Tag: election
Anambra Poll: APC Will Ensure Thorough Screening
The All Progressives Congress (APC) will ensure thorough screening of the credentials of all the aspirants contesting the Anambra governorship…
Kenya Electoral Commission Denies Interferences In Voting
Kenya Electoral Commission on Wednesday denied interferences in voting or the vote count in the general election, saying that the…
Kcee Reveals Intention In Anambra Gubernatorial Election
Nigerian entertainment artiste Kcee has joined the Anambra state gubernatorial race.
INEC Wants Personnel’s Lives Protected
INEC says it will not hesitate to stop the ongoing voters’ registration any time it discovered that the lives of…
Hassan Rouhani wins Iran’s presidential election
Incumbent President Hassan Rouhani has won Iran's election over his hardliner rival Ebrahim Raisi, the country's Interior Minister says.
PDP To Surprise APC
Ahead of the July 22 council polls in Lagos State, the Peoples Democratic Party says it is confident that its…
Sport Federations: Elections to commence May 5
Sports Stakeholders on Thursday in Abuja agreed to commence the National Sport Federations elections from May 5, the News Agency…
Anambra Gubernatorial Election: Soludo’s No Vacancy Verdict Undemocratic
Some governorship aspirants in Anambra have described Prof. Chukwuma Soludo’s comment that there is “no vacancy in the Anambra Government…
Somali lawmakers begin voting for president
Somali lawmakers gathered behind the blast walls of the capital’s airport on Wednesday to elect their president, after months of…
Anambra governorship candidates to pay N9m for posters
The Anambra State government’s Signage and Advertisement Agency (ANSAA) yesterday said governorship aspirants in the state would pay N9m each…
Supreme Court throws spanners in Gov Tambuwal’s election
The bid by Governor Aminu Tambuwal to stop a suit challenging the propriety of his nomination as candidate of the…
What will Ondo decide?
Next Saturday is supposed to be the governorship election in my home state, Ondo but the steps of the leading…
Angela Merkel’s future murky as party loses election
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative Christian Democrats fell to third place in a state election on Sunday behind the center-left…
PDP adopts option A4 in electing presidential, others
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it is planning to apply option A4 in electing its candidates for all coming…
#FCTDecides: Police boss commends peaceful polls
Folusho Adebanjo, The Commissioner of Police in charge of Saturday’s council elections in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has commended…
APC cannot win any election in Rivers, Wike reiterates
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt For the umpteenth time, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has declared that the All Progressives Congress, APC,…
INEC declares Rivers assembly polls inconclusive
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission has suspended all the election in all constituencies in the state. In a statement late…
Election rerun drama at Mile 1 Police Station in Rivers state
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Buhari has destroyed free, fair election in Nigeria – Fayose
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state has stated categorically that President Muhammadu Buhari has destroyed free, fair election in Nigeria.…
FIFA Election: Second round voting ongoing with Infantino leading
FIFA’s presidential election will go to a second ballot after no candidate earned the required two-thirds majority of votes cast…
Supreme Sanctuary For Election Riggers
Peter Claver Oparah I hope those who have now formed an emergency vanguard for the defence of the Supreme Court…
Nigeria, Liberia to ensure smooth conduct of elections in 5 African countries
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja said Nigeria would partner Liberia in ensuring the conduct of free and fair…
Akwa Ibom: Supreme Court set for verdict
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Supreme Court is set to rule on the case filed by Udom Emmanuel, the governor of Akwa…
Things fall apart at PENGASSAN as aggrieved members head to court
There are strong indications that the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) may be in for…
Jailed Niger opposition figure to contest election – Court
Niger’s constitutional court on Saturday approved 15 candidates for a presidential vote next month, including key opponent Hama Amadou, who…
Election: Gusau residents decry low turn out of voters
Residents of Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara, have decried low turnout of voters during the conduct of the local…
LG election in Ekiti records low turnout
Low turnout of voters characterised the elections into chairmanship and councillorship seats in the 16 local government areas of Ekiti…
KOGI ELECTION QUAGMIRE: WILL THIS INTERPRETATION OF CONVENIENCE WORK?
By Daniel Onwe This tragedy of the Kogi State election has opened a flood gate of interpretations and opinions on…
INEC assures of hitch-free poll in Bayelsa
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday said it had improved on its logistics and was ready to conduct…
Edo 2016: Group warns against heating up the polity
Jethro Ibileke/Benin As the march towards the 2016 governorship election in Edo State continues to gather momentum, a pressure group,…