Tag: General Elections
Governor Fayose Endangers Nigeria
By Joe Igbokwe On Monday on the front pages of the Punch and the Sun newspapers, Governor Ayo Fayose of…
Anger Over Mbu’s Posting To Lagos
Jamiu Yisa Negative reactions and anger have continued to trail the redeployment of the controversial police officer, Mbu Joseph Mbu…
Youths Sweep Jonathan, PDP Leaders Out Of Sokoto
Hundred of youths took to the streets near the palace of the Sultan of the northern Nigerian city of Sokoto,…
Winners Members Storm Church With Voter Cards
Eromosele Ebhomele Members of the Living Faith Church, better called Winners Chapel, on Sunday stormed the church headquarters located in…
2015: Abdulsalami Calls For Change
As Nigerians prepare for this year’s general elections, former miltary Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, has called for a…
Elections In The North-East
With the prevailing insecurity occasioned by relentless gruesome attacks by Boko Haram in North-Eastern states in the country, many Nigerians…
Indians troop to vote from Monday
The first Indian voters head to the polls Monday for the world’s biggest election, set to sweep the opposition Hindu…
Nigeria’s presidential election to hold February 2015
Nigeria is to hold its next presidential election on February 14, 2015, the Independent National Electoral Commission said Friday, with…
Nigeria: ACN pushes for electronic voting in 2015
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has said it is time for the country to embrace electronic voting in order…
Sierra-Leoneans troop to the polls
Sierra Leoneans cast their votes Saturday in the country’s third poll since the end of a brutal civil war, a…
Northern Govs Eye Aso Rock In 2015
Barely three years to the next general elections, the battle line for the 2015 presidential race appears drawn as talks…
2015 Presidential Polls: Buhari, PDP Locked In Battle Of Wits
After a careful reflection on the outcome of the April 2011 general elections, former Head of State and Congress for…
‘2015: North’ll Unite Against Southern Candidate’
Ahead of the 2015 general elections, governors of 19 northern states under the aegis of Northern Governors Forum, NGF, Thursday…
2015: North’ll Not Back Southern Candidates —NGF
Ahead of the 2015 general elections, governors of 19 northern states under the aegis of Northern Governors Forum, NGF, Thursday…
ACN Backs Lagos Govt Action On Striking Doctors
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has expressed regrets over the turn of events regarding…
ACN, PDP In Battle Of Wits Over Good Governance
For years to come, the cold war between the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,…
PDP, PPN In Secret Talks
The camps of the former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and the former governor of the state,Otunba Gbenga Daniel are meeting…
I Won’t Attend Council Of State Meeting —Buhari
Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), the CPC Presidential candidate in the April general elections, says he will not participate in…
Election Petition Tribunal Inaugurated In Lagos
The Election Petition Tribunal that will hear all cases concerning the April general elections was inaugurated at the Lagos High…
Monarch Congratulates Tinubu, Fashola, Others, Celebrates 90 Days On Throne
The traditional ruler of Ilasheland in Oriade Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, Oba Fatai Akinwunmi, has joined the…
Revisiting NYSC Programme
One of ugly memories of 2011 general elections was the killing of 10 National Youth Service Corps members in the…
Lessons Of The 2011 General Elections
At last, the 2011 general elections have come and gone and, doubtless, not a few Nigerians will heave a sigh…
Stakeholders Condemn Nwabunike’s Action
The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has condemned the action of the immediate past chairman of the…
Elections 2011, Metro, News, Politics
ACN Has Capacity To Lead Change —Fashola
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has attributed the success of the Action Congress of Nigeria at the April…
Ringim Commends Police
Inspector General of Police Hafiz Ringim on Wednesday commended officers and men of the Force for their performance during the…
Elections: Lessons For The Winners
Now that elections have been won and lost, we congratulate the winners but warn that the fate of the vanquished…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
US Backs INEC On Polls
The U.S has expressed its support for INEC’s decision to shift the dates of the general elections due to the…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
UN Backs New Date For Nigerian Polls
The United Nations (UN) on Tuesday expressed the belief that Nigeria was on track in spite of the shift in…
Okrika Cannot Play Opposition Politics -Patience Jonathan
The First Lady of Nigeria, Patience Jonathan says the people of Okrika Kingdom, her home town, cannot afford to play…
Vigilance Group Advises Against Crime At Polls
The Vigilante Group of Nigeria, VGN, Lagos State Command, a non-governmental voluntary and community-based security organisation, with over 5,000 members…