Tag: election
In Pictures: Security operatives prepare for Osun Election
By Idowu Ogunleye and Emmanuel Osodi/Osogbo
Osogbo hotels raided by police ahead of election
By Gbenro Adesina/Osogbo Heavily armed policemen on Friday raided some hotels in Osogbo, capital of Osun state, demanding from the…
Osun PDP Rally, A Show Of Shame, Says Jide Jimoh
Yisa Jamiu The Chairman of Yaba Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State, Jide Jimoh, has described the Peoples Democratic…
Why we changed Osun Commissioner – Jega
Chairman of INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has described as difficult and painful but realistic decision to send another Resident Electoral…
Conduct credible elections in Osun, US ambassador urges Jega
By Simon Ateba James Entwistle, the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, has urged professor Attahiru Jega, Chairman Independent National Electoral…
NFF inaugurate Electoral, Appeals Committees Monday
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, will on Monday inaugurate the newly–constituted Electoral Committee and Electoral Appeals Committee that will take…
Afghanistan rejects Facebook ban as election tensions rise
The Afghan government on Sunday rejected a proposal to ban Facebook during an ongoing deadlock over the presidential election, despite…
PDP to wrest power from APC in Sokoto in 2015
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto State said on Sunday that it would wrest power from the ruling All…
Checking Corruption And Tardiness In The Judiciary
The victory of Ayo Fayose in the recently concluded election in Ekiti State has again raised the question of his…
We’re Coming To Take Lagos, Southwest —PDP
Kazeem Ugbodaga Following the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the governorship election in Ekiti State last Saturday,…
Fayemi’s Sportsmanship
In a rare show of sportsmanship, Governor Kayode Fayemi on Sunday congratulated Governor-elect, Ayodele Fayose, following his Saturday, 21 June…
Ogboru Congratulates Fayose
The Democratic People’s Party, DPP, governorship candidate in the Delta 2011 governorship election, Olorogun Great Ovedje Ogboru has congratulated the…
Brazil’s President Rousseff launches re-election bid
Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff formally launched her re-election bid on Saturday, leading in opinion polls despite lingering discontent over World…
June 12 Can’t Be Forgotten —CDHR
Lagos chapter Chairman of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, Comrade Isiak Buna, has stated that June…
APC poses no threat – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has stated that major opposition party, All Progressives Party (APC) poses no threat. This was…
Osun will not sack workers – Speaker
Najeem Salaam, the Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, on Friday said there was no plan by the state…
All Set For APC’s Convention
All is set for the National Convention of the All Progressives Congress, APC. At the convention scheduled for Abuja, Nigeria’s…
Convention: APC denies zoning arrangement
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has debunked speculations of a zoning arrangement ahead of its national convention scheduled for 12-13…
Okorocha bans proliferation of political posters in Owerri
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo has banned the littering of the state capital with posters during political campaigns. The ban…
President Zuma discharged from hospital
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma left hospital late Sunday, the day after he was admitted for routine tests following a…
Unilorin freshers divided over iPad use
Damilare Okunola Newly admitted students of the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, have expressed mixed feelings over the usefulness of…
Britain brands Assad re-election an ‘insult’
Britain branded Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s election victory an “insult”, saying Thursday the poll was merely a way of “sustaining…
Assad re-elected Syria president in ‘farce’ polls
Bashar al-Assad has been re-elected Syria’s president with 88.7 per cent of the vote after a poll labelled a farce…
Egypt: General Sisi in sweeping victory
Ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has scored a crushing presidential election triumph and consolidated the grip of the military, 11…
President declares Malawi election ‘null and void’
Malawi’s President Joyce Banda on Saturday went on radio to declare this week’s chaotic election “null and void,” throwing the…
Europeans begin vote for new Parliament
Britain and the Netherlands begin voting Thursday, in the elections to the European parliament that are expected to see a…
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14 APC Govs Storm Ekiti For Fayemi
Simon Ateba, Nkrumah Bankong-Obi & Gbenro Adesina/Ado Ekiti A number of governors, Senators, House of Representatives members and leaders of…
Sepp Blatter to stand again as FIFA president
FIFA president Sepp Blatter plans to run for a fifth term as the boss of global football, the Swiss newspaper…
President Zuma heads for a landslide
With more than 20 percent of votes counted in South Africa’s landmark general election, the ruling ANC appeared set to…
Vote-counting begins in Guinea-Bissau
Vote counting began in Guinea-Bissau after a heavy turnout in Sunday’s legislative and presidential elections meant to bring stability to…