Tag: Anambra election
Anambra election: Jonathan urges aggrieved parties to go to court
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday called on all aggrieved parties in the concluded Anambra governorship elections to keep their…
Anambra election: Residents ignore movement restriction
The restriction of movement imposed by the police and INEC during the ongoing Anambra supplementary governorship election was not effective…
Anambra: Rep member withdraws suit against Obiano
Rep. Uche Ekwunife, a governorship aspirant under the platform of All Progressives Grand Alliance in Anambra state, has withdrawn her…
In Pictures: APC Protests Anambra Poll Fraud
Leaders of the APC today in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, defied a denial of police permit to protest the 16…
Anambra: It’s time to end electoral impunity in Nigeria
By Chief Bisi Akande Courtesies……… It is said that when bad things happen, it provides a chance for good people…
Anambra election: INEC official remanded in police custody
A Wuse Zone 2 Chief Magistrates’ Court, in the Nigerian Federal capital of Abuja, on Monday, ordered that an INEC…
Lai Mohammed: Jega’s credibility gone with Anambra poll
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta As controversy continues to dog the 16 November governorship election in the eastern Nigerian state of Anambra,…
APC tackles INEC again: Anambra election a parody
The All Progressives Congress (APC) is not relenting in driving home the message to the Independent National Electoral Commission, why…
2 parties back INEC’s partial poll in Anambra
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), two fringe political associations in Nigeria, have supported…
APC rejects supplementary election in Anambra
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected Friday’s announcement by INEC to hold supplementary election in Anambra State on 30…
PDP says APC using Anambra poll to test run ‘evil plot’
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has charged Nigerians to be vigilant and resist attempts by anybody or group of persons…
Anambra Poll: APC takes case to Jega, demands annulment
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has formally petitioned INEC Chairman Attahiru Jega seeking the cancellation of the Nov. 16th Governorship…
Anambra election: PDP attacks APC, opposes cancellation of poll
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday opposed the call by the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the cancellation of…
With Puzzles for INEC, APC insists on fresh poll in Anambra
Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected the announcement by Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC that it will hold a…
Anambra election ends without a winner
Simon Ateba and Seun Bisuga/Awka The controversial governorship election in Anambra State, south-eastern Nigeria, has ended without a winner, the…
Ngige, Nwoye, Ubah want Anambra poll annulled
The trio of Senator Chris Ngige of APC, Mr Tony Nwoye of PDP and Dr Ifeanyi Ubah of LP have…
Women protest conduct of Anambra’s election
Hundreds of women on Sunday marched through major streets in Awka, capital of the eastern Nigerian state of Anambra, to…
Ubah also thumbs down INEC, says poll flawed
Nigeria’s Labour Party (LP) candidate in the Anambra Governorship Election, Mr Ifeanyi Ubah, has joined the criticism against the conduct…
APGA chief says Anambra poll free and fair
Chief Victor Umeh, the National Chairman of Nigeria’s All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), on Sunday dismissed allegations that INEC and…
Anambra election: INEC bars journalists from collation centre
Simon Ateba/Awka The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has barred many accredited journalists from the collation centre in Awka, the…
APC wants Anambra poll cancelled, says it’s new low for INEC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has demanded a total cancellation of Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra State based on the…
Anambra poll a mockery of democracy, says Ngige
Senator Chris Ngige, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress has indicated that his party will challenge the outcome…
Anambra: INEC disappoints voters in rescheduled election
Seun Bisuga, Simon Ateba, Folarin Ademosu, Oluwasanmi Joseph/In Awka Registered voters in Obosi, North Idemili Local Government Area have gotten…
DIG Leha commends police in Anambra
Seun Bisuga/ in Awka Philemon Leha, Deputy Inspector General, Operations have commended the efforts of the Nigerian Policemen that participated…
Anambra election cancelled in 65 polling units
Simon Ateba and Folarin Ademosu/Awka The Anambra governorship election has been cancelled in 65 polling units, the Independent National Electoral…
Ngige, Ubah condemn INEC over irregularities
Seun Bisuga/ Awka All Progressives Congress gubernatorial candidate, Chris Ngige, has condemned INEC’s inconsistencies in the ongoing election in the…
APC decries shortage of materials, harassment of officials
Party’s Deputy Nat. Sec. el-Rufai harassed The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm over the late or non…
Anambra: Voting centres short of materials
Seun Bisuga/ Anambra Inadequate INEC materials have stalled accreditation in some parts of Anambra particularly at Abobu Nnewichi, Nnewi. Over…
Movement restriction fails in Anambra
The Nigerian Police has failed to restrict movement of residents in Anambra State ahead of the gubernatorial election today. Independent…
Anambra:Large voter turn-out in Nnewi
FOLARIN ADEMOSU\Nnewi Many voters turned out for accreditation in polling stations across Nnewi North Local Government Area, LGA, in the…