Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has cast his vote.
Tinubu who arrived at his polling unit around 11 am, cast his vote in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos State.
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Gov Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state has cast his vote at his polling unit in Owa-Alero, Ika North-East Local Government Area.
The former Senator is the vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Okowa, who voted at 9:48am, arrived at the polling unit in the company of his wife, Dame Edith Okowa, and daughters.
President Muhammadu Buhari has exercised his franchise in his hometown, Daura, Katsina State.
Today is the Presidential and National Assembly elections in the country.
After the President voted, he showed off his ballot papers to the voters around his polling unit.
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President Muhammadu Buhari seen displaying his ballot paper after casting vote.#ElectionDay #Electiontrending #INEC #Presidentialelection #NigeriaDecides pic.twitter.com/09VPtvsKjy
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday arrived at the polling unit of Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
Tinubu’s polling unit is Ward C PU 085 Alausa, Ikeja, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos State.
In a video shared online, the officials were seen in their uniform arriving at the centre.
They were seen parading the polling centre although they never disclosed what prompted the visit to reporters.
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EFCC storms Tinubu Polling unit in Alausa#NigeriaElections2023 #AITElectionCoverage pic.twitter.com/7OWJRE08jV
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Sen Oluremi Tinubu, the wife of the presidential flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has cast her vote.
She voted at her Polling Unit in Lagos State, which is not far from the Bourdillon, Ikoyi, the Lagos State home of Tinubu.
Remi, a federal lawmaker representing Lagos Central Senatorial District had joined the queue to vote in the ongoing presidential and National Assembly elections.
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Tinubu's wife, Remi votes in Lagos
Oluremi Tinubu, wife of the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress casting her votes in Falomo, Lagos.
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Some voters at the polling units at Amuzukwu Girls Secondary School in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State, have expressed disappointment over the absence of INEC officials at the centre.
Some of the voters told Vanguard that they were at the polling unit as early as 7:00 am but could not see any INEC official as at 8:47 when Vanguard visited the unit.
One of them, Johnson Iroegbu said he was disappointed that despite assurances by INEC, polls were yet to commence at the centre.
Another voter, Chinedu Okorafor also expressed anger that INEC officials had not come.
African Democratic Congress, ADC, party agent at the unit, Osita Ogbonna said he did not understand what INEC was planning to do.
He said he had been trying to call INEC officials but they were not picking his calls.
Similarly, Labour Party agent, Chigozie Ukaegbu, said he was beginning to doubt the sincerity of INEC to conduct a credible poll.
He wondered why INEC would delay polls at the centre.
But when contacted, Head Voter Education, INEC , Mrs Rebecca Jim, said she would call the Electoral Officer in the Local Government to know why the delay.
As as 8:56 am when she called back to know if the INEC officials had arrived, she said the EO told her that the officials ought to have been at the centre .
Dr Isa Abdulmumin has been appointed by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, as its Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department.
Abdulmumin takes over from Mr Osita Nwanisobi, who has retired from the apex bank.
Until his appointment, Dr Abdulmumin was a Deputy Director in the Corporate Communications Department.
His predecessor, Nwanisobi, took over in October 2020 when Mr Isaac Okorafor, retired from service.
Dr. Queen Agwu, the Anambra State Resident Electoral Commission, has disclosed that the presidential and national assembly polls will be held in all the 5,720 polling units in the 21 local government areas of the state despite the insecurity ravaging the state.
Agwu also stated that out of the 2.5 million people registered to vote, only 5,000 people did not pick up their permanent voter cards.
She stated these on Friday during a press conference, adding that sensitise and non-sensitive materials have arrived in the 21 local government areas except six polling units with zero registration.
She also assured of the commission’s readiness for the conduct of the 2023 general elections in the state, insisting that insecurity is not going to be an issue.
According to her, enough security operatives have been deployed in all the local governments and are poised to action.
She said, “Election will be held in all the local government areas of Anambra State, despite insecurity.
“We have deployed staff in all polling units in the state. We have a lot of security personnel in the state and we are conducting elections in all the polling units in the state.
“We don’t want to disenfranchise anybody in the state. The commission has fully deployed materials in all the 21 local government councils in the state and it is prepared for the peaceful conduct of the elections.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that the results of February 25th presidential and National Assembly polls will be declared speedily.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who spoke at a media briefing in Abuja on Friday, February 24, also said that the process will not suffer any encumbrance due to the recent cash crunch triggered by the naira re-design policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
He said;
“I just want to say that we will ensure that it (result declaration) will be done speedily. I can’t put a finger on the number of days or number of hours it will take, but it will be done speedily. We are aware of the anxiety and the need for us to conclude the process quickly, it will be concluded quickly.
“It is not all our operations that are paid for by cash. In fact, the bulk of our procurement for both goods and services is done electronically, but we need a small amount of money to pay for the unbanked who render critical services, particularly at the local level.
“We anticipated this challenge and interacted with the Central Bank, they promised us that the little amount we need to pay for services in cash, they will make the funds available to us and they have done so.
“And these funds have already been accessed by our state offices for elections which is why the movement of personnel and materials in the last couple of days has gone on unhindered. So, I must give credit for our relationship with the Central Bank in that regard. So, the process won’t suffer any encumbrance as a result.”
Controversial crossdresser, Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye alias Bobrisky has declared his support for the APC presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The self-styled Rich Mummy of Lagos took to his Instagram page to make known his preferred candidate in the election which holds today, February 25, 2023.
Bobrisky wished the APC candidate a good outcome at the 2023 polls while appealing to Nigerians not to berate him for his choice.
He shared a now-deleted photo of Bola Ahmed and appealed to critics to act mature and let him be.
In his words:
“Goodluck tomorrow my own president. Nobody should come for me for picking my own candidate. Feel free to pick yours. Let’s act mature.”
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