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#EkitiDecides2026: INEC uploads 34.6% of polling unit results on IReV

Nigeria, June 20 -- The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has begun uploading results from the Ekiti State governorship election to its Result Viewing Portal (IReV), following the close... Read More


#EkitiDecides2026: Oyebanji, Oluyede, 12 others in governorship battle (LIVE UPDATES)

Nigeria, June 20 -- Voters in Ekiti State will go to the polls today to elect who governs the state for the next four years. There are 14 candidates in the off-cycle governorship race, with the incum... Read More


Kenneth Nwa Okonkwo: The actor who brings his character to life, By Osmund Agbo

Nigeria, June 20 -- In Greek mythology, there is the fascinating story of Pygmalion, a gifted sculptor from the island of Cyprus. Disillusioned by the women around him, Pygmalion resolved never to mar... Read More


BVAS fails to verify some voters' faces in Ikere

Nigeria, June 20 -- (BVAS) failed to verify faces of some voters during Saturday's off-cycle governorship election in Ekiti State. PREMIUM TIMES observed the development in Ikere Ekiti in Okere Ekiti... Read More


EkitiDecides2026: Yiaga Africa reports high level of voting materials, security personnel deployment

Nigeria, June 20 -- Credible election advocacy group Yiaga Africa has reported a high level of deployment of election materials and security personnel across polling units in the ongoing Ekiti State g... Read More


#EkitiDecides2026: Gov Sani hails election as transparent amid vote-buying allegations

Nigeria, June 20 -- Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has hailed the ongoing gubernatorial polls in Ekiti State as "transparent" and "very peaceful," despite claims of vote-buying in some locations in... Read More


#EkitiDecides2026: Outcome of poll will guide future Electoral Act amendments - Official

Nigeria, June 20 -- The Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, has described the Ekiti State governorship election as the first major test of Nigeria's current Electoral Act, saying the outcome of the exerc... Read More


Journalists' Ejection from Court: NUJ demands sanctions against Akwa Ibom magistrate

Nigeria, June 20 -- The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Akwa Ibom State Council, has demanded an investigation and disciplinary action against Magistrate Godwin Edemekong following the alleged hum... Read More


#EkitiDecides2026: Results from Ekiti governorship election (LIVE UPDATES)

Nigeria, June 20 -- Voting has been concluded in some polling units in Ekiti State, where residents are electing who governs the state for the next four years. PREMIUM TIMES reports that voting comme... Read More


#EkitiDecides2026: Turnout impressive but marred by malpractices - ADC governorship candidate

Nigeria, June 20 -- The African Democratic Congress (ADC) governorship candidate in Ekiti State, Dare Bejide, has said voter turnout in the ongoing Saturday's election in the state has been "impressiv... Read More