How Vote buying led to large voters’ turnout –CDD …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD-West Africa) Election Analysis Centre (EAC) has said that vote buying and fake news characterised Saturday’s off-cycle governorship election in Edo State. The Chair of CDD-EAC, Prof. Adele Jinadu, on Saturday at a briefing on the … Read more
Police arrest ‘fake Journalist’, ‘Political thugs’ …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> The Nigeria Police Force said its operatives have arrested a “fake journalist” who claims to be a staff member of one of the leading television stations in Nigeria during the governorship election in Edo State. The was disclose by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa … Read more
Labour Party’s Akpata loses polling unit to PDP’s Ighodalo …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> Labour Party (LP) candidate, Olumide Akpata, faced a setback at his polling unit as he lost to the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Asue Ighodalo, according to results posted on INEC’s portal. Additionally, the portal revealed that both the All Progressives Congress (APC) … Read more
Edo State 2024 governorship election results …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> The results of today’s fiercely contested Edo State governorship election, which took place all throughout South South, are beginning to come in. Gistreel has been keeping you updated on the happenings of the election as the long wait for who the new governor will be … Read more
APC in early lead as INEC uploads over 50% of election results on IREV …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has already uploaded 2,290 results out of the total 4,519 polling units in the Edo State governorship election. This indicates that slightly over half of the polling units’ results have been … Read more
Davido reacts to police order to voters …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> Award-winning Nigerian musician David Adeleke, better known by his stage name Davido, has criticized a police message directed at Edo voters. According to an earlier report by GistReel, more than 2.6 million eligible voters across the 18 LGAs in Edo were expected to show … Read more
Oshiomhole casts his vote predicts winner …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> Former Edo State Governor and current Senator for Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, has cast his vote in the state’s ongoing gubernatorial election. He voted at Iyamho, Ward 10 Unit 01, in the Etsako West Local Government Area and expressed optimism about his party’s chances of … Read more
Ighodalo raises alarm over security threats …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Asue Ighodalo has expressed concern about security risks related to the current Edo State gubernatorial election. He alleged that the police had arrested a party member in Ward 8 Unit 3. “In Uromi unit 3, one of our supporters was … Read more
Voters protest lack of election result sheets …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> There was an electoral setback in Ward 8, unit 1, Orhionmwon, Orhionmwon Local Government Area, during the Edo State gubernatorial race. An online video purporting to show voters in the aforementioned district protesting over the lack of election result sheets has left them visibly … Read more
Labour Party governorship candidate Akpata casts his vote …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> Olumide Akpata, the Labour Party’s (LP) candidate for governor of Edo State, has cast his ballot in the current election.After voting at his Oredo polling place, Akpata told reporters he was sure he would win. He continued by saying that the turnout, which … Read more