Tag: General Elections
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…
POLLS: Shema, Aturu Task INEC To Sit Up
Katsina State Governor, Barrister Ibrahim Shema, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to sit up and address the…
Lawmaker Preaches Violence-Free Polls
A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Abdul-Wahab Alawiye-King, has called on all stakeholders in the nation’s…
April Polls: NULGE Hails Media On Preparation
Few days to the April, 2011 general elections, the leadership of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), has praised…
Reject PDP To Avoid Violent Revolution, Cautions ACN Chief
Nigerians have been advised on the need to reject the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) totally at the April general elections,…
April Polls: CP Reads Riot Act To Lagos Police
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Yakubu Alkali, yesterday read the riot act to Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers in…
Adams Calls For Cultural Revival
National Coordinator of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC and Chief Promoter, Olokun Festival Foundation, Otunba Gani Adams has called for…
Group Mobilises Lagos Mainland Electorate On Credible Polls
A political group, Mainland Union Movement (MUM), last weekend embarked on mobilisation of the electorate in Lagos Mainland Local Government…
PPA Backs INEC’s Accreditation Process
The Progressive People Alliance (PPA) on Sunday in Abuja threw its weight behind the process of accreditation of voters being…
OPC Warns Against Electoral Vices
Chairman of the National Coordinating Council of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, in Apapa-Iganmu Local Council Development Area, Lagos, Southwest…
ACN Accuses PDP Of Running Electioneering Campaign With Kickback
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused the PDP of engaging in corruption, economic sabotage and unethical conduct by…
Fashola In Ajegunle, Urges Massive Votes For ACN
The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Friday said an improved life and well being awaits the people…
ACN Asks Nigerian Top Cop To Resign
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has asked the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Hafiz Ringim to resign before next month’s…
Don’t Publish Results, INEC Warns Media
INEC Chairman Attahiru Jega warned media houses to avoid unauthorised reportage of election results. Jega made the call at a…
When Politicians Don’t Play By The Rules
The violence being unleashed by sponsored thugs at political gatherings and the inflammatory statements made by desperate politicians in the…
Customer Slams N300m Suit On Sterling Bank
For alleging that Alhaja Monsurat Ajoke Odulana, trading under the name and style of Joke Odulana Nigeria Enterprises is owing…
Jonathan’s Chances Slim, Says El-Rufai
As the 2011 general elections draw near, former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, says the Peoples…
April Polls: Police To Sanction Officers Over Code Of Conduct
The Nigeria Police Force says it will discipline and prosecute any policeman who violates its Code of Conduct for the…
ACN Warns On Tinubu’s Planned Arrest
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has warned that arresting its leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the federal government…
April Polls: SSS Parleys Political Parties Over Security
In a bid to address some of its security worries ahead of the forthcoming general elections in April, the Department…
Group Supports Fashola For Second Term
A socio-political group, Face of Lagos, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, has expressed its support for the second term bid of…
Lagos Mobilises 6,000 Neighbourhood Watchers For April Elections
Ahead of next month’s general elections in the state, the Lagos State Government has mobilised 6,000 Neighbourhood Watch, NW, officers…
LENTEN PERIOD: Fashola Urges Christians To Seek God’s Face For Successful General Elections
As Christians mark the commencement of the Lenten period with the Ash Wednesday, Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN)…
Non-Indigenes Pledge Support For Fashola
As the April general elections approach, non-indigenes residing in Lagos have pledged their support for the re-election of Governor Babatunde…
No Links With Labour, Says Fashola
Lagos state Governor Babatunde Fashol (SAN) has denied rumours that he was sponsoring the candidates of Labour Party (LP) for…
ACN To President Jonathan: Don’t Use State Resources To Intimidate Opposition
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to abide by his promise not to use the…
Lawyer Warns On April Polls
A lawyer, Mr. Max Ogar, has expressed concern about the spate of pre-election litigations “which may pose serious threat to…
Nigerian Polls: Textile Workers Threaten Boycott
Coalition of unpaid textile workers have threatened to boycott the forthcoming 2011 general elections. The aggrieved workers of Kaduna…
Ex-Internationals Rally Support For Fashola
To show their support to Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola for what he has been doing to develop sports in Lagos…
Nigeria’s Leading Opposition Group Warns On Possible Flawed Polls
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has warned that a manual voter’s register may be used by subterfuge for the…