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#EkitiDecides2026: Ex-presidential aide Babafemi Ojudu casts vote, alleges BVAS glitch at polling unit

Nigeria, June 20 -- A former presidential aide and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Babafemi Ojudu, has voted at his polling Unit 09 in Ward 08, Ado-Ekiti Local Government Area of Eki... Read More


#EkitiDecides2026: Gov Oyebanji speaks on poll, urges patience over report of glitches

Nigeria, June 20 -- Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji has expressed hope that glitches witnessed during voting across some polling units would be resolved, calling on voters to be patient. There w... Read More


#EkitiDecides2026: Police to punish offenders amid vote-buying reports, provide electoral emergency line

Nigeria, June 20 -- The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has warned against vote-buying and other electoral offences in the ongoing Ekiti governorship election, vowing that offenders would be arrested and p... Read More


#EkitiDecides2026: Accord Party candidate alleges vote-buying, faults security agents' conduct

Nigeria, June 20 -- The governorship candidate of the Accord Party in the ongoing Ekiti State governorship election, Opeyemi Falegan, has alleged vote-buying by the opposition in the ongoing poll. Mr... Read More


#EkitiDecides2026: Party agents use numbered slips instead of cash for vote buying in Ekiti election

Nigeria, June 20 -- There are indications that some voters in the ongoing governorship election in Ekiti State are selling their votes at the polling units where they are queuing to exercise their fra... Read More


#EkitiDecides2026: Police chief hails "unprecedented" early voter turnout

Nigeria, June 20 -- The Commissioner of Police for the Ekiti State 2026 Governorship Election, Abayomi Shogunle, has acknowledged the early voter turnout on Saturday, describing it as unprecedented. ... Read More


#EkitiDecides2026: Observers report incidences of vote-buying in ongoing Ekiti gov poll

Nigeria, June 20 -- Reports from some parts of Ekiti State indicate vote-buying and incentives given to voters in the ongoing governorship elections. CJID observers reported that at about 8:41 a.m., ... Read More


Nigeria's security crisis rooted in governance failures, poverty, scholars say

Nigeria, June 20 -- Nigeria's political and security crises are deeply rooted in decades of governance failures, poverty, institutional weaknesses and unresolved structural imbalances, participants at... Read More


#EkitiDecides2026: INEC deploys election materials, personnel across state

Nigeria, June 20 -- Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have expressed confidence in the commission's readiness for Saturday's Ekiti governorship election, assuring elect... Read More


#EkitiDecides2026: PDP's Oluyede raises concern over delayed voting process, accuses police of intimidation

Nigeria, June 20 -- The PDP governorship candidate, Wole Oluyede, has raised concerns over slow accreditation and voting in his polling unit, accusing INEC of process failures and alleging police hara... Read More