Scare In Enugu Polling Unit As Police Douses Tension
A car bomb attack occurred on Saturday morning at a polling unit in Enugu State, though no life was lost. It was gathered that a black colour Honda baby boy car. with registration number KUJ 971 LB, driven by yet to be identified persons and allegedly with some suspected Improvise Explosive Device, IED, exploded, shattering…
Jonathan Finally Accredited By INEC
After initially not being able to get accredited by the card reading machines provided by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, President Goodluck Jonathan has eventually be authenticated as a voter for the presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday. The President’s voter’s card was initially rejected by the reading device, as well as his…
Card Readers Flop In Jonathan's Polling Unit
The card reading machines deployed for accreditation at the polling unit of President Goodluck Jonathan in his Otueke hometown in Bayelsa State initially messed up. After waiting for over 30 minutes, the President was unable to be accredited the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The first three card reading machines brought to authenticate Jonathan’s Permanent…