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Nigeria:
INEC to Go Ahead With Edo Election Despite Security Concerns
Vanguard, 8 September 2016
The Edo State governorship election is to go ahead, sources in the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC despite security concerns raised by the Police and the Department… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Ruling Party Behind Move to Postpone Edo Election - Fayose
Premium Times, 7 September 2016
The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has condemned the call for the postponement of the Edo State governorship election by the State Security Services, SSS, and the police. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Why We Want Edo Election Postponed - Police, Security Agencies
Premium Times, 7 September 2016
The Nigeria police and the State Security Services, SSS, say their call for the postponement of Saturday's governorship election in Edo State is based on "credible intelligence" of… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Police, State Security Want Edo Governorship Election Postponed
Premium Times, 7 September 2016
Two major security agencies have asked that the Edo State governorship election set for Saturday be postponed. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Edo Poll - PDP Won't Tolerate Inconclusive Poll, Fayose Warns INEC
This Day, 8 September 2016
The Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has warned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies against perverting the results of the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
INEC Meets On DSS, Police Request to Postpone Edo State Election
This Day, 8 September 2016
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will meet thursday in Benin to deliberate on the request by the Department of State Services (DSS) and Nigerian Police for the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Police, DSS Want INEC to Postpone Edo Election
Guardian, 8 September 2016
Warning of unfavourable intelligence reports, the Nigeria Police and Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to… Read more »
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Nigeria:
APC, PDP Differ On Call to Shift Edo Polls
Vanguard, 8 September 2016
The Department of State Services, DSS, and the Nigeria Police, yesterday called for the postponement of the Edo State governorship election scheduled for Saturdayelection on the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Edo 2016 - the Longest 48 Hours
Vanguard, 8 September 2016
In the next 48 hours, Edolites will go to the polls to elect a new Governor. How lucky could anyone be when the situation we have by default is what people in the more advanced… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Edo 2016 - Nigerian Civil Society Coalition, TMG, Berate Police, SSS for Seeking Postponement
Premium Times, 7 September 2016
The Transition Monitoring Group on Wednesday said the decision by Nigerian security agencies to unilaterally suggest a postponement of the upcoming gubernatorial election in Edo… Read more »
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Nigeria:
#EdoDecides - Fayose Condemns Calls to Postpone Polls, Says Democracy Now in Danger Under APC
Vanguard, 7 September 2016
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, has condemned the call for the postponement of the Edo State governorship election by the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Police,… Read more »
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Nigeria:
APC As a Mistake Edo State Must Not Make
Vanguard, 7 September 2016
September 10, 2016, is epochal in the history of the great Edo State. It is a date when life beckons on the people to embark on a game-changing and life-amending venture; a time… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Calls for Postponement of Edo Poll - Shocking, Bizarre, Confusing - PDP
Vanguard, 7 September 2016
The Peoples Democratic Party has described as "Shocking, Bizarre, and Confusing" the call by the DSS and the Nigerian police for the postponement of next Saturday's gubernatorial… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Why Police, DSS Wants Edo Election Postponed
Vanguard, 7 September 2016
The Nigeria Police Force ( NPF) and the Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission to postpone the Edo governorship… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Analysis - Edo 2016: Obaseki, Ize-Iyamu in Epic Battle to Replace Oshiomhole
Premium Times, 7 September 2016
Residents of Edo State will on Saturday decide who governs them for the next four years, in an intensely contested governorship election. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Move to Postpone Edo Election "Shocking, Bizarre, Confusing" - PDP
Premium Times, 7 September 2016
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has expressed shock at a call made by security agencies for Saturday's governorship election in Edo State to be postponed. Read more »