Year: 2015
PDP gives Taraba REC N1bn to rig governorship election
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba state has alleged that the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Alhaji Hamad Makama is…
Police arrest hoodlums for electoral offences in Lagos
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Kayode Aderanti, on Saturday said some hoodlums were arrested for allegedly disrupting the electoral…
Police arrest 14 persons over destroyed electoral materials in Kano
The Kano State Police Command on Saturday arrested 14 persons for allegedly snatching and destroying ballot boxes and papers in…
Oyegun to defectors: Stay in your party
John Oyegun, the national chairman of All Progressive Congress (APC), said on Saturday that the gale of defections by politicians…
Clinton would be ‘excellent president’ – Obama
Hillary Clinton would make a fine US president, Barack Obama told reporters Saturday, on the eve of the expected launch…
Banned Ibrahimovic inspires PSG to League Cup
Zlatan Ibrahimovic inspired holders Paris Saint-Germain to the first of a potential four trophies this season with a 4-0 win…
Kashamu aides, fake MOPOL arrested
Four aides of South West leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Buruji Kashamu, were arrested Saturday by security…
Tinubu hopeful of new Nigeria, urges collective efforts
Senator Oluremi Tinubu representing All Progressives Congress, Lagos Central Senatorial District, has expressed optimism that a new Nigeria is possible…
El-Rufai in massive early lead in Kaduna
The results trickling in from Kaduna State gubernatorial election show that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC, Malam…
Violators of Nigeria’s electoral law, constitution will be punished – Buhari
Nigeria’s president elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, said on Saturday that government officials and other agents of state who work to…
Thugs attack SSS official
The State Security Service official in Igboeze-South local government in Enugu State, Mr Preye Emmanuel, was attacked by suspected political…
Fayose raises alarm over ballot box snatching
Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state on Saturday raised alarm over allegations of snatching of ballot boxes during House of…
Oshiomhole Blasts INEC Over Card Reader Failure
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was Saturday criticised severely by Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State over…
Heavy downpour, low turnout of voters mar elections in Delta
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba The conduct of the Governorship and State House of Assembly election on Saturday was marred by heavy down…
Agbaje, Deputy, Bode George lose polling units as Ambode leads in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, Jimi Agbaje and his deputy Safurat Abdulkareem both lost their polling…
APC, PDP, SDP commend peaceful conduct of polls in Ogun
The governorship candidates of the APC, PDP and the Social Democratic (SDP) in Ogun have commended the peaceful and orderly…
OBJ Wins Unit Again For APC
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has again won his polling unit for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in…
Rivers governorship election is a sham – Amaechi
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Chibuike Amaechi and Rivers State, southern Nigeria, has described the Governorship and House Assembly elections as…
Meeting between PDP bigwigs, boys end in fracas
Damilare Okunola P.M. NEWS scoop in Ikorodu, Lagos, southwest Nigeria has it that a meeting between some bigwigs of the…
VP Sambo rally support for Buhari’s administration
Vice-President Namadi Sambo on Saturday urged Nigerians to support the incoming administration of General Muhammadu Buhari to ensure peace and…
2 Persons Vote At Lagos Polling Unit
Its staggering, shocking and almost comical but it is true. At a polling unit in Lagos, only two persons voted…
Sanusi advises Buhari on unity, fairness
An ex-Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Chief Joseph Sanusi, on Saturday urged President-elect Muhammadu Buhari to ensure unity…
Again, card reader rejects Jang’s fingers, as El-Rufai commends INEC
Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau has restated his opposition to the use of the card reader machines as the the…
PDP thugs take over Lagos, Rivers, Ondo – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday alerted the security agencies to cases of violence and disruption of voting in…
I will concede defeat if I lose election, says Ribadu
The Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Adamawa, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, said on Saturday that he would concede defeat if…
Obanikoro’s son outburst becomes an item
Ibrahim Babajide Obanikoro contesting for the House of Assembly election in Eti Osa Constituency 2 became an item after an…
Pictures: Jagaban of Borgu, Bola Tinubu gets accredited
Idowu Ogunleye/Lagos Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) gears up for governorship and state…
Gov. Ngilari disowns police over curfew announcement
Adamawa Government on Saturday denied imposing a dusk to dawn curfew in the state as announced by the Police Commissioner,…
Voters in Kano laud INEC over card reader
Voters on Saturday in Kano, commended INEC for the improvement recorded in the use of the card reader, for the…
No fake materials at polling booths in Rivers – INEC
The independent National Electoral Comision (INEC) on Saturday stated that there were no fake materials at the polling booths in…