Tag: elections
NBA Elections: Metaphor Of A Dying Country
By Godwin Onyeacholem The man-made calamities befalling this twisted nation are so overpowering that even the multitude of stoics, the…
PDP Inaugurates Youth Mobilisation Committee
As part of efforts to fortify the party ahead of future elections, the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic…
Libyans vote for congress amidst protests
Polls opened on Saturday for Libya’s first national elections in over four decades amid acts of sabotage in the east…
Edo state: Death, a godfather, intrigue and election
A suspicious car accident involving a governor’s convoy and the murder of one of his top aides leads to accusations…
Jonathan salutes Egypt’s Morsi
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has congratulated Dr. Mohamed Morsi on his emergence as Egypt’s President–Elect following the country’s recent run-off…
Egyptians choose new president
Egypt began voting on Saturday in a divisive presidential runoff pitting ousted strongman Hosni Mubarak’s last premier against an Islamist,…
Why Nigerian Leaders’ll Never Stop Stealing ––Ex-ICAN President
Former President, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN, Otunba Lateef Owoyemi, says Nigerian leaders will continue to steal as…
New Electoral Law: A Call To Anarchy — Tinubu
The National leader of Action Congress of Nigeria, AC N, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has condemned the amended section of…
Ex-Senate President, Nnamani Defends Buhari
Former Senate President Ken Nnamani said on Thursday in Abuja that General Muhamadu Buhari only called for free and fair…
CPC Charges INEC On 2015 Elections
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) on Monday in Abuja urged INEC to put in place structures that would ensure…
Akinmade: Why Mimiko will be re-elected
Why Gov Mimiko Will Be Re-Elected Mr. Kayode Akinmade, Ondo State Commissioner for Information, speaks on the Mimiko administration’s achievements…
I Won Delta Gov Elections —Ogboru
Governorship candidate of the Democratic Peoples Party in the 2011 governorship election in Delta State, Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru has…
Court to Rule on Wada’s Swearing in July
Felix Nnamdi/Abuja Justice Abdu- Kafarati of a Federal High Court siting in Abuja has fixed July 5th to deliver judgment…
AGN Presidency: Facts Behind Segun Arinze’s Resignation
Following the show of shame that marred the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) election in Benin, Edo State penultimate weekend,…
2015: Politicians Urge INEC To Sack Corrupt Politicians
Politicians on Monday said that for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct successful general elections in 2015, it…
FEC Approves N2.6b For E-voters’ Card
The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved N2.6 billion for the first phase of the printing of permanent electronic voters’…
Lagos ACN Demands Implementation Of Uwais Report
In view of the conduct of the Senegalese election where an opposition candidate defeated an incumbent president who has conceded…
INEC fixes date for Anambra Senate rerun
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed 20 March for the re-run election into Anambara South Senatorial district. Mr…
Nigeria’s New Dawn
With the results of the recent elections, it is clear that a major hurdle in Nigeria’s quest for good governance…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
ACN Challenges Conduct Of LG Poll In Rivers Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Rivers State has instituted a legal suit challenging plan by the Rivers State…
Supervisory Councillors, Others Congratulate Fashola, ACN
The Supervisory Councilors and Special Assistants to the chairmen in the 57 local governments and local council development areas in…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Gov Sylvia Gives INEC Pass Mark
Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva, has described the April 2011 general elections as a watershed in the history…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
INEC Will Ensure Prosecution of All Electoral Offenders -Commissioner
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has reiterated its determination to pursue the prosecution of all those caught committing electoral…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Massive turn out of voters reported in Yobe and Ogun states
More voters have trooped out for accreditation than in the previous elections in many parts of Ogun State , P.M…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Elections: Corps Members Threaten To Stop Work In Ogun
Corps members posted to conduct the governorship and state assembly elections in Ijebu East Local government area, Tuesday morning threatened…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Kaduna CPC Wants INEC, Police Bosses Removed
Kaduna Chapter of Congress for Progressive Change ,CPC has accused the Kaduna Resident Electoral Commissioner of INEC and Police Commissioner …
Elections 2011, Metro, News, Politics
Gov/Assembly Polls: Police Promise Adequate Security
Barely 24 hours to the Governorship and House of Assembly as well as the postponed House of Representatives elections across…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Corps Members Want Election Postponed In Jigawa
Members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, serving as INEC ad hoc staff in Jigawa state have called for…
Elections 2011, Headlines, News, Politics
INEC Postpones Election In Kaduna, Bauchi
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has postponed the governorship and House of Assembly elections in Kaduna and Bauchi states.…
Nigeria Can Start e-voting
With the successful conduct of the National Assembly and Presidential elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, a member…