Tag: election
Audio: Secret Meeting Of How Fayose, Obanikoro, Omisore, Army General rigged Ekiti election
This is a secret recording of how a Nigerian minister colluded with an army Brigadier General to rig the 2014…
Police guarantee safety of materials, electoral officers
Alhaji Bala Hassan, the Assistant Inspector General of Police ( AIG) for Zone 10, said on Thursday that measures have…
INEC implements ECOWAS 2011 recommendations
The ECOWAS Election Observation Mission, said on Saturday in Abuja that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) implemented some of…
Don’t allow yourselves to be used as political thugs, NANS warns
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Nigerian students have been advised to stay away from greedy and desperate politicians who may be planning to…
Imposition: Crises rocks CAN Election In Lagos
Cyriacus Izuekwe The Lagos State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) is currently enmeshed in crisis over attempts…
Angry protests in Haiti over election delays
Thousands of angry protesters hit the streets of Haiti on Friday to demand the resignation of President Michel Martelly, in…
Tunisia begins landmark election race
Campaigning officially got under way Saturday for Tunisian parliamentary elections seen as a milestone in efforts to establish a democratic…
2015: INEC issues notice of election in Kano
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kano state on Wednesday issued a notice of the 2015 general elections in…
Fayose: The Bad News From Ekiti State
By Joe Igbokwe Before June 21 Governorship elections in Ekiti State Professor Jide Osuntokun spoke from Mount Everest, the highest mountain in…
Siasia Pleads For Peaceful NFF Election
Taiwo Adelu Former Super Eagles’ coach, Samson Siasia has pleaded with delegates to the Elective Congress of Nigeria Football Federation,…
Kenyan election lessons for INEC
Electoral Institute and Africa Vision 252 Initiative, an NGO, is to organise a lecture on lessons Nigeria ought to learn…
Republic of Benin can’t fund elections – Pres. Yayi
Benin’s President Thomas Boni Yayi has criticised the cost of staging elections and indicated a lack of funds for an…
LG Election: Lagos Assembly summons LASIEC, council chairman
Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State House of Assembly has invited officials of the State Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC, and the…
NFF Electoral Committee Unveils Roadmap For Elections
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, on Monday inaugurated the newly -elected NFF Electoral and NFF Electoral Appeals Committees, with emphasis…
NFF elections to hold 30 Sept.
Taiwo Adelu A General Assembly of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has fixed Tuesday 30 September 2014 for the Elective Congress…
Time is running out for PVC collection – INEC
Chief Irokwe Okorie, Administrative Secretary, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Enugu State, said in Enugu that the time allotted for…
2015: IG sets up elections security planning unit
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja As part of efforts to strengthen the security of the electoral processes in the country and ensure sustainable…
Delta Correspondents’ Chapel Gets New Executive
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba The Delta State Correspondents’ Chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Tuesday elected officers to pilot its affairs…
Fintiri will not recontest in 2015
Prof. Wale Oladipo, PDP National Secretary, said the Adamawa acting governor, Alhaji Umar Fintiri, would not recontest in 2015 if…
Monitoring groups have impacted positively – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said suggestions from election monitoring groups have impacted positively on the country’s…
Deploy soldiers against Boko Haram not elections, Tambuwal Tells FG
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal on Saturday added his voice to the condemnation…
Nigerian Coaches Disown Giwa
The crisis that in the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, is getting more interesting by the day. The latest is the…
Maigari released by DSS after arrest
The head of Nigeria’s embattled football association was released from custody on Wednesday after being arrested before a general assembly…
Ogbeni: On His Mandate They Firmly Stood
By Peter Claver Opara Nothing can best demonstrate the danger stalking democracy in the land, with PDP’s desperation to retain…
Danagogo wishes NFF successful election on 26 August
Minister of Sports and Chairman National Sports Commission (NSC) Dr. Tammy Danagogo, has wished all delegates, candidates and stakeholders to…
NFF Stops 26 August Election
Taiwo Adelu Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has called on all Nigerians to discountenance a statement by the Chairman of NFF…
Fallout Of Osun Gov Election: 50 APC Members Still In Detention
The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said at least 50 of its members are still…
Mixed reactions trail Adamawa acting Gov.’s decision to contest
The decision of the acting governor of Adamawa, Alhaji Ahmadu Fintiri, to seek for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket…
Osun Election: Complete results from the 30 LGAs in Osun
Results from the 30 local government areas (LGA) in Osun state have been complied and incumbent governor Rauf Aregbesola is…
Osun Election in Pictures: Voters brace up for a long day
Photos By Idowu Ogunleye and Emmanuel Osodi/ Ile-Ife