Tag: elections
Senator-Elect Scores INEC High
The Senator-Elect, Lagos East Senatorial District, Action Congress of Nigeria, Mr. Gbenga Ashafa has scored the Independent National Electoral Commission,…
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Police Restrict Movement In Plateau
Ahead of tomorrow’s presidential election, Plateau State Police Command has announced restriction of movement today from 6pm to 6am tomorrow…
Jonathan Advised To Watch His Back
The Vice Chairman Christian Council of Nigeria (CCN), Reverend Aboyade Olubi has admonished President Goodluck Jonathan to be mindful of…
Corps Members Lament Non-Payment Of Allowances
Youth Corps members on national assignment in the ongoing general elections have called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,…
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PDP Edges Out Other Parties In Plateau State
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP  has won five out the six  Federal  constituency seats , where elections were conducted in…
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Bankole, Iyabo, Danjuma, Omisore, Oyinlola Defeated In Polls
The National Assembly election held across Nigeria yesterday produced numerous upsets and unfurled clear signs that the nation’s political complexion…
Bombs Kill One, Stir Tension In Kaduna
Ahead of Nigeria’s National Assembly election polls, two men suspected to be members of Boko Haram sect were unlucky last…
Text Message War: Labour Party Surrenders
Labour Party has backed down on its electronic text message war with the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and has…
Controversy Trails Oshiomhole’s Comments On Soldiers
Controversy has continued to trail the allegation of partisanship against soldiers by Edo Governor Adams Oshiomhole during the postponed National…
Mass Arrest Of ACN Officials
Nigerian authorities have arrested scores of opposition members in the southeastern state of Akwa Ibom in a campaign of intimidation…
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Saturday Elections: Jonathan Appeals To Nigerians for Mass Turn Out
President Goodluck Jonathan has appealed to Nigerians not to allow their disappointment over last Saturday’s botched National Assembly polls to…
Shift In Election Dates: Don’t Be Intimidated, Bariga LG Boss Tells Electorate
A head of the rescheduled elections, a chieftain of Action Congress of Nigeria and current chairman of Bariga Local Council…
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Lagos ACN Laments Challenges Of 2011 Elections
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Lagos State, South-West, Nigeria, has asked the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Kunle Ogunmola,…
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Poll: PDP Candidate Pleads With Nigerians
Nigerians have been called upon to accept the postponement of the Senate and Federal House of Representatives elections in good…
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Fashola, Tinubu Urge Lagosians Not To Be Discouraged Over Rescheduled Elections
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Sunday urged Nigerians not to be discouraged by the postponement of the Senate…
Fashola Urges Lagosians To Shun Violence During Election
With less than 24 hours to the first set of elections in the April 2011 polls, Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde…
Apprehension In Ibadan Ahead Of Election
Following the declaration of public holiday today by the Oyo State Government in preparation for elections commencing tomorrow nationwide, activities…
Fashola Queries The Shuffling Of Police Officers In Meeting With EU Mission
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola( SAN) on Friday received members of the European Union Observation Mission in Nigeria 2011…
Apathy In Ogbomosho Ahead Of Polls
Residents of the ancient town of Ogbomosho seem unprepared and unenthusiastic about tomorrow’s and subsequent elections that will hold in…
Nigerian League Suspended For Elections
The wish of Nigerian players, club officials and referees, who want to take active part in the National Assembly elections…
Oshiomhole In Door To Door Campaign
Edo state Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiohmole took the campaign for votes in the forthcoming elections to the doorsteps of the…
Bakare Presents Ogun CPC Candidates To Electorate
Vice-Presidential Candidate of Congress for Progressives Change (CPC), Pastor Tunde Bakare yesterday stormed his hometown, Abeokuta to seek for votes…
Gov Daniel’s Gimmick For PPN
Residents of Olambe and Ope Ilu, all suburbs of Ogun State in Ifo Local Government Constituency II, have decried the…
2011 Elections: I’m Not Under Pressure —Jega
Two days to the commencement of Nigeria’s general election, Professor Attahiru Jega, the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC…
Lagos Electoral Boss Meets Politicians
In a bid to ensure that the forthcoming elections are free and fair especially in Lagos State, there has been…
Jonathan Woos JNI, Islamic Preachers
President Goodluck Jonathan was in Kaduna yesterday to discuss with members of Ja’amatu Nasril Islam, JNI on why the Muslim…
Nigerians‘ll hold Jonathan on free polls, says Buhari
Presidential candidate of the Congress for Democratic Change, Alhaji Muhmmadu Buhari says Nigerians will hold President Goodluck Jonathan to his…
Lagos Police In Show Of Force
In preparation for the forthcoming elections, the police in Lagos in collaboration with the military, on Sunday staged a ‘Show…
Methodist Church Supports One Man, One Vote
The Methodist Church of Nigeria, Diocese of Remo, has called on the federal government to uphold the popular slogan of…
Fashola Charges Nigerians To See 3 Election Days As Sacrifice
With seven days to go before the first in the series of elections to elect new leaders, the Lagos State…